Ukwenza Umqondo Ngempilo Yakho - Ingxenye 1: Ngubani Ophethe?

“Ngamnika u-Esawu intaba yaseSeyiri, kepha uJakobe nomndeni wakhe behlela eGibithe. (UJoshuwa 24:4)

Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi une-PhD noma uyekile isikole, ngokungangabazeki uye wabhekana nezinkinga. Sonke kuke kwenzeka; futhi ngezinye izikhathi asikwazi ukwenza umqondo ekuphileni. Senza izinhlelo, futhi izinto zingasebenzi; noma kwenzeka okungalindelekile; noma sigcine sinomphumela ebesingawuhlosile. Nakuba sikhonza uNkulunkulu, ngezinye izikhathi izinto zibonakala zingalawuleki, okusishiya sizibuza ukuthi kwenzekani emhlabeni!

Kungenzeka lokho kwaba njalo kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli njengoba bezwa uJoshuwa elandisa ngokusebenzelana kukaJehova nabantu bakhe. Inzalamizi, uJakobe, yayingomunye wabafowabo ababili ababengamawele. U-Esawu, omunye umfowabo, wathengisa ubuzibulo bakhe ngesitsha sesitshulu sokudla, ebonisa ngalesi senzo ukuthi wayedelela izibusiso zikaNkulunkulu. Ngakho-ke, uNkulunkulu wamlahla njengendlalifa yezithembiso azenza kukhokho wakhe u-Abrahama. Nokho uJoshuwa uthi kamuva uNkulunkulu wabusisa u-Esawu ngezintaba zaseSeyiri, lapho yena nenzalo yakhe babengazivikela kalula kuyo uma noma ubani owayeza ngokumelene nabo. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uJakobe—indodana yesibusiso, lowo naphezu kokushiyeka kwakhe athola ukwamukelwa uNkulunkulu ngenxa yobukhosi bukaNkulunkulu—wathunyelwa ngomkhumbi nomndeni wakhe wayiswa eGibhithe, lapho babeyoba izigqila. Lokho kubonakala kungenangqondo!

Ngaphambi kokuba sikuqonde lokhu kulandisa kweBhayibheli nezinto ezenzeka ekuphileni kwethu, kufanele simqonde uNkulunkulu. Ngoba akusithina esiphethe indawo yonke; UNkulunkulu ukhona. Futhi izinsuku zethu zibaliwe ngokohlelo lwakhe ngamunye wethu. Umgomo kaNkulunkulu oyinhloko ngabantu bakhe uwukusenza amadoda nabesifazane bokholo. Ngakho, uyasivumela ukuba singene ezimweni lapho kufanele sifunde ukumethemba. Kungani emhlabeni kufanele sithembele kuNkulunkulu kuyilapho zonke izinto zihamba kahle? Cha, kusesigodini lapho abuyisela khona umphefumulo wethu.

UNkulunkulu wathi: “UJakobe ngiyamthanda, yena nabantu bakhe ngiyakubenza amadoda nabesifazane bokholo; ngakho ngizobavumela babhekane nezimo ezinzima." Sonke sisesikoleni sokholo, futhi lokhu kuchaza izinto eziningi kakhulu ekuphileni esingase siziqonde kangcono manje. Sizokholwa kanjani ngaphandle kokuba sibhekane nezinkinga na? Sizokufunda kanjani ukumethemba uNkulunkulu ngaphandle uma kubuhlungu ngezinye izikhathi—ngaphandle uma kukhona ubunzima? UNkulunkulu ufuna sidlulisele ukholo kwabanye futhi sibagqugquzele ukuba bakholwe; kodwa asikwazi ukwenza omunye umuntu akholelwe kuNkulunkulu kuyilapho thina ngokwethu singakaze sikholwe, kuyilapho singakaze sikubone lokho angakwenza.

Ngokukholwa kwabo kuNkulunkulu, lokho akunika uJakobe kanye nabantu bakwa-Israyeli, nalokho akunikeza mina nawe, kuwubufakazi. Abantu bakwa-Israyeli basacula izingoma nanamuhla—ezinkulungwaneni zeminyaka kamuva—mayelana nendlela ababehlala ngayo eGibhithe, kodwa uNkulunkulu wabakhulula. Ubufakazi akuyona into oyibamba ngekhanda futhi uyisho; kuyisipiliyoni sokuphila lapho kuye kwadingeka uthembele kuNkulunkulu, futhi wambona ekudlulisa, okwenza ukwazi ukusiza abanye abaphansi esigodini. Manje ungabaphakamisa, ngoba ungathi, “Ungalahli ithemba! Nami ngangizimisele ukuyeka; kodwa lokho angenzele khona, angakwenzela khona!”

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