UKWENYUKA OKUPHAKEME KAKHULU
“Thatha manje indodana yakho .”
IGenesisi 22:2
Umyalo kaNkulunkulu uthi — Thatha manje, hhayi kamuva. Kuyamangalisa ukuthi sixoxisana kangakanani! Siyazi ukuthi into ethile ilungile, kodwa sizama ukuthola izaba zokungayenzi ngokushesha. Ukwenyukela endaweni ephakeme uNkulunkulu asibonisa yona akusoze kwenziwa kamuva, kumelwe kwenziwe manje. Umhlatshelo wenziwa entandweni ngaphambi kokuba wenziwe ngokoqobo.
"U-Abrahama wavuka ekuseni kakhulu waya endaweni uNkulunkulu ayemtshele ngayo" (ivesi 3). Yeka ubulula obumangalisayo buka-Abrahama! Lapho uNkulunkulu ekhuluma, akazange abonisane nenyama negazi. Qaphela lapho ufuna ukubonisana nenyama negazi, okungukuthi, nozwela lwakho, nokuqonda kwakho, nanoma yini engasekelwe ebuhlotsheni bakho siqu noNkulunkulu. Lezi yizinto ezincintisana nokulalela uNkulunkulu futhi ezikuvimbayo.
U-Abrahama akawukhethanga umhlatshelo. Qaphela njalo inkonzo kaNkulunkulu ozikhethele yona; ukuzidela kungaba yisifo. Uma uNkulunkulu enze indebe yakho yaba mnandi, yiphuze ngomusa; uma eyenze yaba munyu, yiphuze ngokuhlanganyela naYe. Uma uhlelo lokuhlinzeka lukaNkulunkulu ngawe luyisikhathi esinzima sobunzima, dlula kuso, kodwa ungalokothi ukhethe indawo yokubulawelwa ukholo kwakho. UNkulunkulu wamkhethela u-Abrahama isithando somlilo, futhi u-Abrahama akazange aphikise; wadlula kuso ngokungantengantengi. Uma ungaphili uxhumene naYe, kulula ukukhipha isahlulelo esingacabangisiswanga ngoNkulunkulu. Kumelwe udlule esithandweni somlilo ngaphambi kokuba ube nelungelo lokukhipha isahlulelo, ngoba esithandweni somlilo ufunda ukumazi kangcono uNkulunkulu. UNkulunkulu usebenzela izinjongo zaKhe eziphakeme kakhulu kuze kube yilapho injongo yaKhe nenjongo yomuntu kuba kunye.