Kwasekudlule iminyaka eminengi u-Abhrahama lemuli yakhe kanye lezinceku zakhe bechaphe uMfula uYufrathe besiya eKhenani. Kulo lonke uhambo lolu uSara wayehlala emsekela umkakhe ngoba wayekwazi ukuthi injongo kaJehova yokuthi kube lenzalo lesizwe yayizagcwaliseka ngomkakhe. Kodwa kuyini uSara ayezakwenza? Phela yena wayeseleminyaka engu-75 njalo eyinyumba. Mhlawumbe wayezibuza ukuthi, ‘Isithembiso sikaJehova sizagcwaliseka njani mina ngingumka-Abhrahama?’ Kuyazwisiseka nxa wayekhathazekile njalo esephelelwa yikubekezela.

USara wayengakhangelanga izinto ayezitshiye emuva kodwa wayewathe nhlo phambili. Waqhubeka encedisana lomkakhe kulolohambo, emncedisa nxa bepakitsha amathente, beqhuba imihlambi yabo loba begxumeka kutsha amathente. Wabekezelela bonke ubunzima ababehlangana labo. UJehova wakhuluma lo-Abhrahama watsho okunye ngesithembiso sakhe kodwa kazange atsho lutho ngoSara.​—UGenesisi 13:14-17; 15:5-7.

USara wabona sesifikile isikhathi sokuthi aphose elakhe. Akumbone ekhanya ekhathazekile ngesikhathi esithi: “UJehova ungincitshile abantwana.” Ngemva kwalokho ucela umkakhe ukuthi alale lencekukazi yakhe uHagari ukuze imtholele abantwana. Kufanele ukuthi uSara wayesizwa ubuhlungu ngesikhathi esethula isicelo sakhe. Lamuhla isicelo leso singakhanya singelangqondo kodwa ngalezonsuku kwakujayelekile ukuthi indoda ibe lesithembo ukuze ithole indlalifa.b Kungenzakala ukuthi uSara wayecabanga ukuthi lokhu kwakuzakwenza inhloso kaNkulunkulu yokuthi u-Abhrahama abe lesizukulwane esikhulu igcwaliseke. Okuhle yikuthi wayezimisele ukulahlekelwa ngokuthile. Wenzani u-Abhrahama esezwe isicelo lesi? IBhayibhili lithi “wavuma kulokho okwakutshiwo [nguSara].”​—UGenesisi 16:1-3.

Icebo likaSara lalivela kuJehova yini? Hatshi. Icebo lakhe litshengisa ukuthi wayecabanga njengomuntu wonke. Phela wayezitshela ukuthi inhlupho zakhe zibangelwa nguNkulunkulu njalo wayengaboni ukuthi kukhona uNkulunkulu ayengakwenza ngohlupho lolo. Icebo likaSara lalizamfaka enkathazweni. Lanxa kunjalo isicelo sakhe sitshengisa ukuthi wayengafuni izinto zilungele yena yedwa kuphela. Okwenziwa nguSara kuyamangalisa sibili ngoba abantu emhlabeni bagijimisa okufunwa yibo kuphela. Nxa sisenza intando kaNkulunkulu ize kuqala kulezinto esizifunayo siyabe silingisela ukholo lukaSara.