Kwincwadi yeGenesis, sifunda ngedinga likaThixo kuAbraham. UThixo wathembisa uAbraham ukuba uya kuba nonyana, ngubani owayeza kuba yindlalifa yakhe. Imbewu ka-Abraham yayiya kuba ngamanani eenkwenkwezi. Noko ke, idinga likaThixo kuAbraham alizange lizaliseke ngoko nangoko, kodwa uAbraham kwafuneka alinde iminyaka emininzi ngaphambi kokuba isithembiso sikaThixo sizaliseke. ILizwi likaThixo lizele zizithembiso, kodwa ngamanye amaxesha kunokuthatha ixesha phambi kokuba izithembiso zikaThixo zibe nokuzalisekiswa. Kodwa wenza ntoni ngeli xesha, ngelixa ulindele isithembiso sikaThixo?
Isithembiso sikaThixo kuAbraham
Emveni kwezo zinto, lafika ilizwi likaYehova kuAbram ngombono, esithi, Musa ukoyika, uAbram: Ndiyingweletshetshe yakho, umvuzo wakho omkhulu kunene. Wathi uAbram, Nkosi Thixo, wondinika ntoni na?, ndihamba ndingenamntwana, + yaye igosa lendlu yam ngulo Eliyezere waseDamasko? Wathi uAbram, Khangela, akundinikanga mbewu: kwaye, khangela, ozelwe endlwini yam yindlalifa yam. Kwaye, khangela, Kwafika ilizwi likaYehova kuye, esithi, Akayi kuba yindlamafa yakho lo; ngoya kuphuma ezibilini zakho, yena oya kuba yindlamafa yakho. Wamkhuphela ngaphandle, watsho, Khangela ngoku ezulwini;, uxelele iinkwenkwezi, ukuba unokuwabala: wathi kuye, iya kuba njalo imbewu yakho. Waza wakholwa eNkosini; oko wakubalela ebulungiseni kuye (IGenesis 15:1-6).
Kwizahluko zeGenesis 12 kwaye 13, sifunda ngedinga likaThixo kuAbraham. Kwisahluko 15, UThixo weza kuAbraham kwakhona waza wamkhumbuza uAbraham ngesithembiso sakhe.
Xa uAbraham wafumana isithembiso sikaThixo malunga nendlalifa, U-Abraham wabona ingxaki encinane kwindalo, oko kukuthi, ukuba akanaye umntwana. Kanjalo, UThixo wayekwazi oku, kodwa uThixo wathembisa uAbraham, ukuba amnike unyana ongowakhe. Lo nyana ka-Abraham wayeza kuba yindlalifa yakhe.
UThixo wabonisa uAbraham iinkwenkwezi waza uThixo wamthembisa uAbraham, ukuze inani lembewu yakhe libe ngamanani eenkwenkwezi. UAbraham wawakholelwa amazwi kaThixo nangenxa yokuba uAbraham wakholwa kuThixo, UThixo wakubalela ebulungiseni kuye.
Ukunceda uThixo
Xa uAbraham waxelela umfazi Wakhe uSara ngesithembiso sikaThixo, USarah wayesazi ukuba akanakuba nabantwana. Ngoko ke, USarah wagqiba kwelokuba amncede kancinane uThixo, ngokunikela umkhonzazana wakhe ongumYiputa uHagare kuAbraham, ukuze azale umntwana ka-Abraham. UAbraham wamphulaphula uSara waza uHagare wakhulelwa.
Kodwa lo yayingengomsebenzi kaThixo, ibingumsebenzi womntu lowo. Umphumo waba kukuba xa uHagare wakhulelwa, wamdelela uSara. Waya kuAbraham, wamxelela loo nto.
Wathi uAbraham kuSara, ukuba uHagare wayesezandleni zakhe, kwaye angayenza naye, nantoni na eyamkholisayo. Ke uSara wamphatha kakubi uHagare, waza uHagare wabalekela entlango.
Entlango, Ingelosi kaYehova yabonakala kuHagare yaza yamyalela ukuba abuyele kuSara aze azithobe kuye. Wathembisa uHagare, nokuba iya yande kakhulu imbewu yakhe, nokuthi igama lonyana wakhe nguIshmayeli.
Wabuya uHagare, wamzalela uAbraham unyana; uIshmayeli. UAbraham wayenjalo 86 xa uHagare wazala uIshmayeli.
Umnqophiso phakathi koYehova noAbraham
Kwiminyaka elishumi elinesithathu kamva, xa uAbraham wayenjalo 99 iminyaka ubudala, UYehova wabonakala kuAbraham, wenza umnqophiso naye. UThixo wamthiya igama elitsha elithi ‘Abraham’, endaweni ka-Abram, ngokuba uThixo wayeza kumenza uAbraham uyise wezizwe ezininzi. Njengomqondiso walo mnqophiso, UAbraham nayo yonke into eyindoda kwakufuneka yaluswe.
Kwakhona uThixo wamthiya igama elitsha uSarayi; USarah, ngokuba ebeya kumsikelela, amenze unina wezizwe. Wathembisa, ukuba uSara uya kumzalela uAbraham unyana.
USarah wayenjalo 90 UAbraham wayesele esondele 100 iminyaka ubudala, Ngoko uAbraham waqalisa ukuhleka waza wafuna ukunceda uThixo ngokucebisa, ukuba uIshmayeli wayeya kuba ngunyana womnqophiso, kodwa uThixo akazange afune uncedo luka-Abraham.
UThixo wayesele enecebo. Icebo lakhe lalisaziwa, kwangaphambi kokudalwa kwehlabathi. UThixo wayengadlali, yaye akazange enze mpazamo ngokuthembisa uAbraham unyana. Akazange athembise uAbraham ngonyana kuphela, kananjalo wamthiya igama uAbraham: UIsake.
Unyana wedinga nomnqophiso waKhe uya kuba noIsake hayi noIshmayeli. Kodwa uThixo wathembisa uAbraham, ukuba amsikelele noIshmayeli.
Emva kwexesha elithile, UYehova waphinda wabonakala kuAbraham emthembisa, nokuba wayeza kubuya ungekapheli umnyaka, aze uSara amzalele unyana. USarah wayiphulaphula loo ncoko waza waqalisa ukuhleka ngaphakathi kwakhe. UThixo wamva uSara ehleka kwaye wayesazi ukuba uSara uyathandabuza ilizwi lakhe. Ngoko wathi uThixo, “Nantoni na engamnqabeleyo uYehova?”
Akukho nto imnqabeleyo uYehova
Kodwa akukho nto imnqabeleyo uYehova! Kwaye kwenzeka, ukuba emva konyaka, USara wazala unyana; UIsake. Xa uIsake wazalwa, UAbraham wayenjalo 100 iminyaka ubudala.
Ithathe 25 iminyaka, ngaphambi kokuba isithembiso sikaThixo sizaliseke. UThixo wabiza uAbraham, xa waye 75 iminyaka ubudala kwaye wamnika idinga lembewu yakhe. Emveni kwalonto, UYehova wabonakala kuAbraham izihlandlo ezininzi. Ngalo lonke ixesha uThixo wayemkhumbuza uAbraham ngesithembiso sakhe. Kodwa uAbraham omkhulu waba, kwaba nzima ukukholelwa kuThixo ngedinga. NoSara wazama ukunceda uThixo, kodwa uThixo akadingi ncedo.
Ngeli xesha, UAbraham wahlala enyanisekile kuYehova. Akazange ambomboze kwaye akhalaze. UAbraham wamthobela uYehova waza Gcina imiyalelo yakhe waza wahlala ethembekile kuThixo.
Ngekwakwenzeke ntoni ukuba uSara akazange aphazamise icebo likaThixo?. Inokuba njani imeko kuMbindi Mpuma?
Ukulindela isithembiso sikaThixo kwaye ungaphazamisi
Kubalulekile ukulinda isithembiso sikaThixo. Kholelwa kuThixo nakwiLizwi lakhe kwaye ube nomonde kwaye ungaphazamisi. Ungamncedi uThixo, hayi kancinci. Kuba intwana encinci inokonakalisa kakhulu. Mhlawumbi usifumene isithembiso esivela eNkosini, kodwa awuboni nto eyenzekayo okwangoku. Ukuba nguwe lo mntu, ufunde kweli bali ufunde ukuba nomonde nokulinda.
Wenza ntoni okwangoku, ngelixa ulindele isithembiso sikaThixo? Nifanele nizakhe kolwenu ukholo olulolona lungcwele, kwaye nenze izinto eniyalele ukuba nizenze iNkosi. Hlala kwilizwi lakhe, thandaza kwaye ube nobudlelane naye.
Bambelela eNkosini kwaye uhlale umi kwisithembiso sikaThixo. Musa ukuthandabuza kodwa hlala uthembekile.
Into ebalulekileyo kukuba ungaphazamisi kwaye ungazami ukunceda uThixo, kuba oku kungabuyela kuwe.
Xa uThixo wandinika isithembiso, kwiinyanga ezimbalwa emva koko kukho into eyenzekayo kwaye ndabona ukuqala kwesithembiso sifezeka. Ndandivuya kakhulu! Kwenzeka izinto ezimangalisayo!
“Ungalinda?”
Yandibuza ke iNkosi ukuba ndingalinda na. Ndaphendula ngentliziyo, EWE. Kodwa ndandingazi, kwakumele ndilinde ixesha elingakanani. Emva kwala mazwi, akukho nto yenzekileyo 3 iminyaka kwaye nangona ndathembisa iNkosi ukuba ndingalinda, Ndaqalisa ukuba nexhala. Ndandifuna ukuba isithembiso sikaThixo sizaliseke.
Xa ndabelana neli bali nekholwa, umntu wandicebisa ukuba ndithathe amanyathelo. Ndamamela ingcebiso yalo mntu kwaye ndenza into awayeyixelelwe ngumntu. Ngokukhawuleza emva kokuba ndenze, into endicebise ngayo lomntu, Ndaziva ndilusizi. Ndandisazi ukuba ayilunganga kwaye ndonakalise yonke into.
Ndandingenelele kwicebo likaThixo, eyayingeyonto yobulumko ukuyenza. Endaweni yokulinda isithembiso sikaThixo nokulindela eNkosini nokuba nomonde, njengoko ndathembisayo kuThixo, Ndazithabathela ezandleni zam izinto, ndilindele ukuba ndingayenza yenzeke. Ngendandihlale ndimile kwidinga likaThixo ndize ndithandaze okwangoku ndikholelwe kwiLizwi lakhe. Ndandizisola kakhulu! Ukuza kuthi ga namhlanje, Ndisalindile. Andazi ukuba izakuthatha ixesha elingakanani, kodwa ndazi into enye ngoku: Ndinexesha. Konke endikufunayo, yinto enye nje: Ndifuna Makwenziwe ukuthanda kwakhe ebomini bam.
Oko kubonakala kungenakwenzeka ebantwini, kuyenzeka kuThixo
Ubukhulu bukaThixo bubonakala kwizinto, ekubonakala kungenakwenzeka ukuba umntu kwenzeke. Ukholo kukukholelwa kuThixo nokulindela into engenakwenzeka. Kanye njengoAbraham noSarah, ababekho, emehlweni omntu, umdala kakhulu ukuba angamitha aze azale umntwana, kodwa amandla nobungangamsha bukaThixo bugqithisele kuyo yonke into, yenze ukuba yenzeke.
Ke yiba nokholo kuYe kwaye ujonge kuYe kwaye ulinde… nokuba kuthatha ixesha elide. Sukwenza nantoni na yobudenge, Kodwa linda. Bambelela kwidinga likaThixo, Hlala uthembekile kuye, kwaye ukholwe ukuba Uyakuyenza ukuba yenzeke!
‘Yibani yityuwa yehlabathi’
