M'zaka 50 zapitazi, luso la zopangapanga layamba mofulumira kwambiri ndipo dziko lasintha kwambiri. M'zaka za m'ma 1960, palibe amene akanatha kulota zopangidwa zomwe tonse timagwiritsa ntchito tsopano tsiku ndi tsiku. Dera limodzi lomwe limakhudza kwambiri moyo wathu wa tsiku ndi tsiku, ndi kupangidwa kwa intaneti ndi foni yamakono, ndi zonse zomwe zimabwera nawo. Funso ndi lakuti: kodi Mkristu ayenera kuganizira bwanji za mitundu yonseyi ya zipangizo zamakono ndipo kodi ndi zabwino kapena zoipa pa moyo wa Mkhristu?
Baibulo sililankhula za teknoloji, koma limanena kuti palibe chatsopano pansi pa dzuwa. (Mlaliki 1:9.) Zaka zikwi ziwiri zapitazo iwo analibe mafoni kapena intaneti, koma nthawi zonse pakhala pali zopangidwa zazikulu zomwe zasintha dziko monga momwe anthu amadziwira. Mwachitsanzo, makina osindikizira ndi mfuti zinapangidwa m'zaka za m'ma 1400, ndipo dziko silinayambe lofanana kuyambira pamenepo. Koma m'mbiri yonse, chinthu chimodzi sichinasinthepo: anthu nthawi zonse akhala ndi chikhalidwe chochimwa chomwe chimafuna kuchita zinthu zoipa, ndipo palibe luso latsopano kapena zopangidwa zomwe zakwanitsa kusintha zimenezo.
Samalani mwanzeru zimene tili nazo
Ife monga Akristu tiyenera kukhala ndi udindo wosamalira zonse zomwe tili nazo, ndipo zimenezo zimaphatikizapo teknoloji. Tekinoloje ingathandize kwambiri, kapena ikhoza kukhala chipata chopita ku gehena yokha. Tikhoza kugwiritsa ntchito intaneti ndi mafoni athu kuti tidzimange tokha mwa Ambuye –– kapena tingagwiritse ntchito kudziipitsa tokha, ndipo mwinamwake m'njira yakuya. Titha kugwiritsa ntchito teknoloji kuti timangidwe ndi chiyembekezo ndi chikhulupiriro komanso kulumikizana ndi okhulupirira ena ndikuwamanga. Kapena tingagwiritse ntchito kuyang'ana mitundu yonse ya zinthu zopanda umulungu. Titha kugwiritsa ntchito chikhalidwe cha anthu kuti tigwirizane m'njira yabwino ndi Akristu ena - kapena tikhoza kugwiritsa ntchito kutumiza zinthu zopanda pake komanso zosafunikira pa moyo wathu.
Sikuti intaneti imangogwiritsidwa ntchito pazinthu zachikristu kapena kuchita zoipa. Ikhoza kukhala chida chomwe chiri chithandizo chenicheni m'njira zina: kulumikizana ndi ziŵalo za banja ndi abwenzi omwe ali kutali, kuthandiza kukonza miyoyo yathu yotanganidwa, ndi zolinga zina zambiri zothandiza zomwe zingatithandize kwambiri. Chofunika ndi chakuti sitiyenera kulola uchimo kulowa m'miyoyo yathu kudzera mu teknolojiyi.
Kumbukirani chofunika
Pali ngozi mu teknoloji ngati tilola kulamulira miyoyo yathu. Chifukwa chake, iyenera kuyang'aniridwa ndi kuyang'aniridwa kuti isapeze mphamvu imeneyi pa ife. Paulo anati: "Sindidzalola chilichonse kundipanga kukhala kapolo wake." 1 Akorinto 6:12. N'zosavuta kumwerekera ndi chikhalidwe TV, ndipo mafoni athu nthawi zambiri amakhala pafupi nafe, ngakhale pamene tili m'tulo. Ngozi ndi yakuti sititenga nthawi yoganizira za moyo wathu, komanso kupemphera ndi kufunsa zimene Mulungu amaganiza pa nkhani zofunika (Miyambo 4:26). Tiyenera kutenga nthawi ya Mulungu - ndipo intaneti ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu zimatha kuba mosavuta nthawi yathu yambiri.
Pamapeto pake, nkhondoyo ndi yomweyo, kaya tinakhalako zaka 100 zapitazo kapena ngati tikukhala lero: tili ndi chikhalidwe chochimwa, koma timasankhidwa kuti tikhale ngati Yesu monga momwe zalembedwera pa Aroma 8:29. Tiyenera kugwiritsa ntchito chilichonse chomwe chimatithandiza kukhala ngati Iye ndikuchotsa chilichonse chomwe chimalowa m'njira ya ife kukwaniritsa cholinga ichi. Ngati tili ofooka ndipo chinachake chimatitsogolera ku uchimo, tiyenera kuchotsa nthawi yomweyo (Mateyu 5:29-30). Zili kwa Mkhristu aliyense kupeza zoyenera kwa iwo okha m'dera lino (Aroma 14:5).
M'chilichonse chimene tingachite, ndi teknoloji kapena ndi zinthu zina, tiyenera kutsimikizira m'mitima yathu kuti zidzatithandiza kukhala ofanana kwambiri ndi Yesu - zomwe ndizofanana ndi kupeza zipatso zambiri za Mzimu - kapena kuti zidzathandiza ena, chifukwa "chilichonse chosachitidwa m'chikhulupiriro ndi tchimo." Aroma 14:23.