UDavida wake waba lenhlupho ezazimenza ehlise inyembezi. Kulabantu ababemzonda bemfuna ephansi njalo kulabanye ayebathembile ababemdanisa. (1 Sam. 19:​10, 11; 2 Sam. 15:​10-14, 30) Ngesinye isikhathi esebunzimeni wabhala wathi: “Sengidiniwe ngokukhala, ngikhala ubusuku bonke umbheda uze ubemanzi. Isofa lami selimanzi te ngezinyembezi.” (Hubo. 6:6) Lanxa uDavida wayeke ehlelwe zinhlupho wayengathandabuzi ukuthi uJehova uyamthanda. Wabhala wathi: “UJehova uzakuzwa ukukhala kwami.” (Hubo. 6:8) Amazwi asembhalweni walamuhla enza kucace ukuthi uJehova uyasithanda kakhulu futhi enza sibone ukuthi ulendaba lokuthi sizwa njani. Ngesikhathi uDavida ekhala kwakungathi ubona uJehova ekhongozele inyembezi zakhe ngesigubhu kumbe ezibhala ebhukwini. Wayeqiniseka ukuthi uJehova wayebubona ubuhlungu ayebuzwa lokuthi wayengasoze alukhohlwe usizi ayephakathi kwalo. UDavida wayengathandabuzi ukuthi uYise osezulwini olothando uyabubona ubunzima aphakathi kwabo njalo uyazwisisa ukuthi ubunzima lobu bumenza azizwe njani. w24.12 22 ¶11-12

Nxa sesisebenze nzima ukuthi sibe ngamaKhristu aqinileyo kumele siphinde sisebenze nzima ukuthi sihlale sinjalo. Lokhu kutsho ukuthi akumelanga sizithembe kakhulu. (1 Khor. 10:12) Kufanele ‘siqhubeke sizihlola’ ukuze sibe leqiniso lokuthi lokhu sithuthuka. Encwadini ayibhalela amaKhristu aseKholose, umphostoli uPhawuli wacacisa ukuqakatheka kokuhlala silokholo oluqinileyo. Lanxa amaKhristu aseKholose ayesethuthukile, uPhawuli wawaxwayisa ukuthi ananzelele angathatheki ngemicabango yomhlaba. (Kol. 2:​6-10) U-Ephafrasi, okumele ukuthi wayebazi kuhle abantu abasebandleni lelo, wayehlala ethandazela ukuthi ‘ekucineni babe ngabapheleleyo’ kumbe babe ngamaKhristu aqinileyo. (Kol. 4:12) Sifundani kulokhu? UPhawuli lo-Ephafrasi babekuzwisisa ukuthi ukuze umuntu aqhubeke ethuthuka kumele asebenze nzima futhi acele ukuncediswa nguJehova. Babefisa ukuthi amaKhristu aseKholose aqhubeke ethuthuka futhi ahlale elokholo oluqinileyo lanxa ayehlangana lobunzima. w24.04 6-7 ¶16-17

Nxa singafunda ukumesaba uJehova sizamthanda kakhulu okokuthi siyabe singafuni ukwenza loba yini engamzondisa. Sizimisele ukufunda umehluko okhona phakathi kokulungileyo lokungalunganga laphakathi kweqiniso lamanga ukuze uJehova asamukele. (Zaga. 2:​3-6; Heb. 5:14) Nxa singesaba abantu ukwedlula uNkulunkulu singacina sesiduka eqinisweni. Ake sixoxe ngokwenziwa ngabakhokheli abangu-12 ababethunywe ukuyahlola ilizwe uJehova ayethe uzalinika abako-Israyeli. Abakhokheli abalitshumi babesesaba amaKhenani ukwedlula indlela ababethanda ngayo uJehova. Batshela ama-Israyeli bathi: “Ngeke senelise ukuyakulwa labantu labo ngoba balamandla kulathi.” (Nani. 13:​27-31) Kwakuliqiniso sibili ukuthi amaKhenani ayelamandla. Kodwa nxa umuntu wayengathi ama-Israyeli ayengeke enelise ukunqoba izitha zawo wayeyabe etshengisa ukuthi wayengacabangi ngalokho uJehova ayengakwenza. w24.07 9 ¶5-6