UKUQONDA HHAYI UMUZWA
“Kumelwe ngiqhube ukuphila kwami ngokholo, ngingamboni.”
2 KwabaseKhorinte 5:7 (MOFFATT)
Okwesikhashana siyakuqaphela ukusinaka kukaNkulunkulu, bese kuthi, lapho uNkulunkulu eqala ukusisebenzisa emizamweni yaKhe, sibe nobuso obudabukisayo futhi sikhulume ngezilingo nobunzima, kuyilapho uNkulunkulu sonke isikhathi ezama ukusenza senze umsebenzi wethu njengabantu abangavelele. Akekho kithi ongavuma ukungavelele ngokomoya uma engakugwema. Singawenza yini umsebenzi wethu lapho uNkulunkulu evale izulu? Abanye bethu bahlale befuna ukuba abangcwele abakhanyisiwe abanemiqhele yokukhanya yegolide nokuchachamba kogqozi, futhi bafuna abangcwele bakaNkulunkulu basiphathe sonke isikhathi. Ongcwele ohlotshiswe ngegolide akasizi ngalutho, akajwayelekile, akakulungele ukuphila kwansuku zonke, futhi akafani nakancane noNkulunkulu. Silapha njengamadoda nabesifazane, hhayi njengezingelosi ezinamaphiko angakakhuli, ukuze senze umsebenzi wezwe, futhi siwenze ngamandla amakhulu ngokungenamkhawulo okumelana nesiphithiphithi ngoba sizelwe phezulu.
Uma sizama ukubuyisa izikhathi ezingavamile zogqozi, kuwuphawu lokuthi akuyena uNkulunkulu esimfunayo. Siphendula izikhathi lapho uNkulunkulu afika khona wakhuluma zibe yisithixo, sigcizelele ukuthi kumelwe aphinde akwenze; kanti lokho uNkulunkulu afuna sikwenze "ukuhamba ngokholo." Bangaki kithi abaye bazibeka eceleni, sengathi kunjalo, bathi — "Angisakwazi ukwenza lutho kuze kube yilapho uNkulunkulu ezibonakalisa kimi." Ngeke akwenze, futhi ngaphandle kwanoma yiluphi ugqozi, ngaphandle kokuthintwa uNkulunkulu kungazelelwe, kuyodingeka sisukume. Bese kufika isimanga — "Hawu, wayekhona sonke isikhathi, kodwa angizange ngazi!" Ungalokothi uphilele izikhathi ezingavamile, ziyizimanga. UNkulunkulu uyosinika ukuthintwa kogqozi lapho ebona ukuthi asikho engozini yokuduka ngenxa yako. Akumelwe nanini senze izikhathi zethu zogqozi zibe yisilinganiso sethu; isilinganiso sethu ngumsebenzi wethu.