Indawo Yokuphefumula Isampula

Akudingeki ukuba ube nenkolo ukuze wazi noma wenze umqondo weSabatha—usuku lokuphumula. Sonke siyalujabulela usuku lwempelasonto oluhamba kancane, mhlawumbe silale, sithathe ikhefu emsebenzini. Kodwa uma ucabanga kuphela ngeSabatha njengeSonto elithule, ulahlekelwa ingxenye engcono kakhulu—ingxenye ezokugcina ikunikeze indawo yokuphefumula. 

Ake sisekele kancane endabeni eholela eziqephukweni zanamuhla ezivela ku-Eksodusi lapho uNkulunkulu ethula khona iSabatha. Ama-Israyeli ayeyizigqila eGibhithe iminyaka engu-400, esebenza usuku lonke, nsuku zonke. Ngemva kwalokho bayakhululwa futhi sonke isizwe sidabula ogwadule eminye iminyaka engu-40. Futhi kulapha lapho uNkulunkulu ebanikeza khona umyalo wokugcina iSabatha—ukuphumula usuku olulodwa ngesonto. 

Unkulunkulu utshela iqembu labantu asebesebenze ubusuku nemini amakhulu eminyaka futhi abazama ukuthola ukudla okwanele ukondla izinkulungwane zabantu ogwadule ukuthi kufanele bathathe usuku lokuphumula. Kumele ukuba kwakuzwakala kungenangqondo! Uma bengasebenzi ngalolo suku, abazange badle ngalolo suku.

Unkulunkulu wayephezu kokuthile. Ku-Eksodusi 31:13, uchaza ukuthi ukugcina iSabatha kuyoba isibonakaliso kuma-Israyeli ukuthi “NginguJehova…” uNkulunkulu wayethi kubo (nakithi), Ngifuna ukukubonisa ukuthi ngingathenjwa. Ngiyazi ukuthi wesaba ukulamba. Kodwa ngizobonisa, isonto nesonto, ukuthi ngithembekile.

Mhlawumbe uyayazi yonke indaba. Ngemana nezigwaca, uNkulunkulu wasabela ekwesabeni kwabo ukulamba ngokubanika isinkwa sabo sansuku zonke ngokwethembeka, ngisho nangosuku ayebacele ngalo ukuba baphumule futhi bangasebenzi.

Umyalo kaNkulunkulu wokuthi siphumule ngempela uyisimemo sokumethemba. Lapho sesaba ukuthi ukwenqaba isimemo kuzolimaza umngani wethu, singamethemba uNkulunkulu ukuthi uyobuvikela lobo bungani. Lapho sesaba ukuthi indlu yethu incane kakhulu, imoto yethu isindala kakhulu, noma izingubo zethu zilula kakhulu, singathembela kuNkulunkulu ukuthi ukubaluleka kwethu akusongelwe kulezo zinto ezibonakalayo. Ukwethemba uNkulunkulu esikhundleni sokuququda amazinyo futhi sidlule imingcele yethu kuyindlela yokugcina, unomphela yokuthola indawo yokuphefumula.