LUNGELA NGESIKHATHI ESIFANELE
“Lungela ngesikhathi esifanele, nangaphandle kwesikhathi.”
2 KuThimothewu 4:2
Abaningi bethu bahlushwa umkhuba ogulisayo wokulungela "ngaphandle kwesikhathi." Isikhathi asibhekiseli esikhathini sewashi, kodwa kithi — 'Lungela ngesikhathi esifanele, nangaphandle kwesikhathi," kungakhathaliseki ukuthi siyazizwa sifuna noma cha. Uma senza kuphela lokho esizizwa sifuna ukukwenza, abanye bethu ngeke benze lutho kuze kube phakade naphakade. Kukhona abangasebenziseki emkhakheni womoya, abantu abakhubazekile ngokomoya, abenqaba ukwenza noma yini ngaphandle kokuba bephefumulelwe ngamandla angaphezu kwemvelo. Ubufakazi bokuthi sisebuhlotsheni obulungile noNkulunkulu ukuthi senza konke okusemandleni ethu kungakhathaliseki ukuthi sizizwa siphefumulelwe noma cha.
Olunye lwezingibe ezinkulu zesisebenzi esingumKristu ukwenza isithixo ngezikhathi zaso ezingavamile. Lapho uMoya kaNkulunkulu ukunika isikhathi sokuphefumulelwa nokuqonda, uthi — "Manje ngiyohlala nginje kuNkulunkulu." Cha, ngeke, uNkulunkulu uyoqinisekisa ukuthi awuhlali kanjalo. Lezo zikhathi ziyisipho sikaNkulunkulu ngokuphelele. Awukwazi ukuzinika zona lapho uthanda. Uma uthi uyokwenza kuphela ngesikhathi usesimweni sakho esihle kakhulu, uba ngumthwalo ongabekezeleleki kuNkulunkulu; awusoze wenza lutho ngaphandle kokuba uNkulunkulu akugcine uqaphela ukuthi uphefumulelwe. Uma wenza unkulunkulu ngezikhathi zakho ezinhle kakhulu, uyothola ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyoshabalala ekuphileni kwakho futhi angabuyi uze wenze umsebenzi oseduze nawe, futhi uze ufunde ukungenzi isithixo ngezikhathi zakho ezingavamile.