Injury Time

Scripture reading: Luke 13:6-9

Ipapo akavaudza mufananidzo uyu akati, “Mumwe murume akanga ane muti wake womuonde wakanga wakasimwa mumunda wake wemizambiringa, akaenda achindotsvaka muchero kwauri, asi haana chaakawana pauri. Saka akati kumurume akanga achichengeta munda wemizambiringa, ‘Zvino ava makore matatu andanga ndichiuya kuzotsvaka muchero pamuonde uyu uye handisati ndambowana chinhu. Utemere pasi! Seiko uchishandisa ivhu pasina?’ “Akapindura akati, ‘Ishe, chimbouregai henyu kwerimwezve gore, ini ndigoutimbira nokuuyisa mupfudze. Kana ukazobereka muchero gore rinouya, zvakanaka! Kana usina, ipapo mungautema henyu.’”

Ukaona kana pachitambwa bhora vanoti normal time is 90 minutes but kana dzichinge dzakwana, referee anogona kuwedzera some few more minutes dzavanopa zita rekuti injury time or stoppage time and kana makadyiwa you have to make use of that time kuti mudzore maScores muite draw draw kana kuWinner and kana makaLeader you have to try by all means to maintain that lead.

Vamwe nhasi full time yavo yakwana, haana kuriona zuva ranhasi they are now dead. They can no longer be counted amongst the living but iwe neni nhasi tiri vapenyu, GOD has given us mumwe mukana wekuti tirarame, and kudoka kwaro ranhasi kune vamwe vachatorara vavamuMortuary but vambomuka vari vapenyu. That is life, people do die. Hatizive musi nenguva watichasiya rino pasi, but iwo mukana watawana wekuva vapenyu muzuva ranhasi, lets us make the best use of it for the Kingdom of GOD nekuti you never know, pamwe iInjury time yawapihwa naMwari. Zvichida full time yako yakakwana kare yekuti upinde muguva but GOD was merciful to you vakakutendera kuti urarame for some more hours, some more days, some more weeks, some more years saka rega kutambisa nguva iyoyi iyi. Le us redeem the time, because the days are evil.( Ephesians 5:16)

There is a parable yakataurwa naJesu on Luke 13:6-9 inotanga nekunzi A certain an had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, paiva nemumwe murume. This certain man ataurwa neBible uyu represents GOD, and hanzi aiva aiva nemuti wemuonde wainge wakasimwa mumunda wake wemizambiringa….This fig tree hauzi pakati pemamwe maFig trees but hanzi wanga uri mumunda wemizimbiringa. It was planted in the vineyard. Already zvakutobuditsa pachena kuti this tree enjoyed zvinhu zvawanga usiri supposed kuEnjoyer. This tree enjoyed more or less the same treatment yaipihwa mizambiringa.

Kana muchengeti wemunda afunga kudiridza mizambiringa, the fig tree would also benefit, kana afunga kuisa manyowa muVineyard, the fig tree would also benefit, kana afunga kutimbira mizambiringa, the fig tree would also benefit. chese chaitirwa muzambiringa, the fig tree would also benefit nekuda kwekuti wanga uri mukati memizambiringa. This tree enjoyed treatment yanga isingawanikwe neimwe miti yemionde which were planted somewhere else.

Checker life yako kuti zvimwe zvauri kuEnjoyer do you really deserve it kana kuti wakangoitirwa nyasha naMwari. Same class yevanhu vakaita sewe are they enjoying what you are enjoying. rimwe boys rawaifudza naro mombe vakuvara nekuputa chimonera paGrowth point but iwe uri kugara muJoburg with a decent job. Vamwe vakadzidza sewe they are not employed, makaita same program, you have the same qualifications but ivo havana mabasa, iwe urikushanda. Vasikana wavakakura navo they are not yet married, vanetsekana but iwewe wakapinda white wedding and you are enjoying your marriage. Vamwe vakabatwa nechirwere vakafa, but iwe wavane 10 years with that same disease but you are still alive.

Pabasa paunoshanda vamwe vakapera kudzingwa but iwe wakasara. paAccident vamwe vakafa but iwewe nhasi uri mupenyu.  Mamwe maFig trees are out there haana fertilizer yaanowana, no irrigation, nothing but uyu muFig tree uri kuEnjoyer zvisingawanikwe nemimwe miti. Same type yevanhu vakaita sewe, vakadzidza sewe, who are just like you, vane zvizhinji zvanetsa but iwewe hazvina kukubata. Wakafanana nemuti wemuonde uyu wakadyarwa pakati pemizambiringa. You are enjoying things which others are not enjoying. That’s favour, tenda Mwari shamwari. Hakuna favour inopfura apa, kuti mimwe miti yemionde yakuvara neDraught musango umo but iwewe unoEnjoyer irrigation.

nyaya yatanga zvakanaka kwazvo, tichiona kuti muti wemuonde uyu wairarama under a favour, but tikaramba tichidzika nayo nyaya inosvika panorwadza. Mumwe munhu kana akakutaurira life yako, its start out good but kumberi kwayo inorwadza. He will tell you salary yaanowana, he will tell you mota yaanoDriver, maBenefits anowana, but kumberi kwenyaya ukuudza kuti haanamate, ahh zvinorwadza. She will tell you all about how good her wedding was, she will tell you about the love yaanopihwa nemurume but pamberi pacho ukuudza kuti handinamate. Ahh, anokuudza kupona kwaakait paAccident, vamwe vakafa but kumberi kwacho ukuudz kuti handineyi naMwari, aaah, yanga yatanga zvakanaka testimony but yazoipa nyaya yacho.

It started all good tichiona kuti muonde uyu wanga uri kuEnjoyer maBenefits ekugara pakati pemizambiringa but as we read on, nyaya yacho inosvika paainorwadza, hanzi muridzi wemunda (Mwari) vakauya vachitsvaga muFruits pamuti uyu but havana kana 1 fruit ravakawana. Kana mbishi zvaro, he found nothing. Iwe muti watamboona kuti uri favoured stereki but now we are reading kuti hauna kana fruit one rawaiProducer. Shuwa tambonzwa nezvekupona kwawakaita paCholera yakapedza vamwe but tozonzwa kuti haunamate, you are not thankful for God did for you. Tambounzwa number yevanhu vakadzidza vasina mabasa, vamwe vakadzidza kupfura iwe but you yourself you are working kumberi kwenyaya tokunzwa uchiti haunei nezvaMwari. That’s very painful.

Muridzi wemunda vakashaya not even a single fruit from this tree. Kana Mwari vachitarisa life yako but maFruits avanogona here kutanha, is there anything good that GOD can appreciate about your life, kana kuti hauna kana one chaunoitira Mwari. even prayer yechikafu chaiyo hauna, yet its GOD who gave you the food and the appetite. Chiripo here Mwari chaanoyemura kuti mwama wangu uyu anoita zvakanaka. Its very possible kuti Mwari vayemure zvakanaka zvaunoita, do you remember nyaya yaJob, Mwari vaidada nayo vachiiudza satan kuti have you considered my servant Job, hauna wakarurama saJob. Its very possible ufunge kuti Mwari vanodada newe.

When GOD looks at you is he happy or not.

Semuridzi wemunda he had the  right to look for fruits nekuti honai ka fertilizer arikutenga, he employed a vinedresser to take care of the vineyard, he supplied zvese zvinodiwa, so he has the right yekutsvaga maFruits pamuti uyu. Rega ndikuudze kuti Mwari has a right yekutanha maFruits kubva pauri, he has the right to expect zvinhu zvakanaka kubva kunewe because he invested in you. Oxygen Mwari vakakupa, simba rekuenda kubasa vakakupa, he wakes you up everyday, he gave you good health, He gave you His Son to die for you, He gave you many things. Iwo maziso auri kuverenga nawo this sermon its Him (GOD) who gave you. Nekudaro he has the right yekuExpecter kuti uite zvibereko zvakanaka. Life yauri kurararama iyi ziva kuti ndiMwari vakakupa and that gives Him the right to expect something good from you.

But chinorwadza pamuti uyu, hauna kukwanisa kubuditsa even a single fruit

Muridzi wemunda ndipo paanotanga kutaura nemuchengeti wemunda kuti nhai ndava ne3 years ndichiuya kuzotsvaga maFruits pamuti uyu but handina kana 1 day randakawana any fruit. Utemere pasi! Seiko uchishandisa ivhu pasina?’ Cut it down!  Why should it even waste the soil?

The vineyard owner is not happy kuti for these past 3 years handina kana fruit yandakawana considering all the investment which I did. Nhasi kana Mwari vakatarisa life yako vane chakanaka chavanofara nacho here or he sees you as a barren fig tree. Mwari vane zvakanaka here zvavanoyemura kuti mwana wangu uyu arikuita zvakanaka or hapana kana 1.

This man pronounced judgement on the tree hanzi ngautemerwe pasi, Seiko uchishandisa ivhu pasina. It is wasting the soil. Time up, ngaubviswe muti uyu mumunda mangu.  Kana riri bhora taitura kuti its now full time, referee ridza pito bhora rapera, mapihwa 90 minutes but you have failed to win.

You never know when GOD says time up paLife yauri kurarama. Unogona kungoita heart attack from nowhere ukaswera wafuga rako wega (kufa). Unogona kungoita accident ukafira paSpot mumota mauri umu. Anything can happen, unogona kungorohwa neZESA ukatisiya. Full time inogona kungokwana any time, pito inogona kurira when you least expect it, saka rega hako kushainira Mwari. make use of every second you have and live for the glory of GOD nekuti hauzive panokwanira full time yako.

For 3 years muti uyu hauna kana fruit yawakapa muridzi wemunda. Usually muti unobereka once a year, so we expect kuti for those 3 years dai muti uyu wakabereka ka3 but it did not do so. Year in, year out, no fruit. Muridzi wemunda akamboita patience the 1^st year akasiya zvakadaro, the 2^nd year akasiya zvakadaro, now it’s the 3^rd year haana kana fruit raawana. Osiya zvakadaro here, kwete, this time ati better muti utumwe hawo because it is wasting the ground.

Do you know kuti GOD is longsuffering, vanotombukisiya zvako uchifarisa hoping that one day uchatendeuka but ipo pakadaro ndipo poworamba kunamata and you continue in your old ways of not giving fruits to Him. Inosvika nguva yekuti Mwari vanoti enough is enough, cut the tree down. Muti ngautemwe. Ngaarove pasi munhu uyu, when that time comes uchaita sei.

If it was a case of not producing fruits only, it was better, but it is also wasting the soil. Fertilizer yanga iri supposed kuwanikwa nemizambiringa irikudhonzwa neMuonde uyu, mvura yanga iri supposed kuwanikwa nemaVines its being taken up by this tree and it is casting its shadow upon mizambiringa zvekuti haichakwanise kuwana sunlight yakakwana, yet it fails to produce any fruit. What waste.

Hauzi uri kuWaster maResources aMwari here, are you not wasting his blessings, oxygen hauzi uri kuWaster here nekuti urikungofema free of charge but you don’t want to acknowledge Mwari varikukupa oxygen yacho, food chaiyo uchiita yekurasa but energy yawawana pachikafu ichocho irikuperera pazvinhu zvisina basa zvisingavandudze hukuru hwaMwari, Mwari vachikuropafadza nemari but wasting it on worldly entertainment but uchikanganwa Mwari vakakupa, are you not wasting what GOD gave you. To make matters worse unotoda kukanganisa vamwe vanhu vanoda kunamata Mwari, you discourage people from studying the Bible, from praying, from obeying GOD. you are like a fig tree unoisa mumvuri wavo pamusoro pemizambiringa, and these plants no longer have access to the light, people no longer have access to the word of GOD which is the light, all because of you. Dai watendeuka nguva ichiripo urege kuparara.

The judgement was passed, muti ngautemwe But the vinedresser (who represents Jesus) akaNegotiator akati ‘Ishe, chimbouregai henyu kwerimwezve gore, ini ndigoutimbira nokuuyisamupfudze. Kana ukazobereka muchero gore rinouya, zvakanaka! Kana usina, ipapo mungautema henyu.’”

Full time yanga yakwana, Muridzi wemunda anga ati ngautemwe muti. But Jesu achema chema akati give it some more time, give it another year, tiise fertilizer nekutimbira, kana ukaita maFruits that’s good but kana usina kuzoita maFruits, then ngautemwe hawo…..muti wapinda muInjury time and apa hapazi pekuda kuShiner and to continue with its barrenness nekuti it now has limited time

Just imagine kuti ndiwe muti uyu, wanga uri supposed kunge  wafa paCombi yawakwira, wanga uri supposed kunge wafira kuhope but Jesu akumbira Mwari akati chimupai extra time musikana uyu zvichida angatendeuke akasiya mabasa ake akaipa, chimbomupai imwe nguva mukoma uyu zvichida angatange kunamata. Mupei rimwe zuva muchembere uyu zvichida angarege kubata mishonga, mupei rimwe zuva sekuru ava zvichida vangarega hutsinye hwavo.

You never know, unogona kunge wapihwa injury time and in that short space of time ndipo pachaonekwa kuti muti uyu tousiya wakadaro here or totema hedu. Muchengeti wemunda aPromiser akati ndichautimbira nokuuyisa mupfudze. Muti hauna kungosiwa kuti ubereke pasina any help but urikupihwa assistance. Do you know kuti iko kutendeuka chaiko, Jesus provides assistance, iko kuparidzirwa iko kuno, its assistance yauri kupihwa, ndiJesu arikutimbira nekuisa mupfuudze kuti uite zvibereko,  that little voice kaunonzwa mumoyo mako kachiudza kuti usadaro kana wavakuda kuita zvakaipa, that’s the Holy Spirit arikuda kuti utendeuke. Iko kurarama kwauri kuita nhasi ndiMwari varikutimbira timbira nekuisa mufudze kuti zvimwe ungatendeuke.

hatina kuzoudzwa kuti  muti uyu wakazobereka here or hauna kubereka, we are not told. Meaning the result is open ended, its up to you kuti uone kuti muti uyu uchabereka here or haubereke. The ball is now in your court, and muti wacho its you. Don’t waste time uchiti ndichazoti ndoti, mangwana, next week, next month, next year but today ita zvinofanira kuitwa nekuti you never know how much time you are left with.

John the Baptist paanoona maPharisees nemaSadduces vachiuya anovati Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance, berekai zvibereko zvakafanira kutendeuka (Matthew 3:8) and I make the same appeal to you today kuti bereka zvibereko zvakafanira kutendeuka.

Tendeuka, ugamuchire Jesu, get baptised  and be saved.

Demo ratoiswa pamidzi yemiti uye muti wose usingabereki zvibereko zvakanaka uchatemwa ugokandwa mumoto. (And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Matthew 3:10)