UMGOMO WAPHAKADE
“Ngizifungile ngaMi, kusho iNkosi, ngenxa yokuthi wenze le nto . . . ukuthi ngiyakukubusisa impela. . . .”
IGenesisi 22:15-19
U-Abrahama usefinyelele endaweni lapho ethintene khona nemvelo kaNkulunkulu uqobo, manje useyaqonda ubuqiniso bukaNkulunkulu.
"Umgomo wami nguNkulunkulu uqobo lwaKhe . . . Kungakhathaliseki izindleko, Nkosi ethandekayo, kungakhathaliseki indlela." "Kungakhathaliseki izindleko, kungakhathaliseki indlela" kusho ukungakhethi lutho thina endleleni uNkulunkulu asiletha ngayo emgomweni.
Akunakwenzeka ukubuza lapho uNkulunkulu ekhuluma uma ekhuluma nemvelo yaKhe engaphakathi kimi; ukulalela ngokushesha kuwukuphela komphumela. Lapho uJesu ethi — "Woza," ngimane ngize; lapho ethi — "Dedela," ngiyadela; lapho ethi — "Thembela kuNkulunkulu kule ndaba," ngiyethemba. Konke lokhu kufezeka kuwubufakazi bokuthi imvelo kaNkulunkulu ingaphakathi kimi.
Ukuzembula kukaNkulunkulu kimi kunqunywa yisimilo sami, hhayi yisimilo sikaNkulunkulu.
"'Kungenxa yobuphansi bami, izindlela zaKho zivame ukubonakala ziphansi kimi." Ngesiyalo sokulalela ngifika lapho u-Abrahama ayekhona ngibone ukuthi uNkulunkulu ungubani. Angikabi noNkulunkulu wangempela ngize ngibhekane naYe ubuso nobuso kuJesu Kristu, khona-ke ngiyazi ukuthi "emhlabeni wonke, Nkulunkulu wami, akekho omunye ngaphandle kwaKho, akekho omunye ngaphandle kwaKho." Izithembiso zikaNkulunkulu azisizi ngalutho kithi kuze kube yilapho ngokulalela siqonda imvelo kaNkulunkulu. Sifunda ezinye izinto eBhayibhelini izikhathi ezingamakhulu amathathu namashumi ayisithupha nanhlanu futhi azisho lutho kithi, khona-ke kungazelelwe sibone ukuthi uNkulunkulu uqonde ukuthini, ngoba kwenye into ethile simlalele uNkulunkulu, futhi masinyane imvelo yaKhe iyasembulelwa. "Zonke izithembiso zikaNkulunkulu kuYe zinguyebo, futhi kuYe zingu-Amen." Igama elithi "yebo" kumelwe lizalwe ekulaleleni; lapho ngokulalela kokuphila kwethu sithi "Amen" esithembisweni, khona-ke leso sithembiso singesethu.