Nkulunkulu, Ukuphi?! No-John BevereIsampula

Ukunqoba Ehlane

Ihlane yindawo esiyivakashelayo, hhayi indawo yethu yokugcina. Uma iphathwe kahle, uzothola ukunqoba ehlane.

Njengomfundisi osemusha ngasekupheleni kwawo-1980, ngangisehlane eligcwele inkanuko ngenxa yalokho okwakubonakala kukude kakhulu kimi. Ngaqala ukuzibuza ukuthi noma yiluphi ushintsho luzofika yini emzabalazweni wami. 

Ngaphambi nje kokuba kuqale inkathazo ngomphathi wami oqondile (owayengazama ukungidelela nokungixosha) kwathi ngisemthandazweni ngolunye usuku, uMoya kaNkulunkulu wembula kimi ukuthi ushintsho luyeza. “Uyosuswa ekubeni umfundisi wentsha,” Wathi, “futhi ngizokuthumela emasontweni nasemadolobheni kusukela ogwini olusempumalanga kuye ogwini olusentshonalanga yeMelika; kusukela emngceleni waseCanada kuya emngceleni waseMexico; ukuya e-Alaska naseHawaii. . .”

Ngatshela uLisa lokho engangikuzwe kuMoya, futhi sobabili sacabangisisa ngakho konke lokhu ezinhliziyweni zethu. Asizange sabelane ngakho nanoma ubani omunye (ngaphandle komfundisi owayesedolobheni elehlukile). Unkulunkulu wathi uzokwenza, futhi ngangazi ukuthi uma bekunguYe okhuluma ngempela, kwakungeke kudingeke “ukuba ngimsize” ukufeza leli phupho.

Kodwa akuzange kwenzeke ngakusasa—noma ngisho nalelo sonto! Eqinisweni, kwadlula izinyanga ezimbalwa. Kwathi ngolunye usuku, umfundisi wami wangena emhlanganweni futhi wathi iNkosi imbonisile ukuthi omunye wabefundisi bakhe (sasiyishumi nanye esingabasebenzi) uzohamba isikhathi ngokugcwele maduzane futhi ngeke esakwazi ukukhonza ezisebenzini zesonto lethu. Wathi: “John Bevere, leyondoda nguwe.” esho.

Kwadlula isikhathi esengeziwe—izinyanga eziyisithupha, ukuba zibe ncamashi—sokucindezela ogwadule olwandle. Khona-ke, phakathi nenkathi yamasonto amathathu kuphela, ngathola izimemo eziyisikhombisa zokushumayela—esinye sasiyihora ukusuka emngceleni waseCanada, esinye sisogwini olusempumalanga yeFlorida, esinye sasiqhele ngehora ukusuka oLwandlekazini iPacific, esinye sisogwini lwaseMexico. umngcele! Ngangena ehhovisi likamfundisi wami ukuze ngimbuze ukuthi ngenzeni ngabo. Wahleka futhi wathi: “Johane, ngikutshelile ukuthi iNkosi ingibonisile lokhu; kubonakala sengathi isikhathi sakho sesifikile.”

Ngemva kwesikhashana ngo-January 1990, umfundisi wasibeka isandla mina noLisa phakathi nenkonzo yokunikezela, futhi besilokhu sihamba isikhathi esigcwele kusukela ngaleso sikhathi! Kuyiqiniso ukusho ukuthi sabonea okuningi (futhi angikwazi ukugcizelela ngokweqile igama elithi “okuningi”) izithelo eziningi zibonakala ngokulinda isikhathi sikaNkulunkulu kunokuba sazitholela eminyakeni edlule, lapho ngicabanga ukuthi ngasengilungile. 

Ngilangazelela ukubona imiphumela efanayo nakuwe obizweni lwakho. Thembela kuNkulunkulu ngenqubo. ukukhushulelwa phezulu kuyeza! 

Ulijabulele lolu hlelo lokufunda? Ngiyakukhuthaza ukuthi uqhubeke nohambo lwakho ngokubheka incwadi yami Nkulunkulu, Ukuphi?!