Ngaphansi kokusa kwesibhakabhaka esingathembisi ukukhanya kodwa izimfihlakalo, ngizithola ngiphonswa esigodini saphakade, insimu enkulu yamathambo abantu nawezingelosi, ehlakazeke ngaphansi kwesihenqo sesibhakabhaka esimpunga esibonakala sibambe umoya wendawo yonke. Ngizwa ubukhona obucindezelayo boBunkulunkulu phezu kwami, amandla angenakulinganiswa angihola kulo mkhathi wokukhohlwa kanye nenkumbulo elahlekile.
“Ingabe lezi zinsalela ezikhohliwe zingaphinda zithathe ukuphila futhi?” Izwi elingaceli impendulo yomuntu liyananela, eliphethe isiphetho esesilotshiwe kakade ezinkanyezini.
Ngegunya elidlula imingcele yesikhathi, ngiyalwa ukuba ngikhulume kulokhu kuthula okungcwele: “O nina mathambo alahlekile ingunaphakade, yizwani izwi likaSomandla!” Ngokukhuluma la mazwi, umoya ugcwele amandla ashukumisayo, isandulela sesimangaliso. Ngomlingo, i-rustle yokuphila iqala ukudansa phakathi kwethunzi, amathambo efuna abangane ahlangana ndawonye esikweni lokhokho. Imisipha nenyama imboza into engenakucatshangwa, ngaphansi kokubuka kwalabo ababona yonke into.
Nokho, ingqikithi yokugcina, umoya, ayikabikho, isithako sokugcina sesimangaliso esisalindile. “Ngakho-ke, Moya Wemimoya Emine, phefumulela laba masosha angenalutho!” Isicelo sami sidlula umkhawulo walokho ongakucabanga, futhi umoya wasendulo uyasabela, ubukhona bokuphefumula. Phambi kwami, ibutho lamathemba amasha liyashintsha, ulwandle lwezinto eziphilayo ezihlengiwe ekukhohlweni, olulungele ukukhombisa ubukhosi balabo ababakhipha ekuthuleni.
USomandla uphinda ungiphathise izwi, umyalezo wokuzalwa kabusha: “Lawa mathambo ahlanganisa umphefumulo wezidalwa Zami ezizulazulayo, ezikhala ekujuleni kokulahlwa zifuna ukuhlengwa. Kodwa ngilapha, ukubuyisela ithemba, ukuqondisa zonke izingane Zami, ezingabantu nezingelosi, ekukhanyeni kwesithembiso Sami saphakade.”
Ngakho, ngaphansi kwezwi lami, amathuna avuleka kakhulu, embula izindlela eziya ekuntweleni okungakaze kubonwe. “Nizothola ukuphila, ngokuba ngikhulumile egameni likaSomandla, futhi izwi lami liyobonakaliswa.”
Kulesi sigameko lapho okungcwele kuhlangana khona nomhlaba, lapho okungenakucatshangwa kugoba khona ngaphambi kwentando yobukhosi, isahluko esisha sivula, ngaphansi kokubheka okuhle kwalabo abangakwazi ukwenza konke, ukudala konke, uthando olungapheli.
(Funda uHezekeli 37:1-14.)