{"id":3238,"date":"2026-02-26T05:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anchorsforlife.org\/?p=3238"},"modified":"2026-02-25T21:16:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T02:16:58","slug":"waiting-upon-god-by-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anchorsforlife.org\/sw\/waiting-upon-god-by-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Kumsubiri Mungu kwa Imani"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3238\" class=\"elementor elementor-3238\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7280d98 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7280d98\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a6b6f50\" data-id=\"a6b6f50\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65402ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"65402ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kumsubiri Mungu kwa Imani<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b410cf7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b410cf7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Abramu alipokuwa na umri wa miaka tisini na tisa, <span class=\"cLIN-SC\">Bwana<\/span> akamtokea Abramu, akamwambia, \u201cMimi ni Mungu Mwenyezi; tembea mbele zangu, na uwe mkamilifu.\u201d<\/em><br \/><em><strong>Mwanzo 17:1<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p>Hii ni mara ya tano tunasoma kwamba Bwana alimtokea Abramu, lakini mara ya mwisho Mungu alipozungumza na Abramu ilikuwa miaka kumi na tatu iliyopita. Abramu alikuwa amempitia Bwana alipoanza <em>tembea<\/em> kwa imani katika sura ya 12\u201313. Alikuwa amejifunza umuhimu wa kumtegemea Mungu wake katika sura ya 14\u201315 alipomfuata. <em>vita<\/em> kwa imani. Lakini sasa katika sura ya 16\u201317 Abramu na mkewe wanaona ni vigumu <em>subiri<\/em> kwa Bwana kwa imani. Mungu alikuwa amemuahidi Abramu na uzao wake nchi hiyo, lakini yeye na mkewe wanazeeka na bado hawana watoto. Katika sura ya 16, Sarai anafanya kile tunachofanya mara nyingi: anachukua mambo mikononi mwake. Anampa Abramu mjakazi wake Mmisri, Hajiri, lakini hii inaleta matatizo zaidi!<\/p><p>Mara nyingi, hali hutokea katika maisha yetu ambapo tunajaribu kutatua mambo peke yetu na tunazidisha hali hiyo. Bwana hataki tutegemee werevu wetu au nguvu zetu wenyewe. Anatamani tuamini kwamba hakuna kitu kilicho kigumu sana kwake na kwamba anaweza kuingia na kubadilisha kizuizi kuwa fursa ya kuonyesha utukufu wake! Bwana anajifunua kwa Abramu kama Mungu Mwenyezi! Jina hili limetengenezwa kwa maneno mawili, <em>El<\/em> tukizungumzia nguvu na <em>Shaddai<\/em>, ambayo ina wazo la pamoja la nguvu zote na utoshelevu wote. Bwana alikuwa karibu kumwambia Abramu kwamba Sarai angepata mwana hata akiwa na umri wa miaka 90!<\/p><p>Ukikabiliwa na uamuzi mkubwa au ukajikuta katika hali ngumu, usikimbie mbele ya Bwana. Mngojee adhihirishe nguvu na uweza wake! Abramu aliagizwa kutembea mbele za Bwana na kuwa mkamilifu.\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Mtangazaji wa Leo:<\/strong><br \/>Unapokabiliwa na jambo lisilowezekana, tembea mbele za uso wa Bwana, ukiwa umejitoa kikamilifu Kwake, naye ataonyesha kwamba Yeye ni Mungu wa kutosha kwa ajili yako wakati wa mahitaji yako!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waiting Upon God by Faith When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, \u201cI am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.\u201dGenesis 17:1 This is the fifth time we read that the Lord appeared to Abram, but the last recorded time God spoke to Abram was thirteen 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