UJehova ulindele ukuba senze ngokuvumelana nemithandazo yethu. Ngokwesibonelo, umzalwane angase acele uJehova amsize ukuba acele izinsuku emsebenzini ukuze akwazi ukuya emhlanganweni wesifunda. UJehova angase awuphendule kanjani lowo mthandazo? Angase amnike isibindi sokuba akhulume nomqashi wakhe. Kodwa kuzodingeka kube nguye lo mzalwane okhuluma nomqashi. Kungase kudingeke acele kaningi. Angaze acele nokuba bashintshane ngezikhathi zokusebenza nomuntu asebenza naye noma angase athathe lezo zinsuku nakuba engeke aholelwe zona. UJehova ulindele ukuba sithandaze njalo ngezinto ezisikhathazayo. UJesu wabonisa ukuthi ezinye zezinto esizicelayo ngeke sizithole ngaso leso sikhathi. (Luka 11:9) Ngakho ungapheli amandla! Thandaza ngobuqotho futhi uthandaze njalo. (Luka 18:​1-7) Lapho senza kanjalo, sibonisa uJehova ukuthi siyayidinga ngempela leyo nto. Sibonisa nokuthi sinokholo lokuthi angasisiza. w23.11 22 ¶10-11

UJehova wathembisa umngani wakhe u-Abrahama ukuthi zonke izizwe zomhlaba ziyobusiswa ngenzalo yakhe. (Gen. 15:5; 22:18) Ngenxa yokuthi u-Abrahama wayenokholo oluqinile kuNkulunkulu, wayeqiniseka ngokuthi isithembiso sikaNkulunkulu sizogcwaliseka. Noma kunjalo, lapho u-Abrahama eseneminyaka engu-100, umkakhe enengu-90, le ndoda nomkayo abathembekile babengakabi nendodana. (Gen. 21:​1-7) Kodwa iBhayibheli lithi: “Ngokusekelwe ethembeni, [u-Abrahama] wayenokholo lokuthi wayezoba uyise wezizwe eziningi ngokuvumelana nalokho okwashiwo.” (Roma 4:18) Wena uyazi ukuthi ithemba lika-Abrahama lafezeka. Impela waba uyise wendodana ayekade anethemba lokuyithola, u-Isaka. Yini eyayimenza aqiniseke ukuthi uJehova uzosigcwalisa isithembiso sakhe? Ngenxa yokuthi u-Abrahama wayesondelene kakhulu noJehova, ‘wayeqiniseka ngokugcwele ukuthi lokho uNkulunkulu ayekuthembisile’ wayezokufeza. (Roma 4:21) UJehova wamamukela u-Abrahama wathi ulungile ngenxa yokholo lwakhe.—Jak. 2:23. w23.12 8 ¶1-2

Insizwa enokwethenjelwa iyenza ngenkuthalo yonke imisebenzi okudingeka iyenze. Cabanga ngesibonelo esihle kakhulu sikaJesu. Wayengeyena neze umuntu onganaki noma ongayenzi imisebenzi okufanele ayenze. Kunalokho, wazenza zonke izabelo uJehova ayemnike zona, ngisho noma kunzima ukuzenza. Wayebathanda abantu—ikakhulukazi abafundi bakhe—waze wazinikela ngokuzithandela ngenxa yabo. (Joh. 13:1) Lingisa uJesu, usebenze kanzima ukuze ufeze noma yiziphi izabelo ozinikezwayo. Uma ungaqiniseki ukuthi kufanele usenze kanjani isabelo esithile, thobeka ucele usizo kubazalwane abavuthiwe. Ungalokothi waneliswe ukumane wenze okuncane nje. (Roma 12:11) Kunalokho, sifeze isabelo onikezwe sona, ‘usenzele uJehova, hhayi abantu.’ (Kol. 3:23) Kuyavunywa ukuthi unesono, ngakho yiba nesizotha uvume noma yimaphi amaphutha owenzayo.—IzAga 11:2. w23.12 26 ¶8