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Exodus 14:14

UJehova uzakunilwela, nothula nina.

The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.”

Deuteronomy 1:30

UJehova uNkulunkulu wenu ohamba phambi kwenu uyakunilwela njengakho konke anenzela khona eGibithe emehlweni enu,

The Lord your God, who goes before you, He will fight for you, according to all He did for you in Egypt before your eyes,

Ukuthi uNkulunkulu uzolwa izimpi zethu kusho ukuthi akufanele sikhathazeke, sikhathazeke noma sidangale lapho kwenzeka izinto ezimbi ekuphileni kwethu. Lapho isimo sibonakala singenathemba noma indaba ingaphezu kwamandla ethu, singase silingeke ukuba singabaze uNkulunkulu. Kodwa amaKristu kumelwe akhumbule ukuthi ayikho inkinga engaphezu kobukhulu bokunakekela kukaNkulunkulu okubusa abantwana Bakhe. Uthembise ukusinakekela ( Filipi 4:19 ), asenzele izinhlelo ezinhle ( Jeremiya 29:11 ), futhi asithande ngokudlulele ( Roma 8:37–39 ).

Ku-Eksodusi 14:14 uMose utshela abantwana bakwa-Israyeli, “UJehova uyakunilwela; thulani nina kuphela. Ngaleso sikhathi babemi onqenqemeni loLwandle Olubomvu, bezungezwe ulwandle phambi kwabo nebutho laseGibhithe ngemuva. Ama-Israyeli asesimweni esibonakala singenakwenzeka, kodwa kwakuyisimo esalethwa iNkosi Uqobo Lwakhe. KwakunguNkulunkulu owayeyenze lukhuni inhliziyo kaFaro ukuze ajahe izigqila ezazibaleka (Eksodusi 14:4, 8). Kungani uNkulunkulu engenza into enjalo? IBhayibheli linikeza ezinye zezizathu: ngoba uNkulunkulu wayefuna ukwenza kucace eGibhithe ukuthi unguJehova ukuze athole inkazimulo phezu kukaFaro (Eksodusi 14:4). Futhi ngoba uNkulunkulu wayefuna ukufundisa uIsrayeli ukuthi unguMkhululi wabo ( Eksodusi 6:6 ) kanye nensindiso yabo ( Eksodusi 14:13 ). Babengakwazi ukubalekela isimo ngokwabo—babedinga kuphela ukulinda ukuba uNkulunkulu asuke esikhundleni sabo (cf. AmaHubo 27:14). Impi eyabonakala iphakathi kwabaseGibhithe nama-Israyeli empeleni yayiphakathi kwabaseGibhithe neNkosi (Eksodusi 14:4).

Izifundo amakholwa angazifunda ekulandiseni kuka-Eksodusi zingaba namandla futhi ziguqule ukuphila. Lapho amaKristu ethembela kuNkulunkulu ukuthi alwe izimpi zawo, kuwenza akwazi ukugwema lokho okuvame ukuhambisana nezingxabano, okungukuthi, ukwethuka, ukwesaba, kanye nokungabi nathemba ( Eksodusi 14:11–12 ). Kunezikhathi lapho singakwazi ukubona nhlobo indlela yokubhekana nenkinga, njengama-Israyeli lapho evalelwe. Cishe akekho noyedwa kuma-Israyeli owake wacabanga ukuthi ulwandle olukhulu lwaluzohlukana phakathi, lunikeze indlela yabo yokuphunyuka. Lapho amaKristu ekholwa iZwi likaNkulunkulu ( 2 IziKronike 20:17 ), afunda ukuthi ayikho impi esabekayo noma enkulu kakhulu ukuba uNkulunkulu angayisingatha ( Joshuwa 1:5 ).

UMose unikeza isibuyekezo somunye umlando wakwa-Israyeli kuDuteronomi 1. Emazwini akhe aphindaphindiwe ubakhumbuza ngokubaluleka kokuba nesibindi nokuthembela kuNkulunkulu emaphethelweni eZwe Lesithembiso. Eminyakeni engu-40 ngaphambili, ama-Israyeli ayehlole izwe futhi aphetha ngokuthi ayengakwazi ukukhuphukela kumaKhanani, ayemakhulu kakhulu futhi enamandla kakhulu ( Numeri 13:31—33 ). Ngenxa yokuntula ukholo kwaleso sizukulwane, asizange sivunyelwe ukungena eZweni Lesithembiso. UMose utshela isizukulwane esisha ukuba sigweme ukungathembeki koyise: “Ningesabi, ningabesabi, ngokuba uJehova uNkulunkulu wenu ohamba phambi kwenu uyakunilwela, njengalokho anilwela eGibithe phambi kwamehlo enu.”— Duteronomi 1:29-30 . Njengoba abantu bakaNkulunkulu babelalela ngokholo, babeyonqoba kuzo zonke izikhathi. “Ukunqoba kukuJehova.”— IzAga 21:31 .

U-Israyeli, njengamaKristu amaningi namuhla, wayesekhohliwe izimpi zangaphambili uNkulunkulu ayebalwele kuzo yonke indlela (bona uDuteronomi 2:7). Izinhloli zakwa-Israyeli zazibone “iziqhwaga” ezweni (Numeri 13:33, NKJV), njengoba nje amaKristu namuhla ebona izithiyo “ezinkulu”, izinkinga, kanye nezinkinga ezibonakala zinkulu kakhulu ukuba zingazinqoba. Ukuvumela “iziqhwaga” zebe ukholo lwethu kushiya kuphela ukunqotshwa kanye nokuntula isiqiniseko kuNkulunkulu olawula zonke izinkinga, naphezu kobukhulu bazo (KwabaseRoma 8:28).

UNkulunkulu nguye olawulayo, kodwa lokho akusho ukuthi amaKristu kufanele agweme izimpi—empeleni, iBhayibheli lisho okuphambene (2 Thimothewu 3:12). “Ukuhlupheka kuveza ukukhuthazela, nokukhuthazela kuveza isimilo, nokuziphatha kuveza ithemba” (KwabaseRoma 5:3–4). Ukuze ikholwa liphile impilo yokubekezela, isimilo, kanye nethemba, kufanele sigqoke izikhali zethu (Kwabase-Efesu 6:10–17) futhi sithembele kuMkhululi. “Asibeki ithemba enyameni” (Filipi 3:3). Ukuthembela kwethu kuNkulunkulu, ozolwa izimpi zethu futhi asibuyisele ekhaya siphephile ( Jude 1:24–25 ). “Abanye bathemba izinqola, abanye amahhashi, kepha thina sithemba igama likaJehova uNkulunkulu wethu” (IHubo 20:7).