Okhiye bomkhuleko: Amandla okukhala
Lapho abantu abaningi befunda eBhayibhelini ukuthi uJacob waxabana noNkulunkulu futhi walithatha, bacabanga ukuthi kwakuyimpi yenqindi, nokuthi uJakobe wayenamandla anele okuphonsa ama-punches ambalwa kuNkulunkulu. Kuphela lapho ufunda le ndaba kuHoseya 12: 4 Uqala ukuqonda ukuthi walwa kanjani nengelosi kaNkulunkulu futhi wanqoba.
Umbhalo uyavuma ukuthi waba namandla phezu kwengelosi yeNkosi. Kubuye kukhulume ngendlela anqoba ngayo ingelosi yeNkosi ngokukhala. Kepha lapho ufunda ukulandisa okukuGenesise, awukuboni ngaleli ndaba, elikhuluma ngendlela uJakobho lakhala ngayo futhi ancenga engelosini.
UJakobe wayezohlangana nomfowabo, u-Esawu ayemlingisa ngefa lakhe. Lesi kwakungeyona isikhathi esilula kuye. Wayengeke abuyele emuva ayohlala nomalume ayembonge ngezifungo zeminyaka engaphezu kwengu-21 ngaphambi kokugcina ukumkhulula.
Kepha manje wayesekhululekile kuLabani, wayesezobhekana nothile owayethembise ukumbulala lapho ebalekela impilo yakhe ethandekayo - u-Esawu. Wayengaqiniseki ukuthi ukuhlangana nomfowabo kwakuyokuhamba kanjani ukuze azitholele kwabanye omunye ukuba ahambe ayofuna iNkosi. Lokhu bekungeke kube ngumhlangano ojwayelekile ngoba ayazi umphumela uzowuthinta wonke umndeni wakhe.
UJakobe wake wahlangana noNkulunkulu kule ndawo futhi waqonda ukuthi nguNkulunkulu ahlangana naye eBethel eyamnika imali enhle futhi wamthuthukisa. UJakobe wayazi ukuthi nguNkulunkulu ofanayo owamsindisa esandleni sikamalume lapho efuna ukumbulala.
IBethel kwakuyindawo yakhe yokuhlangana ngakho-ke kwadingeka abuyele kuleyo ndawo ukuyophinde ahlangane neNkosi futhi ukuze amuncelele egameni lomndeni wakhe. Abaningi bathi amadoda angakhali, kepha iqiniso ngumuntu ekhala yize bekuqabukela ukukwenza esidlangalaleni. Cabanga uhlobo lwemizwa uJacob elikhonjiswe emthandazweni, okwadala ukuthi uNkulunkulu ashintshe igama lakhe.
Yini enye eyenzeka lapho eyamfakazele ngemuva kwesigameko? Ngivame ukuzibuza ukuthi ubamba kanjani uNkulunkulu futhi wafuna ukuthi akavumanga ukuba ahambe aze athole isibusiso sakhe. Ingabe kukhona isimo emizweni yomuntu ongafaka uNkulunkulu ngokwenyama?
UJakobe waqonda ukuthi uhamba kuleyo ndawo ngaphandle kwesisombululo wayezolahlekelwa yikho konke ayekusebenzisile. Ukukhala ebusweni bukaNkulunkulu akuwona ubuthakathaka. Abaningi balahlekelwe kakhulu ngoba bebengeke bazenzele kuMzwelo Ongokomzwelo uJakobe babekule ndawo lapho enamandla phezu kwengelosi kaNkulunkulu.
Kwesinye isigameko, ingelosi eyodwa yathunyelwa ekamu lezitha yabulala izinkulungwane zabesilisa ngesandla. Lo mdlalo wokulwa we-wrestling wawungelula kepha okuwukuphela kwendlela uJakobe anqoba ngayo ngenxa yesimo sakhe semizwa. Kulula ukuthi ngabesifazane bathandeke ngokomzwelo ngoba amadoda azama okungcono kakhulu ukuba nokuzola. Kepha beza isikhathi lapho kufanele uzenqabe lokho kududuza futhi kuba nokwaba khona unomzwelo eBukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu. UJakobe wakhala eBethel ngempilo yakhe futhi uNkulunkulu akazange aguqule igama lakhe kodwa futhi nempilo yakhe kanye nezindawo zezingane zakhe.
Ngisho nasesizukulwaneni sethu, abantu abangamaJuda bacebe kakhulu ngoba uyise wamemeza emthandazweni phambi kukaNkulunkulu. Lowo mzuzu ongashadile wokuziveza ushintshe ngokomoya washintsha isiphetho somjaho wakhe wonke. Lokhu bekungekhona nje ukukhala kodwa wanxusa futhi wanqoba ingelosi kaNkulunkulu. Ukunxusa kungumthandazo obandakanya imizwelo ngoba umthandazo osuka enhliziyweni. Uma konke okunye kwehlulekile, zama izinyembezi. Inkosi ikubusise!
