Uma sibheka impilo kaJosefa, siyabona ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayenecebo ngempilo kaJosefa. UNkulunkulu wayekhethe uJosefa, ngoba uNkulunkulu wayazi ukuthi uJosefa wayethembekile futhi enokwethenjelwa emsebenzini. UNkulunkulu wayazi kanjani? Hhayi-ke, UNkulunkulu wadala uJosefa, ngakho-ke uNkulunkulu wayazi ukuthi yini engaphakathi kuye nokuthi yini ayekwazi ukuyenza. Kuyafana nakuwe. UNkulunkulu ukudalile futhi uyakwazi okungaphakathi kwakho nalokho okwaziyo ukukwenza. UNkulunkulu unecebo ngempilo yakho, lokho kuphela okwaziyo ukukufeza. NgeZwi laKhe, Uzokwembulela lelo cebo. Nokho, izikhathi eziningi kuba nenkathi yokulinda ehilelekile futhi kufanele ulinde kuze kube yilapho iphupho libe ngokoqobo. NjengoJosefa, okwadingeka alinde kuze kube yilapho iphupho libe ngokoqobo. Okwamanje, UNkulunkulu walungiselela uJosefa umsebenzi wakhe.
Iphupho likaJosefa
UJosefa waphupha iphupho, watshela abafowabo: basebemzonda kakhulu. Wathi kubo, Zwa, ngiyakuncenga, leliphupho engiliphuphile: Ngoba, bheka, sasibopha izithungu ensimini, futhi, lo, isithungu sami savuka, wabuye wema waqonda; futhi, bheka, izithungu zakho zema nxazonke, ngakhuleka esithungwini sami. Basebesithi kuye abafowabo, Impela uyakubusa phezu kwethu? noma impela uyakubusa phezu kwethu? Basebemzonda kakhulu ngenxa yamaphupho akhe, nangamazwi akhe. Wabuye waphupha elinye iphupho, wababikela abafowabo, wathi, Bheka, Ngiphuphe iphupho ngaphezulu; futhi, bheka, ilanga nenyanga nezinkanyezi eziyishumi nanye zangikhothamela. UJosefa wamtshela uyise, nakubafowabo: uyise wamkhuza, wathi kuye, Lithini leliphupho oliphuphile? Mina nonyoko nabafowenu sizakuza sikukhothamele emhlabathini na?? Abafowabo baba nomona; kodwa uyise waligcina ilizwi (Genesis 37:5-11)
UJosefa wayenjalo 17 lapho uNkulunkulu emnika amaphupho futhi wembulela uJosefa ikusasa. uJosefa, kubo bonke ubumsulwa bakhe, wayejabule kakhulu ngalawa maphupho kangangokuthi akakwazanga ukuzigcinela lawa maphupho futhi wabelana ngalawa maphupho noyise nabafowabo..
Uyise waqaphela amaphupho kaJosefa, kepha abafowabo bamhawukela uJosefa. Abafowabo bakaJosefa base benomona ngoJosefa ngoba uJosefa wayeyintandokazi kayise, kodwa manje baba nomona futhi bamzonda kakhulu uJosefa.
UJosefa waphonswa emgodini
Kwase kwenzeka, usuku olulodwa, lapho uyise ethuma uJosefa kubafowabo ukuba bayekwelusa bona nezimvu endle, ukuze abikele uyise, ukuthi abafowabo bakha icebo lokuthatha impilo yakhe. URuben walizwa icebo labo futhi wafuna ukuvimbela icebo labo. Ngakho-ke, URubeni weluleka abafowabo ukuba baphonse uJosefa emgodini kunokuba babulale uJosefa.
URubeni wayazi ukuthi uJosefa wayeyigugu kangakanani kuyise. Ngakho-ke wacabanga ukuthi abafowabo bayomphonsa uJosefa emgodini bese behamba, ukuthi wayezomkhipha uJosefa emgodini.
Lapho uJosefa efika, abafowabo bathatha ingubo yakhe, bamphonsa emgodini.
UJosefa wathengiswa 20 izingcezu zesiliva
Ngemva kwesikhashana, abafowabo babona iviyo lama-Ishmayeli, uJuda wasikisela ukuthengisa ngoJosefa kulaba bathengisi. Ngakho bathengisa ngoJosefa 20 izinhlamvu zesiliva futhi walahla le arch-dremer. Okungenani, bacabanga ukuthi bamxoshile uJosefa.
Babengazi ukuthi konke lokhu kwakuyingxenye yecebo likaNkulunkulu ngempilo kaJosefa. Empeleni, ngokuthengisa uJosefa 20 izinhlamvu zesiliva kubathengisi, baba nesandla ekufezekeni kwamaphupho, uJosefa awamukela kuNkulunkulu.
UJosefa wathengiswa kuPotifari
UJosefa wehliselwa eGibhithe futhi wathengiswa ngokwesibili kuPotifari, isikhulu sikaFaro saseGibithe, nenduna yabalindi. Sonke lesi sikhathi, uJehova wayengamshiyi uJosefa. Ngesikhathi uJosefa eyinceku kaPotifari, uJehova wayenaye uJosefa futhi wamphumelelisa uJosefa. UPotifari waqaphela ukuthi uJehova wayenaye uJosefa, ngakho uPotifari wabeka uJosefa umphathi wendlu yakhe nendlu yakhe yonke..
UmkaPotifari wazama ukuyenga uJosefa
Kwathi ngolunye usuku, UmkaPotifari wazama ukuyenga uJosefa futhi wayefuna alale naye. Kodwa uJosefa wenqaba ngoba uJosefa wayeyihlonipha inkosi yakhe uPotifari futhi uJosefa wayemthanda uNkulunkulu futhi engafuni ukona kuNkulunkulu. Kodwa umkaPotifari waphikelela futhi akazange athathe ‘cha’ ukuze uthole impendulo. Nsuku zonke wayezama ukuyenga uJosefa, kepha uJosefa akavumanga.
Kulezi zinsuku, yini indoda ezokwazi ukumelana nowesifazane oyengayo, ozama ukumyenga usuku nosuku?
Kodwa uJosefa wakwazi ukumelana nokuyenga kwakhe. UmkaPotifari wakhungatheka kakhulu.
Kwathi ngolunye usuku, lapho wonke umuntu ephumile endlini, UmkaPotifari walala embhedeni, wabamba uJosefa ingubo yakhe, wamtshela ukuba alale naye., kodwa uJosefa wala wabaleka.
Nokho, UmkaPotifari wayephethe ingubo kaJosefa esandleni sakhe futhi wazenzela eyakhe indaba.
Lapho ebiza amadoda omuzi wakhe, wabaqambela amanga ngokwenzekile. Wabatshela ukuthi uJosefa wayefuna ukulala naye futhi wakhala ngezwi elikhulu nokuthi ngenxa yokuklabalasa kwakhe uJosefa wabaleka.. Yebo, wasonta iqiniso futhi waqamba amanga ukuze aziphindiselele kuJosefa, ngoba wayemalile.
Lapho uPotifari efika ekhaya futhi ezwa ukuthi kwenzekani, wathukuthela. UPotifari wathatha uJosefa wamfaka ejele.
UJosefa wafakwa etilongweni
Kodwa lokhu futhi kwakuyingxenye yecebo likaNkulunkulu. UNkulunkulu wayelazi iqiniso nokuthi kwakwenzekeni ngempela. UNkulunkulu wayenaJosefa, ngisho ejele.
Nakulokhu ongenakuzisiza kakhulu, indawo eyihlane, UNkulunkulu wayenaye uJosefa futhi akazange amshiye. UNkulunkulu wambonisa umusa futhi wanika uJosefa umusa emehlweni onogada.
Umgciniziboshwa wanikela zonke iziboshwa esandleni sikaJosefa futhi akabhekanga lutho olusesandleni sakhe. Ngoba uNkulunkulu wayenaye nalokho ayekwenza, UNkulunkulu wakwenza ukuba kuphumelele.
Amaphupho omphathi wezitsha nombhaki
Kwathi ngolunye usuku, umphathizitsha nomphekizinkwa wenkosi, nabo bafakwa etilongweni ngoba beyonile inkosi, waphupha iphupho bobabili. Ngelinye ilanga uJosefa wafika ekuseni wababona bedangele. Wababuza ukuthi kwenzakalani, bamtshela uJosefa iphupho labo.
UJosefa wabachazela amaphupho, wathi umbhaki uzofela ngaphakathi 3 izinsuku nomphathizitsha abuyiselwe emkhumbini wakhe. Futhi ngempela, kwenzeka, ukuthi umphekizinkwa wabulawa, nomphathizitsha wabuyiselwa kumphathizitsha wakhe kuFaro. UJosefa wayecele umphathizitsha ukuthi amkhumbule, kepha umphathizitsha akamkhumbulanga uJosefa, wamkhohlwa.
Iphupho likaFaro
Kwathi ngolunye usuku, UFaro waphupha iphupho, okwaphazamisa umoya wakhe. Ngakho, wabiza zonke izanusi zaseGibithe nezihlakaniphileyo ukuba zichaze iphupho lakhe. Kodwa akekho owakwazi ukuchaza iphupho lakhe. Khona-ke umphathizitsha wakhumbula uJosefa futhi watshela uFaro okwenzeka etilongweni. Ngakho, UFaro wabiza uJosefa.
Futhi kwenzeka, ukuthi uJosefa, umphuphi omkhulu, walandwa ejele. Ngemva kweminyaka eminingi kangaka ehlala ekuthunjweni, UJosefa wayesekulungele ukufeza umsebenzi, ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayemkhethile.
UJosefa wamchazela uFaro iphupho; 7 iminyaka yenala enkulu yayizofika futhi ngemva kwalokhu 7 iminyaka ekanye, 7 kwakuyovela iminyaka yendlala. UJosefa weluleka uFaro ukuba abheke indoda ehlakaniphile neqondayo futhi ayimise phezu kwezwe laseGibhithe ukuze anqobe lezi. 14 iminyaka ekanye.
UFaro wabona ukuthi uJosefa uyindoda ehlakaniphileyo, ngoba uNkulunkulu wayelaye. Ngakho uFaro wamisa uJosefa phezu kwezwe lonke laseGibhithe.
UJosefa wabekwa phezu kwezwe laseGibhithe
UJosefa wayenjalo 30 lapho uFaro ebeka uJosefa phezu kwezwe laseGibhithe. Phakathi neminyaka eyisikhombisa yokuqala, UJosefa wabutha ukudla, wakubeka emizini. Kwasekufika iminyaka eyisikhombisa yendlala, lapho izwe lonke laba nendlala, abaseGibithe bakhala kuFaro, uJosefa wavula izinqolobane, wathengisa ngamabele kwabaseGibithe.
Manje indlala yalethwa emhlabeni wonke. Lapho amanye amazwe ezwa ukuthi kukhona amabele eGibhithe, bonke beza eGibithe ukuthenga amabele.
UJosefa wahlangana nabafowabo
Lapho uJakobe ezwa ukuthi amabele ayathengiswa eGibhithe, UJakobe wayala amadodana akhe ukuba aye eGibhithe ayothenga okusanhlamvu. Amadodana kaJakobe ayishumi amlalela uJakobe futhi aya eGibhithe eyothenga okusanhlamvu. uBenjamini indodana encane, indodana kaRaheli, wahlala loJakobe. Ngoba uJakobe wayesaba ukuthi kwakungase kwenzeke kuye, njengoJosefa.
Lapho amadodana kaJakobe ayishumi efika eGibhithe futhi ema phambi kukaJosefa, bakhothama phambi kukaJosefa ubuso babo bubheke phansi. UJosefa wababona abafowabo kodwa uJosefa wenza sengathi umfokazi waqala ukubuza abafowabo. Okwamanje, UJosefa wakhumbula amaphupho awaphuphayo, ngenkathi ekhona 17 iminyaka.
UJosefa wazibonakalisa kubafowabo
Ukwenza indaba ende ibe mfushane, UJosefa wazibonakalisa kubafowabo. Ngaleso sikhathi, UJosefa wayenjalo 39 iminyaka.
Lapho abafowabo bezwa, ukuthi umbusi waseGibhithe, kwakunguJosefa umfowabo, bakhala besaba ukuthi uJosefa angabajezisa ngalokho ababekwenzile kuye. Oh, bazisola ngempela ngezenzo zabo.
Kodwa uJosefa wabatshela abafowabo, ukungadabuki.
UJosefa wabubona ubukhulu bukaNkulunkulu kukho konke okwenzeka kuye. Ngakho uJosefa wayengenakubathukuthelela abafowabo.
UJosefa wawubona umsebenzi kanye necebo, uNkulunkulu ayenalo ngokuphila kwakhe.
Icebo likaNkulunkulu kwakuwukugcina umndeni kaJosefa; inzalo kaJakobe; abantu be (Israyeli) ephila. Yikho uNkulunkulu wathumela uJosefa eGibhithe. Ukuze uJosefa akwazi ukondla umndeni wakhe (Israyeli) ngesikhathi sendlala futhi ubagcine bephila futhi waqinisekisa ukuphila emhlabeni.
Ngoba uJosefa wayemthanda uNkulunkulu futhi ebona icebo likaNkulunkulu ngempilo yakhe, UJosefa akabonanga lutho olubi kubafowabo. Wakubona okwenzeka ngempela nokuthi uNkulunkulu wayeNguye, Owamthumela eGibhithe. UJoseph akazange abheke emuva, futhi uJosefa wayengaziphindiseli.
UJosefa kwadingeka alinde 20 iminyaka ngaphambi kokuba amaphupho akhe afezeke
Iphupho likaJosefa alizange lifezeke ngokushesha, kodwa uJosefa kwadingeka alinde okungaphezu kwalokho 20 iminyaka ngaphambi kokuba amaphupho akhe abe ngokoqobo. Okwamanje, izinto eziningi ezimbi ezenzeka kuJosefa.
UJosefa walahlwa abafowabo futhi wathengiswa kubantu angabazi 20 izingcezu zesiliva. UJosefa waba isigqila futhi akabange esaba indoda ekhululekile. Ngezinhlamvu ezingamashumi amabili zesiliva, Inkululeko kaJosefa yathathwa kuye.
UJosefa wamangalelwa ngamanga futhi waphulwa
Lapho uJosefa ethengiswa okwesibili kuPotifari, UJosefa wafika endaweni ekahle kwaze kwaba yilapho umkaPotifari emangalela uJosefa ngamanga. Nakuba uJosefa wayemsulwa, wamangalelwa ngamanga futhi wavalelwa ejele.
UJosefa wahlala isikhathi esingakanani ejele? 10 iminyaka ekanye? 11 iminyaka noma ngaphezulu 13 iminyaka ekanye? Ngoba uJosefa wayenjalo 17 lapho ethengiswa futhi 30 lapho ephuma ejele. Ake sithi kwakuyiminyaka eyishumi. Cabanga ngamehlo engqondo, ukuvalelwa ejele iminyaka eyishumi! Kodwa lokhu futhi kwakuyingxenye yecebo likaNkulunkulu.
UJosefa wephulwa ngabantu ababemzungezile futhi waba kwaliwe. Abafowabo babengamfuni futhi inkosi yakhe uPotifari yenqaba ngoba wayekholelwa amanga omkakhe ngaphezu kobuqotho bukaJosefa..
Abafowabo bakaJosefa nomkaPotifari bobabili bathatha ingubo yakhe futhi uJosefa waba ‘nqunu’. Cishe yonke into yathathwa kuJosefa futhi uJosefa waba yisigqila emgodini (ejele).
UNkulunkulu wayenaye uJosefa ngaso sonke isikhathi
Kodwa ngenhlanhla uJosefa wagcina into ebaluleke kakhulu ekuphileni kwakhe, okungukuthi uNkulunkulu. UNkulunkulu akazange amkhohlwe uJosefa futhi akazange amdumaze, wamala, noma amshiye. UNkulunkulu wayenaye uJosefa ngaso sonke isikhathi. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uJosefa wayekuphi. UNkulunkulu akazange amkhohlwe uJosefa futhi akazange amlahle uJosefa.
UJosefa akazange akhononde kodwa wenza umsebenzi wakhe futhi wahlala ethembekile kuNkulunkulu (Reas futhi: Ukubonga Kwamadodana KaNkulunkulu).
Nasetilongweni uNkulunkulu wamnakekela uJosefa futhi wahlela, ukuthi umgciniziboshwa wambona uJosefa, wamenzela umusa, ngalokho wanikela zonke iziboshwa esandleni sikaJosefa. Isikhathi sonke, UNkulunkulu wayebambe imibuso.
Okungenzeki kwaba nokwenzeka ngoba ngemva kwesikhathi eside, UJosefa wakhululwa ejele futhi wamiswa uNkulunkulu njengombusi eGibhithe, ngoba uNkulunkulu wayelaye. Ubani owayengacabanga, ukuthi lokhu kuzokwenzeka esigqilini, owayevalelwe ejele? Kodwa noNkulunkulu, zonke izinto ziyenzeka!
UJosefa kwadingeka alinde kuze kube yilapho iphupho ligcwaliseka
Iphupho uJosefa aliphupha, ngenkathi ekhona 17 iminyaka, kwaba ngokoqobo. Akwenzekanga ngobusuku obubodwa. Kwathatha cishe 20 iminyaka ukuze iphupho libe ngokoqobo. Kodwa uJosefa waba nesineke futhi wathembela kuNkulunkulu.
Ungalilahli iphupho lakho
Mhlawumbe ucabanga ngephupho, umbono, noma isiprofetho owasithola kuNkulunkulu esikhathini esithile esidlule noma mhlawumbe eminyakeni edlule, kodwa akwenzekanga lutho. Ungase ungabaze uma lelo phupho, umbono, noma isiprofetho sasivela kuNkulunkulu ngempela, ngoba awuboni okwenzekayo okwamanje.
Kwenzekani ngenkathi ulinda kuze kube yilapho iphupho libe ngokoqobo?
Kodwa ngithanda ukunikhuthaza, ngokusekelwe endabeni kaJosefa, ukungayeki! Kwesinye isikhathi ungazithola usezimeni ezinzima. Kodwa lezi zimo ezinzima ziyadingeka ukuze ushintshe futhi zikulolonge ube umuntu uNkulunkulu afuna ube yikho.
Bheka impilo kaJosefa. Lapho uJosefa esendlini kaPotifari futhi wamisa phezu kwendlu yakhe nendlu yakhe, UmkaPotifari, owesifazane oshadile, wazama ukuyenga uJosefa.
Ngenkathi uJosefa elingwa enyameni, esikhundleni sokuvumela izilingo, UJosefa wakhetha ukwenza kanjalo hlala ulalela futhi uthembekile kuNkulunkulu futhi wakhetha ukungoni.
UJosefa wayethanda uNkulunkulu ngaphezu kwakho konke futhi ethanda nomakhelwane wakhe (uPotifari) njengaye, ngalokho uJosefa akonanga.
UJosefa wakhetha ukulalela intando kaNkulunkulu futhi wahlala entandweni Yakhe, esikhundleni sokungena esilingweni senyama. Kodwa uJosefa kwadingeka akhokhele inani lokulalela kwakhe uNkulunkulu nentando yaKhe nokukhetha indlela kaNkulunkulu.
Ngenxa yokulalela nokwethembeka kwakhe kuNkulunkulu, UJosefa wamangalelwa ngamanga futhi wavalelwa ejele cishe iminyaka eyishumi kuya kweyishumi nambili.
Kodwa lokhu futhi kwakuyingxenye yecebo likaNkulunkulu. Ngesikhathi esejele uJosefa waqokwa esikhundleni sobuholi, lapho afunda khona, ithuthukisiwe, futhi wasebenzisa amakhono akhe okuphatha. UJosefa akazange asibone isimo esingenathemba. UJosefa akazange akhale, ukukhononda noma ukukhononda.
Cha, UJosefa wenza umsebenzi wakhe wahlala isiguli futhi uthembekile kuNkulunkulu. UNkulunkulu wabona uthando nokwethembeka kukaJosefa futhi wambusisa uJosefa.
Akukhona ngalokho odlula kukho, kodwa ukuthi udlula kanjani kukho
Okwamanje, ngenkathi ulinda kuze kube yilapho iphupho libe ngokoqobo, awunciki emuva futhi ungenzi lutho. Cha, yisikhathi sokulungiselela. Ngakho-ke kubalulekile ukuchitha isikhathi noNkulunkulu futhi utadishe iZwi laKhe. Okwamanje, wenza umsebenzi woMbuso futhi wenza lokho uJesu akuyala ukuba ukwenze, futhi khuthala, ngoba wenzela uNkulunkulu.
Lapho kuvela izimo ezinzima, ungadinwa noma uphele amandla, futhi ungabubuli futhi ukhononde, ngoba uNkulunkulu akakuthandi ukububula nokukhononda. Lapho ukhononda futhi ukhononda, uzokwenza kube kubi kakhulu futhi ubangele ukuthi isimo sihlale isikhathi eside (Funda futhi: ‘Yeka ukusola uNkulunkulu!’ futhi ‘Lowo amthandayo iNkosi iyamlaya, imshaye‘).
Kunalokho, zithobe kuNkulunkulu naseZwini Lakhe futhi uvumele lezo zimo ezinzima zikubumbe. Khumbula, kuyingxenye yohlelo lukaNkulunkulu. Ufuna uqine futhi umelane nezilingo, ukuze ukwazi ukuphatha nokunqoba zonke izimo.
Lapho abantu bekulimaza, ukukusola noma ukukumangalela ngamanga, kuyeke kuhambe, futhi ungakhathazeki ngakho. UNkulunkulu uyalazi iqiniso futhi yilokho okubalulekile. Uyazi ukuthi kwenzekeni futhi lokhu kuyingxenye yenqubo yokulungiselela. Okubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi uthembele kuNkulunkulu futhi uhlale uthembekile kuNkulunkulu.
Ngakho, bambelelani nijabule nibonge. Funda iZwi likaNkulunkulu futhi vuselela ingqondo yakho ngeZwi. Thatha iZwi emlonyeni wakho futhi ukhulume amazwi kaNkulunkulu ngokuzwakalayo, ukuze uqine ngokomoya futhi unikezwe amandla. ZAKHAZELWA NGOKUKHOLO LAKHO OKUFANELEKILE.
Akungabazeki ukuthi ungene engqondweni yakho, kodwa yitshele ukuthi ihambe! Bambelela ephusheni nasesithembisweni uNkulunkulu akunike sona, ungavumeli lutho noma kungabikho muntu okwebayo kuwe.
Ungalahli ithemba, kodwa bambelelani kuze kufike lowomzuzu, lapho iphupho liba ngokoqobo.
‘Yiba usawoti womhlaba’
