ULwesine, Novemba 5
O Jehova, ngiyakuncenga, . . . [khumbula] indlela . . . [engenze ngayo] okuhle emehlweni akho.—2 AmaKh. 20:3.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-39, uHezekiya iNkosi yakwaJuda wathola ukuthi unesifo esibulalayo. Umprofethi u-Isaya watshela uHezekiya umyalezo ovela kuJehova othi wayezofa ngenxa yesifo esasimphethe. (2 AmaKh. 20:1) Kwakubonakala lingekho ithemba ngoHezekiya. Ngenxa yalezi zindaba ezibuhlungu, uHezekiya wakhala kakhulu. Wathandaza kuJehova ngokusuka enhliziyweni. UJehova wamzwela uHezekiya lapho ezwa umthandazo wakhe futhi embona ekhala, wathi kuye: “Ngiwuzwile umthandazo wakho. Ngizibonile izinyembezi zakho. Ngizokwelapha ekuguleni kwakho.” Esebenzisa u-Isaya, uJehova wambonisa isihe, wathembisa ukwenezela iminyaka ekuphileni kwakhe nokusindisa iJerusalema esandleni sama-Asiriya. (2 AmaKh. 20:4-6) Ingabe uphethwe yisifo esingalapheki? Thandaza kuJehova umtshele indlela ozizwa ngayo, ngisho noma ukhala njengoba uthandaza. IBhayibheli lisiqinisekisa ngokuthi “uYise wesihe, uNkulunkulu wenduduzo yonke” uyosiduduza kulo lonke uvivinyo esibhekene nalo.—2 Kor. 1:3, 4. w24.12 24 ¶15-17
ULwesihlanu, Novemba 6
Nginethemba kuNkulunkulu, okuyithemba nalaba bantu abalilangazelelayo, lokuthi kuyoba khona uvuko lwabalungile nabangalungile.—IzE. 24:15.
Kuyojabulisa ngempela ukwamukela abantu abayobe bevusiwe! Cabanga nangokuthi uyokujabulela kangakanani ukufunda okwengeziwe ngoJehova ngokuhlola izinto eziningi azidalile. (IHu. 104:24; Isaya 11:9) Okuhle nakakhulu ukuthi kuyojabulisa kakhulu ukukhonza uJehova ngaphandle kokuhlushwa umuzwa wecala! Ingabe ubuyokhetha ‘ukujabula isikhashana esonweni’ kunokukhetha ukujabulela lezi zibusiso zesikhathi esizayo? (Heb. 11:25) Lutho neze! Noma yikuphi ukuzidela okumele sikwenze manje akulutho uma kuqhathaniswa nalezi zibusiso. Khumbula ukuthi iPharadesi lasemhlabeni ngeke lihlale liyithemba lesikhathi esizayo. Liyogcina lifikile, siphile kulo usuku nosuku. Konke lokhu kuyokwenzeka ngoba uJehova wasithanda kangangokuba waze wanikela ngeNdodana yakhe ukuba isifele! w25.01 29 ¶12
UMgqibelo, Novemba 7
Sifushane yini isandla sikaJehova?—Num. 11:23.
Phakathi kwabantu abanokholo okukhulunywa ngabo encwadini yamaHebheru, omunye wabo uMose owayenokholo olumangalisayo. (Heb. 3:2-5; 11:23-25) Ukholo lukaMose aluzange lumdumaze ngoba ngokuyisimangaliso uNkulunkulu wapha abantu ukudla namanzi ukuze baqhubeke bephila ehlane. (Eks. 15:22-25; IHu. 78:23-25) Nokho, nakuba uMose ayenokholo oluqinile, ngemva kwesikhathi esingangonyaka ama-Israyeli ekhululwe ngokuyisimangaliso, wazibuza ukuthi kazi uJehova wayezokwazi yini ukunika abantu bakhe inyama. KuMose kwakubonakala kungenakwenzeka ukuba uJehova anike lezo zigidi zabantu ababesehlane inyama eyayizokwanela wonke umuntu. Ephendula, uJehova wabuza uMose: “Sifushane yini isandla sikaJehova?” (Num. 11:21-23) Ngamanye amazwi, uJehova wayebuza uMose ukuthi, ‘Ingabe ngempela ucabanga ukuthi ngeke ngikwazi ukwenza lokhu engithi ngizokwenza?’ w25.03 26 ¶1-2