U-Abhrahama wathumela inceku yakhe u-Eliyezeri, ukuba afune umfazi wendodana yakhe, u-Isaka. Inceku ibibonile ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayethembekile kanjani enkosini yakhe futhi ngenxa yalokhu wawaqonda amandla omkhuleko. 

U-Eliyezeri wathandazela ukuthi uNkulunkulu amnikeze isivinini esihle ukufeza umsebenzi ayewunikiwe. Ubuye wacela ukuthi uNkulunkulu aqinisekise ukuthi ngubani ozoba umlobokazi okhethile ngo-Isaka ngokusho ukuthi noma ngubani ongeke aphuze amanzi lapho ecela isipho, kodwa uzobanika amakamela akhe. 

Isicelo sakhe sasilula kepha yini engadala intombazane ayengakaze ihlangane nayo ukuze imbozele lowo hlobo lomusa nokubukisa imikhuba enjalo? Lokhu kungenzeka kuphela uma ekhuliswe futhi efundiswa ukuthi angabaphatha kanjani abadala nabantu ongabazi kahle. Mhlawumbe kwakungekhona okokuqala ukuthi uRebheka wakhombisa umusa onjalo noma umdala.

Ngaphambi kwalom zithandazo, uNkulunkulu wayevumele uRebheka ukuba ahambe ezimweni nasekuqeqesheni okwamenza wakwazi ukufeza lowo mthandazo. Iziphi izimo ezazingenza ukuba babe nenhliziyo enjalo eyamvumela ukuba afeze izimfuneko ezisethiwe kulowo mthandazo?

UNkulunkulu uyakwazi isiphetho sazo zonke izindaba ngisho nangaphambi kokuba ziboniswe. Yize uNkulunkulu azi isiphetho sayo yonke into, unikeze amadoda inkululeko yokuguqula amacebo akhe futhi aguqule ukuphela kwemicimbi eselenzayo. URebheka wayengaba nosuku olubi futhi lapho efika emthonjeni, wayesengakhathele ukubhekana no-Eliyezer noma anathane ngesicelo sakhe samanzi. 

UNkulunkulu, ekuhlakanipheni kwakhe wakhetha uRebheka ukuba abe ngumfazi ku-Isaka. Kepha ngalokho okwenzeke uNkulunkulu wamvumela ukuba adlule kokuhlangenwe nakho okuthile okubumba. Mhlawumbe okunye kwalokhu okuhlangenwe nakho kwakunzima futhi kubuhlungu kepha kwavumela labo bahlangenwe nakho ukuthi bamsize ekutholeni ukuhlakanipha okwamenza wanika amakamela ka-Eliyezeri.

UNkulunkulu unezehlakalo eziningi kakhulu ezihlelelwe impilo yakho. Kepha umsebenzi ungowakho ukuvumelanisa nalezo zehlakalo nezinqumo ozozenza uzokubeka ukuthi ufeze leyo misebenzi noma ulahlekelwe okuhlangenwe nakho. Kuthatha kakhulu ukuvumelanisa ohlelweni lukaNkulunkulu ngempilo yakho. Akumangazi-ke ukuthi uMose acele uNkulunkulu ukuba asifundise ukubhala izinsuku zethu ukuthi sabaningi bathambekele izinhliziyo zethu ekuhlakanipheni.

Kunokuvuthwa okuza ngeminyaka ngezikhathi ezithile kepha ungamangala akuwona wonke umuntu oseneminyaka evuthiwe futhi ehlakaniphile. Ukuhlakanipha akuveli nobudala bodwa kepha kufakiwe ngesipiliyoni. UNkulunkulu unecebo elibekiwe kulowo nalowo kodwa umthwalo wethu wokuzihlanganisa nentando yakhe nenhloso yezimpilo zethu. Abanye bahluleka ukuzivumela ngoba abazivumeli ukuvuthwa futhi bathole ukuhlakanipha okudingekayo ukwenza uhlelo lukaNkulunkulu.

 U-Isaka wayenomfazi ngoba uRebheka wamvumela ukuba akhulise ukuba akhiphe okungcono kakhulu kuye. Amantombazane amaningi amancane akhalela futhi athi kubukeka sengathi kuyaqalekiswa ngoba uNkulunkulu akafuni ukuthi baqale imindeni yabo. Kepha kungenzeka ukuthi u-Eliyezeri wathunyelwa kuwe futhi awuzange unikeze amakamela akhe amanzi. Isikhathi sokuthatha umthwalo wemfanelo phezu kwesiphetho sakho ngokuba nokuhlakanipha okudingekayo ukuzivumelanisa nenjongo kaNkulunkulu ngempilo yakho. UNkulunkulu unecebo elibekiwe ngalo lonke umcimbi kodwa ngoba nje uzovuma akusho ukuthi kuzokwenzeka ngokwecebo lakhe. Umkhuleko wami ukuthi kwangathi lesi sizukulwane masibe nokuhlakanipha ukuvumelanisa nezinhlelo zikaNkulunkulu ezisethiwe. Inkosi ikubusise.