Bheka namuhla ukujula kothando lwakho ngoNkulunkulu nokuthi umveza kahle kangakanani
Wathi kuye ngokwesithathu: "Simoni kaJona, uyangithanda?" UPitrosi bekhathazekile lapho ethe kuye okwesithathu: "Uyangithanda?" wathi kuye: "Nkosi, uyakwazi konke; uyazi ngiyakuthanda. " UJesu wathi kuye: "Yondla izimvu zami." Johane 21:17
Kathathu uJesu wabuza uPhetro ukuthi uyamthanda yini. Kungani kathathu? Isizathu sokuqala ukuthi uPhetro wayekwazi "ukulungisa" amahlandla amathathu aphika uJesu. Cha, uJesu akazange adinge ukuthi uPeter axolise kathathu, kodwa uPitrosi wayedinga ukuveza uthando lwakhe amahlandla amathathu futhi noJesu wayekwazi lokho.
Okuthathu nakho kuyinombolo yokuphelela. Ukwenza isibonelo, ake sithi uNkulunkulu "ungcwele, ungcwele, ungcwele". Le nkulumo kathathu iyindlela yokusho ukuthi uNkulunkulu ungcwele kunabo bonke. Njengombana uPitrosi wanikelwa ithuba lokuthi atjele uJesu amahlandla amathathu ukuthi uyamthanda, bekulithuba lokuthi uPitrosi atjengise ithando lakhe ngendlela ejulile.
Ngakho-ke sinokuvuma okuphindwe kathathu kothando nokumiswa okuphindwe kathathu kokuphikwa kukaPeter kuyaqhubeka. Lokhu kufanele kusembulele isidingo sethu sokuthanda uNkulunkulu futhi sifune isihe sakhe ngendlela "kathathu".
Lapho utshela uNkulunkulu ukuthi uyamthanda, kujule kangakanani? Ngabe kusetshenziswa kakhulu amazwi noma ingabe uthando oluphelele olusebenzisa konke? Ngabe uthando lwakho ngoNkulunkulu luyinto oyishoyo ngezinga eliphelele? Noma ingabe kuyinto edinga umsebenzi?
Impela sonke kudingeka sisebenze othandweni lwethu, yingakho lesi sinyathelo kufanele sibaluleke kangako kithina. Kufanele sizwe futhi uJesu ebuza lo mbuzo amahlandla amathathu. Kumele sinanzelele ukuthi kayenelisekanga ngokuthi "Nkosi ngiyakuthanda". Ufuna ukukuzwa kaninginingi. Usibuza lokhu ngoba uyazi ukuthi kumele silubonakalise lolu thando ngendlela ebaluleke kakhulu. "Nkosi, wazi konke, uyazi ngiyakuthanda!" Lokhu kumele kube yimpendulo yethu eqinisekile.
Lo mbuzo owenziwe kathathu usinikeza nethuba lokuveza isifiso sethu esijulile sesihe sakhe. Sonke siyona. Sonke siphika uJesu ngandlela thile. Kepha izindaba ezimnandi ukuthi ngaso sonke isikhathi uJesu usimema ukuthi sivumele izono zethu ukuthi zibe yisisusa sokujulisa uthando lwethu. Akahlali futhi asithukuthelele. Ayiphumi. Akusibeki isono sethu ngaphezu kwamakhanda ethu. Kepha icela izinhlungu ezijulile nokuguqulwa kwenhliziyo okuphelele. Ufuna sidlule ezonweni zethu siye ngezinga elikhulu kakhulu.
Cabanga namhlanje ngobunzulu bothando lwakho ngoNkulunkulu nokuthi ulubonisa kahle kangakanani.Yenza isinqumo sokubonisa uthando lwakho ngoNkulunkulu ngezindlela ezintathu. Akube kujule, kube qotho futhi kungenakuphikwa. INkosi izosithola lesi senzo esiqotho futhi isibuyisele kuwe kayikhulu.
Nkosi uyazi ukuthi ngiyakuthanda. Uyazi nokuthi ngibuthakathaka kangakanani. Ake ngizwe isimemo sakho sokuzwakalisa uthando lwami ngawe nesifiso sami sesihe. Ngingathanda ukunikela lolu thando kanye nesifiso ngezinga elikhulu kakhulu. Jesu ngiyakholelwa kuwe.