Iperile yeXabiso eliKhulu ngu-Michael D. O'Brien
Ubukumkani bamazulu bufana nobutyebi obufihlwe entsimini, athi umntu akufumana ayifumane ayifihle, aze ngenxa yovuyo lwakhe aye athengise ngeento zonke anazo, ayithenge loo ntsimi. Ubukumkani bamazulu bufana nomrhwebi okhangela iiperile ezintle. Akuba efumene iperile, exabiso likhulu, uyaothengisa konke anako, ayithenge. (Mat 13: 44-46)
IN Imibhalo yam emithathu yokugqibela, sithethile ngokufumana uxolo ekubandezelekeni kunye novuyo kumfanekiso omkhulu kunye nokufumana inceba xa singafanelekanga. Kodwa ndingayishwankathela yonke le nto: ubukumkani bukaThixo bufunyenwe ngentando kaThixo. Oko kukuthi, ukuthanda kukaThixo, iLizwi laKhe, kuvulela ikholwa zonke iintsikelelo zokomoya ezivela ezulwini, kubandakanya uxolo, uvuyo kunye nenceba. Ukuthanda kukaThixo yeperile yexabiso elikhulu. Qonda oku, khangela oku, fumana oku, kwaye uya kuba nayo yonke into.
ISITSHIXO EBHOKISI
Kumzekeliso kaKristu, intsimi ayixabisekanga de ubutyebi bufumaneke. Ngokunjalo, ukhozo lwengqolowa luhlala lukhozo nje kuphela lude luwele emhlabeni luze lufe, emva koko luvelise isiqhamo. Umnqamlezo uhlala usisihlazo nentlekele kude kufike uvuko apho iya kuba ngumthombo wolwandle lwesisa. UYesu wathi,
Okwam ukutya kukuba ndenze ukuthanda kowandithumayo… (Yohane 4:34)
Ukutya kuhlala kuyinto yethu de ityiwe, kwaye ke iba ngamandla nobomi kulowo uyityayo.
Kuzo zonke ezi zihlobo, ukuthanda kukaThixo kufana isitshixo kwibhokisi yezipho. Umzuzu ngamnye, uThixo usinika esi sipho. Kodwa khawube njalo 
Lumka! Ngamanye amaxesha ibhokisi isongelwe kukubandezeleka; ngamanye amaxesha, isongelwe ngokuchaseneyo; kwaye ngamanye amaxesha isongelwe ngokududuza. Nangona kunjalo ukuthanda kukaThixo kuza kuwe, ngaphakathi kwayo kuhlala kukho isitshixo esivula ubabalo ebomini bakho. Njengokuba ungasifumana isipho komnye umntu kwaye usishiye singavulwanga, nathi sinakho njalo ngentando kaThixo. Sinokubandezeleka ngokungalindelekanga. Singabaleka kuyo; singayiqalekisa, siyenokwala ngokupheleleyo. Kwaye ke, isitshixo esivula ubabalo lwaseZulwini sihleli sivalwe, sifihliwe ezintliziyweni zethu. Kodwa xa sisivula eso sipho, nangona sisongelwe kukuzifihla okukhathazayo kokubandezeleka, ukuthembela kwethu, ukuthobeka, kunye nokuthobeka kuvula umnyango wobuncwane bobabalo lweZulu. Ke intando kaThixo iba yiperile eguqula intsimi yokhula ibe sisidiliya, ukhozo lwengqolowa oluthwala ikhulu eliphindwe kabini, umnqamlezo ovumela amandla oVuko. Kwaye le nto ikrakra elwimini iba nencasa esiswini, icime unxano kwaye ihluthise indlala.
FUNA KUQALA
UYesu wathi,
Funani ke tanci ubukumkani bukaThixo nobulungisa bakhe, zaye zonke ezo zinto ziya kunikwa kuni ukanti… (Mat 6:33)
Komnye umzekeliso, uYesu uthi uBukumkani esimele ukubufuna buza kuthi ngeLizwi laKhe, oko kukuthi, iNtando yaKhe eNgcwele.
Yivani umzekeliso womhlwayeli. Lowo ke uhlwayelwa ngasendleleni, ngulo ulivayo ilizwi lobukumkani engaliqondi, aze ongendawo ezebe
kwakuhlwayelwe ntoni entliziyweni yakhe. Imbewu yahlwayelwa elulwalwa
Lowo ulivayo ilizwi aze alamkele kwaoko ngovuyo. Kodwa akanazingcambu, kodwa uhlala umzuzwana. Xa kufika imbandezelo okanye intshutshiso ngenxa yelizwi,
ukhawuleza awe. Lowo uhlwayelwe emithaneni enameva, ngulo ulivayo ilizwi, athi ke amaxhala eli hlabathi, nokutsala kobutyebi, kuliminxe ilizwi, lisuke lingabi nasiqhamo.
Lowo ke uhlwayelwe kuwo umhlaba ontyebileyo, ngulo ulivayo ilizwi aliqonde, athi okunene axakathe iziqhamo; avelise ikhulu, amashumi amathandathu, omnye amashumi amathathu. (Mat 13: 18-23)
Isenzo sokuvula ibhokisi yesipho sikaThixo sinokujongwa zizilingo ezininzi kunye neemfazwe. Xa uziswe ngeLizwi likaThixo, ukuthanda kwakhe ngobomi bakho, uMtyholi angabonakala kwaye akuqinisekise ngenye indlela. Uyakwazi ukukuxelela ukuba ukuthanda kukaThixo kunyanzelisa kakhulu, iBandla nalo emva kwamaxesha. Okanye angakuhenda ukuba ukholelwe ukuba uThixo ukushiyile okanye ukohlwaya ngokuziphatha kwakho okungalunganga ("ukufumana oko ukulungeleyo!"), Okanye ayikuko ukuthanda kukaThixo kuwe konke konke. Ke kukho abo bangazinzanga kuYesu ngobomi bomthandazo kunye neSakramente, kunye nembandezelo okanye intshutshiso encinci koontanga babo ibasusa kude nentando yokuya; badikidiki kakhulu kwaye bayoyika ukuvula ibhokisi yesipho. Ke kukho abo bathi, nangona bezendele ngokunzulu kuThixo, bavumela iziphazamiso, amaxhala, kunye nomtsalane wokuncamathisela ukubasusa ekuveni nasekwenzeni ukuthanda kukaThixo. Ekugqibeleni, kukho abo baye bafumanisa iperile yexabiso elikhulu. Bayayiqonda into yokuba ukuthanda kukaThixo kukutya kwabo; ukuba ngaphakathi kwengqolowa yeLizwi lakhe lilele amandla nobomi noxolo novuyo. Bayathemba ukuba ukutya okukrakra ngokwenene sisidlo sobabalo.
IXESHA ELIZAYO
Bahlobo abathandekayo, uThixo ulungiselela iBandla laKhe a ixesha loxolo emhlabeni xa buza kufika ubukumkani bakhe nobakhe "kuya kwenziwa emhlabeni njengokuba kusenziwa ezulwiniOko kukuthi, iintlungu zeli xesha langoku ziyanyamezelwa 
Umzimba kaKristu ulungiselela ukuba siphile ngokuthanda kukaThixo. Kwizilingo ezizayo ehlabathini, Icawe iya kuhluthwa ize kwaye asiyi kuba nantoni na esithembele kuyo kodwa yena kunye nentando yakhe eNgcwele. Kodwa kuko kwaye kuya kuba kukutya kwethu; iya kuba ngamandla ethu; iya kuba bubomi bethu; iya kuba lithemba lethu; iyakuba luVuyo lwethu; iyakuba sisitshixo esivula amandla kunye nobabalo lweZulu ebusweni bomhlaba.
Ke ngoko, ngentliziyo yakho yonke, ngengqondo, ngomphefumlo, nangamandla akho onke, funa ukwazi ukuba kuyintoni na ukuthanda kukaThixo, loo perile yexabiso likhulu, kwaye ukuba kukho imfuneko, hamba uye "uthengise konke onako" ukuze ubenako.
Kuba othe wathanda ukuwusindisa umphefumlo wakhe, wolahlekelwa nguwo; ke othe wawulahla umphefumlo wakhe ngenxa yam, nangenxa yeendaba ezilungileyo ezi ndiza kuyigcina. Iyintoni inzuzo yokuba ubani azuze ihlabathi liphela aze aphulukane nobomi bakhe? (UMarko 8: 35-36)
