Ngaba uziva ungenathemba? Zama oku!
Bajongane nemeko engenathemba, abantu baya kuphendula ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo. Abanye bayothuka, abanye baguquke babe kukutya okanye utywala, kwaye abanye baya "kwenza". Ubuninzi, ukuphendula enye yezi ndlela akunakusombulula nantoni na.
Njengommiselo oqhelekileyo, nayiphi na impendulo engabandakanyi umthandazo iya kuba ingalunganga. Ukujamelana nengxaki, ukuguqukela kuThixo ngomthandazo kufanele kube yenye yezinto zokuqala esizenzayo. Ngoku, ngelixa ndilindele ukuba nawuphina umntu wokholo avumelane nam ngale nto, nantsi indawo esinokwahlukana. Xa usebunzimeni kwaye yonke into ibonakala imnyama, ndicebisa ukuba uphendule ngokuthandaza ngendlela ethe ngqo. Ngamaxesha entlekele, ndicebisa ukuba uqale imithandazo yakho ngokudumisa uThixo!
Nayiphi na impendulo engabandakanyi umthandazo iya kuba ingalunganga.
Ndiyazi ukuba iyavakala, kodwa mandivume. Nangona ukudumisa uThixo kwisaqhwithi kukuchasana, umbono lo usekwe kwimigaqo-siseko eqinileyo yebhayibhile. Isiganeko esithile sinokufunyanwa kwincwadi yesibini ye-Chronicle.
Xa waxelelwa ukuba uYuda wayesele eza kuhlaselwa ngamaMowabi, ama-Amon kunye namaMunun, uKumkani uYehoshafati wayechaphazeleka. Esikhundleni sokukhathazeka, nangona kunjalo, ngobulumko "wagqiba ekubeni abonisane neNkosi" (2 yeziKronike 20: 3). Njengoko abantu bakwaJuda naseJerusalem bangena kunye naye etempileni, ukumkani waguqukela * kuNdikhoyo ngomthandazo. Waqala ngokuqonda amandla kaThixo angenasiphelo.
“UYEHOVA, Thixo wookhokho bethu, awunguye na onguThixo ezulwini kwaye awulawulo kuzo zonke izikumkani zezizwe? Esandleni sakho kukho amandla kunye namandla, kwaye akukho mntu unokumelana nawe. "(2 Kronike 20: 6)
Kumnandi ukuqala kwethu ukuthandaza ngale ndlela hayi kuba uThixo kufuneka azi ukuba yonke into inamandla, kodwa kuba kufuneka simazi! Le yeyona ndlela ilungileyo yokwandisa ukuzithemba kwethu kumandla eNkosi ukusithatha ngokusa isaqhwithi. Emva kokubonakalisa ukuthembela kumandla amakhulu kaThixo, uKumkani uYehoshafati ke waqonda ukuba abantu bakwaJuda abanamandla ngokuchasene notshaba kwaye baxhomekeke kuye ngokupheleleyo.
Asinamandla ebusweni besi sizwana sikhulu sizayo. Asazi ukuba masenze ntoni na, ngoko ke amehlo ethu ajonge kuwe. "(2 Kronike 20:12)
Ukwamkela ngokuthobeka uncedo lukaThixo, kufuneka kuqala sibazi ubuthathaka bethu. Yile nto kanye eyenziwa ngukumkani. Ngequbuliso, uMoya oyiNgcwele wabalekela eJahaziyeli (umLevi owayesesixekweni) wathi:
Baza iindlebe, nonke maYuda, nani bemi baseYerusalem, nawe Kumkani uYehoshafati. U-ORD uthi kuwe: musani ukoyika okanye musani ukubonwa ngulo mhlambi mkhulu, kuba idabi asilolenu kodwa lelikaThixo ”. (2 Kronike 20:15)
UJahaziyeli uqhubekile eprofeta ukuba abantu bazokuphumelela ngaphandle kokulwa neentshaba zabo. Oku kungenxa yokuba idabi ibingelolwabo, kodwa lelikaThixo .Sifanele sizive ngendlela efanayo xa ngephanyazo siphoswa kwisiphango ngenxa yokugula, ukuphulukana nomsebenzi okanye iingxaki kubudlelwane. Ukuba uThixo usizisa kuyo, iya kusithatha ngayo. Ukuqonda ukuba ezi meko ziyimfazwe kaThixo yinguquko enkulu. Ngoba? Kuba uThixo akazilahli iimfazwe!
Ngomlomo kaJahaziel, iNkosi yaxelela abantu ukuba baphume ngengomso baye kudibana nemikhosi ephikisayo ngokuzithemba. Idabi sele liphumelele! Ekuphela kwento ekufuneka beyenzile kukuhlala apho. Emva kokuva ezo ndaba, uYoshafati nabantu baguqa banqula uNdikhoyo. Baphakama abanye abaLevi, bavuma iingoma zokudumisa zikaThixo, bedanduluka.
Ngentsasa elandelayo, uYehoshafati wakhokela abantu, bajongana notshaba. Ukuhamba kwabo, wema wabakhumbuza ukuba banokholo kuThixo kuba bayakuphumelela. Ke wenza into eyadanisa ingqiqo yomntu, kodwa yayihambelana ngokupheleleyo nemiyalelo kaThixo:
Wonyula abanye ukuba bacule kwi-L OrD kunye nabanye ukuba bancome ubungangamsha obungcwele njengoko wayekhokela umkhosi. Bacule: "Enkosi L ORD, uthando lwabo luhlala luhleli." (2 Kronike 20:21)
Ukumkani wayalela ikwayala ukuba iqhubeke emkhosini icule iindumiso zikaThixo! Loluphi uhlobo lweqhinga lokulwa eliya? Yindlela yobuchule yomkhosi eyazi ukuba eli ayilo idabi labo. Ukwenza njalo kubonise ukuba ibeke ithemba layo kuThixo hayi kumandla ayo. Ngapha koko, abakwenzanga oko ngenxa yokuba babengenatyala, kodwa ngenxa yokuba bexelelwe yiNkosi. Ngaba unokuqikelela ukuba kwenzeke ntoni emva koko?
Ngeli lixa baqalisa indumiso yabo eqaqambileyo, UYEHOVA wathembisa ama-Amon, amaMowabi kunye nabo beNtaba yakwaSehire ababeze nxamnye noJuda, ukuze boyiswe. (2 Kronike 20:22)
Nje ukuba abantu baqale ukudumisa uThixo, imikhosi ephikisayo yaguqukela kwaye yoyiswa. Kanye njengokuba uThixo wathembisayo, abantu bakwaYuda naseYerusalem boyisa ngaphandle kokulwa! Nangona icebo leNkosi lalicetyiswa lalibonakala libanzi, abantu bathobela baza bavela boyisa.
"Uloyiso lukaYehoshafati phezu kweAdad yaseSyria", njengoko kuboniswe nguJean Fouquet (1470) kwi "Antiquities yamaJuda" nguGiuseppe Flavio. Ifoto: indawo kawonke wonke
Kubo bonke ubomi bakho, uya kujongana neemeko ezininzi ezibonakala zingenathemba. Unokufumana enye phambi kwakho ngoku. Ngala maxesha apho ingozi isondele, kwaye ikamva libonakala limnyama, khumbula into eyenzeka kuKumkani uYehoshafati nabantu bakwaJuda naseJerusalem. Baphendule kwingxaki eyayikuyo ngokudumisa iNkosi bevuma ukuba idabi ababejongana nalo yayingelolwabo, yayilelakhe. Endaweni yokuba banxunguphaliswe "yintoni ukuba", bagxile kubunyaniso bothando namandla kaThixo.
Ndikhe ndayibona le meko yenza amaxesha amaninzi ebomini bam kwaye iNkosi ibuye qho. Nangona ndingasoloko ndifuna ukumdumisa kwisaqhwithi, ndiyakwenza njalo. Ngokukhawuleza, ithemba lam liyabuyiselwa kwaye ndiyakwazi ukuqhubeka nokuqhubela phambili, ndisazi ukuba umlo ungoweNkosi. Yizame kwaye ubone ukuba kwenzeka ntoni. Ndiqinisekile ukuba uza kubona iziphumo ezifanayo.