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Omunye wemibuzo yokuqala lapho ngiqala ukubona ukukhethwa kwami ​​njengomntwana kaNkulunkulu okhethiwe, wamukelwa njengendodana yakhe futhi wabizwa ukuba ngibe ngumKristu, kwakungukuthi: "kungani mina"? Ukuzindla ngendaba yokhetho lukaJoseph kungasisiza ukuthi sigweme isicupho sokubona ukhetho lwethu njengento yokunqoba abanye. Ukhetho lubizo lokusebenzela abanye, nesibusiso kumuntu ngasikhathi sinye.
Isibusiso sikaYise siyifa elibalulekile. Ngokusho kweHubo 37: 11 noMathewu 5: 5, kukhona ifa elinjalo eligcinelwe abamnene. Ngeke ngicabange ukuthi izimfanelo zika-Isaka, uJakobe kanye noJoseph kumele ngabe zabamba iqhaza elikhulu ekubizweni kwabo. Uma kukhona iqiniso kulesi silinganiso, khona-ke asikho isibonelelo sokunqoba ngokunqoba kwabanye abangakhethiwe. Ngemuva kwakho konke, ukhetho alunangqondo ngaphandle kokuthi kukhona abanye abangakhethwanga. [1]
Eqinisweni uJoseph wakhethwa kabili, kanye kanye nguyise uJacob, futhi kanye nguYise wasezulwini, njengoba kufakazelwa amaphupho akhe amabili okuqala. Yilolu khetho lokugcina olubaluleke kakhulu, ngoba ukukhetha komuntu kuvame ukukha phezulu. URaheli wayeluthando lweqiniso lukaJakobe, futhi izingane zakhe zazithandwa kakhulu, yingakho uJosefa athandwa nguJakobe ngalokho okwakubonakala kuyizizathu ezingenangqondo ekuqaleni - ungabunaki ubuntu bukaJosefa osemncane. [2] Akunjalo ngoNkulunkulu. Ku-1 Samuweli 13:14 sifunda ukuthi uNkulunkulu wakhetha uDavide "ngokwenhliziyo yakhe" - hhayi emva kokubukeka kwakhe njengomuntu.
Endabeni kaJosefa, siwuqonda kanjani umqondo wokuthi uNkulunkulu ukhetha kanjani abantu abanomfanekiso wengane engenalwazi mhlawumbe ngokungenangqondo ngokuletha imibiko emibi ngabafowabo kuYise? (UGenesise 37: 2) Ngokuqondisa kukaNkulunkulu, uyazi ukuthi uJosefa uzoba yindoda enjani. Yilo Josefa owakheke ukuba abe ngumuntu osenhliziyweni kaNkulunkulu. [3] Lokhu kumele kube yindlela uNkulunkulu akhetha ngayo, cabanga ngokuguqulwa kukaSawule noMose. "Indlela ewumngcingo" yenguquko enjalo ngeyokukhuthazelela ubunzima (Mathewu 7: 13,14), yingakho isidingo sobumnene.
Ngalokho-ke, lapho sibizwa ukuthi sidle uKristu futhi sihlanganyele ezinhlwini zezingane ezikhethiwe zikaBaba wethu waseZulwini, umbuzo othi "kungani mina", awudingi ukuthi sibheke izimfanelo eziphakeme ngaphakathi kwethu njengamanje, ngaphandle kokuzimisela ukwakheka ngoNkulunkulu. Akunasizathu sokuziphakamisa ngaphezu kwabafowethu.
Indaba kaJoseph eshukumisayo yokukhuthazelela ukugqilazeka nokugqunywa ejele ikhombisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu usikhetha futhi asiguqule kanjani. Kungenzeka uNkulunkulu wasikhetha ngaphambi kwesikhathi, kepha asikwazi ukuqiniseka ngokukhethwa kwethu size sithole ukulungiswa kwakhe. (Heberu 12: 6) Ukuthi sisabela kulokho kulungiswa ngobumnene kubalulekile, futhi impela kwenza kube nzima ukugcina ukunqoba kwenkolo okukhohlisayo ezinhliziyweni zethu.
Ngikhunjuzwa ngamazwi aku-Isaya 64: 6 "Manje, O Nkosi, wena ungubaba wethu, thina silubumba; wena ungumenzi wethu, thina sonke siyimisebenzi yezandla zakho." (DR) Lokhu kuwubonisa kahle umqondo wokuzikhethela endabeni kaJosefa. Abakhethiweyo bavumela uNkulunkulu ukuba ababumbe njengemisebenzi yobuciko beqiniso yezandla zakhe, abantu abalandela "inhliziyo kaNkulunkulu".


[1] Ngokuhlobene nezingane ezingenakubalwa zika-Adamu ezizobusiswa, kubizwa inani elilinganiselwe, elinikelwa njengezithelo zokuqala zesivuno ukubusisa ezinye. Izithelo zokuqala zinikelwa kuBaba ukuze abanye abaningi babusiswe. Akuwona wonke umuntu ongaba izithelo zokuqala, noma bekungeke kube khona okusele ukubusisa ngabo.
Kodwa-ke, makube sobala ukuthi asikhuthazi umbono wokuthi kubizwa iqembu elincane kuphela. Abaningi babizwa impela. (UMathewu 22: 14) Indlela esisabela ngayo kulolo bizo, nokuthi siphila kanjani ngalo, kuthinta ngokuphelele ukubekwa uphawu kwethu kokugcina njengabakhethiweyo. Kuyindlela emincane, kepha hhayi umgwaqo ongenathemba.
[2] Impela uJakobe wayemthanda uRaheli ngaphezu kokubukeka kwakhe. Uthando olusekelwe ekubukekeni belungeke luhlale isikhathi eside, futhi izimfanelo zakhe zamenza waba “ngowesifazane ngokwenhliziyo yakhe.” ImiBhalo ishiya ukungabaza okuncane ngakho ukuthi uJosefa wayeyindodana kaJakobe ayithandayo ngoba wayeyizibulo likaRaheli. Cabanga ngesizathu esisodwa nje: Ngemuva kokuthi uJosefa kucatshangwe ukuthi ubulewe nguyise, uJuda wakhuluma ngoBenjamin, okuwukuphela komntwana kaRaheli:

UGenesise 44: 19 Inkosi yami yabuza izinceku zayo yathi: 'Ninoyihlo noma ninomfowenu na?' 20 Sathi, 'Sinobaba osekhulile, futhi uzelwe indodana esemdala. Umfowabo ufile, futhi ungukuphela kwamadodana kanina asele, noyise uyamthanda.'

Lokhu kusinikeza ukuqonda ngokuqokwa kukaJosefa njengendodana ayithandayo. Eqinisweni, uJakobe wayithanda le ndodana eyodwa kaRaheli eyayisele kakhulu kangangokuba noJuda wacabanga ukuthi impilo kaBenjamin ibaluleke kakhulu kuYise kunaleyo yakhe. Hlobo luni lobuntu uBenjamin ayezodinga ukuba nalo ukudlula olukaJuda lokuzidela - ecabanga ukuthi ubuntu bakhe yibo obabuthonya isinqumo sikaJakobe?
[3] Lokhu kuyabakhuthaza abasha abafuna ukudla isidlo sakusihlwa sesikhumbuzo. Noma singazizwa singafaneleki, ubizo lwethu luphakathi kwethu noBaba wethu osezulwini kuphela. Ukulandisa kukaJoseph osemncane kugcizelela umqondo wokuthi ngokunikezwa nguNkulunkulu ngisho nalabo okungenzeka ukuthi abakalulami kumuntu omusha basengabizwa, ngoba uNkulunkulu usenza silingane ngenqubo yokucwengisisa.

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