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UNGAMI UZE UQEDE
Umqondo othi Umcibisholo Wokugcina ufike kimi lapho ngicabanga ngendaba yempilo yomprofethi u-Elisha ImiBhalo YesiHebheru. Kule ndaba, uJehowashi uyinkosi yakwaIsrayeli phakathi nempi enkulu, futhi ufuna ukuhlakanipha neseluleko sika-Elisha sokunqoba amabutho akwaJuda.
U-Elisha utshela uJehowashi ukuba ‘athathe umnsalo nemicibisholo’ abese ‘ethatha umnsalo ezandleni [zakhe].’ Ngemva kokuyala uJehowashi ukuba adedele omunye wemicibisholo efasiteleni elibheke empumalanga, uthi uJehowashi bayonqoba empini. Kodwa u-Elisha wabe esemcela ukuba athathe imicibisholo esele ‘ashaye phansi.’
UJehowashi ushaya phansi kathathu ngaphambi kokuba ame futhi, ngokungalindelekile, u-Elisha uyamthukuthelela. ‘Bekufanele ushaye phansi kahlanu noma kasithupha; khona ubuyakunqoba i-Aramu, uliqede nya. Kodwa manje uzoyinqoba kathathu kuphela.’ Futhi yilapho indaba iphelela khona.
UJehowashi waqala ngesithembiso sokunqoba okuphelele futhi kamuva wazithola esethola okuncane kakhulu. Futhi konke kugxile esinqumweni esisodwa: washaya phansi kathathu wabe eseyeka. Ukukubeka ngenye indlela, wayeka. Ku-Elisha, uJehowashi eshaya umcibisholo kwakuhlangene nekhono lakhe lokuthola isilinganiso esigcwele senjongo kaNkulunkulu ngaye, futhi lapho eyeka ukunqoba kwalahleka.
Kungenza ngizibuze ukuthi kukangaki empilweni yami ngangicabanga ukuthi ngehlulekile, kodwa empeleni into nje eyenzeka ukuthi ngiyekile. Lapho ufika ekupheleni kwempilo yakho, uzokwazi yini ukuthi, “Nginikele ngakho konke enganginakho,” noma uzoba nomuzwa ongenalutho ngaphakathi emphefumulweni wakho wokuthi uyeke ngokushesha, obulindele okuncane kakhulu, ukuthi awudedelanga umcibisholo wokugcina? Zibophezele ukuthi ungayeki ungakaqedi, ngoba ngempela uyama ngaphambi kokuba uNkulunkulu aqede.
Ingabe zikhona izindawo empilweni yakho lapho udikibala kalula khona? Ungakwazi yini ukubona amaphethini esikhathini esidlule lapho ubucabanga ukuthi wehlulekile lapho uyeka ngempela? Yini ekwenza ufune ukuba ngumuntu ophila impilo yakhe ngokugcwele futhi afe engenalutho emgogodleni?
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Ingabe umphefumulo wakho ukhala ngokuthi wazalelwa okungaphezu kwale mpilo oyiphilayo? Ingabe usuzidelile, wadelela ukuphila kwakho, futhi wayibukela phansi inhloso kaNkulunkulu ngawe? Kulesi zinsuku ezingu-5 zokuzinikela, i-iconoclast kanye nomfundisi oholayo we-Mosaic, u-Erwin McManus, uzokhomba indlela yokuhola impilo yothando, uhambo, nesibindi. Ngokusekelwe encwadini entsha kaMcManus, Umcibisholo Wokugcina, thola ukuthi ungawaphishekela kanjani amaphupho akho ngenhliziyo yonke, uphile le mpilo eyodwa ngokugcwele, futhi ufe nomgodla ungenalutho.
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