OLwesithathu, September 3
UJosefa . . . [wenza] lokho ingilosi kaJehova eyayimtshele khona, wathatha umkakhe wahamba laye emzini wakhe.—Mat. 1:24.
UJosefa wayengaphuzi ukwenza ayekutshelwa nguJehova futhi lokhu kwenza ukuthi ayikhokhele kuhle imuli yakhe. Kwaba lezikhathi ezintathu lapho uNkulunkulu amtshela okwakumele akwenze. Wayekwenza masinyane ayekutsheliwe lanxa kwezinye izikhathi kwakungalula. (Mat. 1:20; 2:13-15, 19-21) UJosefa wamvikela uMariya, wamsekela futhi wamnakekela ngenxa yokuthi wayelalela lokho okwakutshiwo nguNkulunkulu. Kumele ukuthi okwenziwa nguJosefa kwenza ukuthi uMariya amthande futhi amhloniphe kakhulu. Madoda, lingalingisela uJosefa ngokwenza lokho okutshiwo liBhayibhili mayelana lokuthi kumele liyiphathe njani imuli yenu. Nxa lingalandela okutshiwo liBhayibhili lanxa kwezinye izikhathi kusitsho ukuthi litshintshe indlela elenza ngayo izinto, liyabe litshengisa ukuthi liyabathanda omkenu futhi lokho kuzakwenza ukuthi uthando lwenu luvuthe. Udadewethu ohlala eVanuatu oseleminyaka edlula 20 etshadile uthi: “Okwenza ngimhloniphe kakhulu umkami yikuthi uyadinga ukuthi uJehova uthini, abesesenza lokho akutshoyo. Lokho kwenza ngihlaliseke futhi ngizithembe izinqumo azenzayo.” w23.05 21 ¶5
OLwesine, September 4
Kuzakuba lomgwaqo omkhulu, umgwaqo lo uzabizwa ngokuthi yiNdlela yobuNgcwele.—Isaya. 35:8
AmaJuda ayebuyela evela eBhabhiloni kwakumele abe ‘yisizwe esingcwele’ kuNkulunkulu. (Dute. 7:6) Lanxa kunjalo kukhona okwakumele kulungisiswe ngabantu laba ukuze bathokozise uJehova. AmaJuda amanengi ayezalelwe eBhabhiloni futhi kukhanya ayesecabanga njengabantu baseBhabhiloni futhi esenza njengabo. Ngemva kweminyaka amaJuda ebuyele ko-Israyeli, uMbusi uNehemiya wasala engelankani esizwa ukuthi abantwana ababezalelwe ko-Israyeli babengalwazi ulimi lwamaJuda. (Dute. 6:6, 7; Neh. 13:23, 24) Manje abantwana laba babezafunda njani ukuthanda uJehova futhi bamkhonze bona bengasizwisisi isiHebheru? Phela amabhuku amanengi eBhayibhili ayebhalwe ngesiHebheru. (Ezra. 10:3, 44) Kuyakhanya-ke ukuthi zinengi izinto okwakumele amaJuda azilungisise, kodwa kwakuzabe kulula ukuthi azilungisise eseko-Israyeli, lapho ukukhonza kweqiniso okwakubuyiselwa khona kancane kancane.—Neh. 8:8, 9. w23.05 15 ¶6-7
OLwesihlanu, September 5
UJehova uyabavusa bonke abawayo, uyabasukumisa bonke abangaselamandla.—Hubo. 145:14.
Okudanisayo yikuthi lanxa siyabe sizimisele ukwenza esikuhlelileyo ziba khona izinto ezingasibuyisela emuva. Ngokwesibonelo, kungaba ‘lezehlakalo ezisijuma silibele’ ezingenza sicine siswela isikhathi sokwenza lokho esikuhlelileyo. (Umtshu. 9:11) Singehlelwa yibunzima obungasiqeda amandla sisale sidanile. (Zaga. 24:10) Isono esizalwa laso singenza senze izinto ezingenza kube nzima ukuthi siphumelele ukwenza lokho esikuhlelileyo. (Rom. 7:23) Kanti njalo kwezinye izikhathi kungaba yikuthi siyabe sidiniwe nje. (Mat. 26:43) Kuyini okungasinceda ukuthi silwisane lezinto ezisibuyisela emuva? Khumbula ukuthi nxa kungaba lento ekubuyisela emuva ayisikho ukuthi sekwalile. IBhayibhili liyatsho ukuthi singehlelwa yibunzima bulandelana. Kodwa liphinda lisicacisele ukuthi singaqhubeka ngokwenza lokho esiyabe sikuhlelile. Nxa ungaqhubeka ulwisa ukwenza lokho okuhlelileyo lanxa kulezinto ezikubuyisela emuva, uyabe utshengisa uJehova ukuthi uzimisele ukumthokozisa. Kumele ukuthi uJehova uyathokoza kakhulu nxa ekubona uqhubeka ulwisa ukwenza lokho oyabe ukuhlosile! w23.05 30 ¶14-15