U-Abrahama: UYise Wokholo

Ngo Danny Saavedra

Kepha uma ningabakaKristu, seniyinzalo ka-Abrahama, niyizindlalifa ngokwesethembiso.”—KwabaseGalathiya 3:29 (NIV)

Njengoba sibonile izolo, uNkulunkulu wadala umhlaba wonke ophelele. Ngosuku lwesithupha, Wazakhela abantwana ngomfanekiso waKhe nangokufana naye, ubucwebe obugqamile bendalo Yakhe. Zibe sezingahambi kahle izinto njengoba u-Adamu no-Eva bahlubuka kuNkulunkulu futhi baletha isono nokufa emhlabeni. Kodwa lokhu kwakungekhona ukuphela kwendaba. UNkulunkulu wayenecebo. Uyabona, ngokufa okuzayo, uNkulunkulu wethu omangalisayo nonesihe wasinika nesithembiso sempilo.

KuGenesise 3, uNkulunkulu wachaza ukuthi konke kuzokwehla kanjani: Abesifazane bazozwa ubuhlungu nokusebenza kanzima ukuze balethe impilo entsha emhlabeni. . . kepha impilo entsha izofika. Futhi leyo mpilo entsha ngelinye ilanga yayizokhiqiza iMbewu eyayizochoboza ikhanda lenyoka embi (uGenesise 3:15). Ngokuphathelene nalokhu kwembulwa, uJohn Gill wabhala, “UMesiya, inzalo evelele yowesifazane, (wayezolimaza) ikhanda lenyoka endala udeveli, okungukuthi, ayibhubhise. . . aphule futhi ajabhise wonke amaqhinga akhe, futhi achithe yonke imisebenzi yakhe, aqede wonke umbuso wakhe, amphuce igunya nobukhosi, futhi ikakhulukazi amandla akhe okufa, kanye nokucindezela kwakhe phezu kwemizimba nemiphefumulo yabantu; konke okwenziwa nguKristu, ngenkathi eba yinyama.”

Namuhla, sizohlola indoda yokholo uNkulunkulu akhethe ngaye ukuletha iNzalo ethenjisiwe. Igama lakhe kwakungu-Abrahama, owaziwa njengobaba wokholo. Njengamanje, ungahle uzibuze, "Kungani uNkulunkulu akhetha u-Abrahama?" “Yini ebikhetheke kangaka ngaye?”

Sivezelwa okokuqala ku-Abrahama, inzalo kaShemi, kuGenesise 12. Lapha, uNkulunkulu uyala ukuba aqoqe ashiye ikhaya lakhe nakho konke ukunethezeka kwakhe ngemuva, ukuze asuke kumndeni wakhe aye ezweni langaphandle. Ngokuthakazelisayo, u-Abrahama akazange atshelwe ngisho nokuthi yimuphi umhlaba. UNkulunkulu wamtshela ukuthi "uye ezweni engizokukhombisa lona" (uGenesise 12: 1 NLT). Kodwa kanye nalokhu kubizwa okukhulu ukufika kwesithembiso: “Ngizokwenza ube yisizwe esikhulu. . . Yonke imindeni emhlabeni iyobusiswa ngawe ”(UGenesise 12: 2–3 NLT). Futhi kulowomzuzu lapho sibona khona isizathu sokuthi kungani uNkulunkulu amkhethe.

Kwakungekhona ukuthi u-Abrahama wayekhethekile, enethalente, noma elungile. UNkulunkulu ukhethe u-Abrahama ngoba wayazi ukuthi u-Abrahama uzolalela. UJohn McArthur wabhala, “Ngokushesha nje lapho eqonda ukuthi uthini uNkulunkulu, waqala walungiselela. Kwaba ukulalela ngokushesha. Kungenzeka ukuthi kwathatha izinsuku ezimbalwa, noma ngisho amasonto noma izinyanga ukwenza amalungiselelo okugcina ohambo, kodwa engqondweni yakhe wayesendleleni. Kusukela lapho, konke akwenzayo kwakugxile ekulaleleni ubizo lukaNkulunkulu.”

EkaJakobe 2:23 (NLT, kwengezelwe) uyasitshela uthi, “‘U-Abrahama wakholwa UNkulunkulu, futhi uNkulunkulu wambalela njengo lungile ngenxa yokholo lwakhe. ’Wabizwa nangokuthi umngane kaNkulunkulu.” Eminyakeni ewu-75 ubudala, u-Abrahama waphendula ubizo lukaNkulunkulu futhi waphuma nomndeni wakhe. Into ethokozisayo ngesithembiso sikaNkulunkulu sokumenza isizwe esikhulu nokubusisa umhlaba wonke ngenzalo ka-Abrahama ukuthi u-Abrahama nomkakhe uSara baba- nenzalo. UNkulunkulu angasenza kanjani isizwe esikhulu ngexhegu elingenamntwana nomkakhe? U-Abrahama wazibuza into efanayo! Ngakho-ke, uNkulunkulu wembula icebo Lakhe futhi watshela u-Abrahama ukuthi uzoba nengane, nokuthi ekugcineni inzalo yakhe izodlula izinkanyezi! Futhi ungaqagela? Ngaphandle kobunzima, yize kunengqondo nezimo, u-Abrahama wakholwa kuNkulunkulu!

Indaba ka-Abrahama isifundisa indima yethu ohlelweni lukaNkulunkulu lwensindiso. Akuwona umsebenzi, kodwa ukholo nokukhonza. KuGenesise 12, u-Abrahama wathola isithembiso ngokukholwa, futhi ngokushesha emva kwalokho wakha i-altare, indawo yokukhonza. Kungani? Ngoba wakuqonda kahle kakhulu ukuthi ukuma kwakhe okulungile noNkulunkulu noma izethembiso uNkulunkulu azenza kuye bekuxhumeke ekutheni wayengubani noma ukuthi wenzani, kodwa ngokuthembeka kukaNkulunkulu.

Njengoba uqhubeka nosuku lwakho namuhla, khumbula ukuthi kukhona amandla ekukhonzeni uNkulunkulu ngakho konke anakho namandla akunikeza wona. Njengoba sibona no-Abrahama, akukhona ukuthi yini esingayenza, kodwa ukuthi wenzeni. Ngakho-ke, kholelwa ezithembisweni zakhe futhi umkhonze, ngoba “nonke ningamadodana kaNkulunkulu ngokukholwa kuKristu Jesu. Ngoba nonke nina enabhapathizelwa kuKristu nembethe uKristu. . . Futhi uma ungokaKristu, khona-ke uyinzalo ka-Abrahama, nezindlalifa ngokwesithembiso” (KwabaseGalathiya 3:26–27, 29 NKJV).