Sara: Mkazi wa chikhulupiriro (Ahebri 11:11)
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Tingamvetse kuti Sara atamva ulosi wakuti adzabereka mwana wamwamuna atakalamba, choyamba anachita kuseka. (Genesis 18:10-12.)
Koma lonjezo limene Mulungu anapatsa Abulahamu linali lakuti, "Ndidzam'dalitsa ndi kum'patsa mwana wamwamuna, ndipo iwe udzakhala atate. Adzakhala mayi wa mitundu yambiri. Mafumu a mitundu adzachokera kwa iye." Genesis 17:16 (NCV).
Ndipo zimenezi n'zimene zinachitikadi. "Sara anakhala ndi pakati ndipo anabereka mwana wamwamuna wa Abulahamu atakalamba. Chilichonse chinachitika pa nthawi imene Mulungu ananena kuti chidzatero." Genesis 21:2 (NCV).
Mu Ahebri 11 limati, "Kunali mwa chikhulupiriro kuti ngakhale Sara anali wokhoza kukhala ndi mwana, ngakhale kuti anali wosabereka ndipo anali wokalamba kwambiri. Iye ankakhulupirira kuti Mulungu adzasunga lonjezo lake." Ahebri 11:11 (NLT). Chotero penapake pakati pa kumva ulosiwo ndi kubaladi mwanayo, Sara anayamba kukhulupirira kuti Mulungu adzasunga lonjezo Lake.
Khulupirirani Mulungu
Malinga ndi malamulo achilengedwe, zinali zosatheka kuti Sara akhale ndi mwana, koma anatha kuthana ndi zimenezi. M'matembenuzidwe ena a Baibulo limanena kuti analandira nyonga. Chinsinsi cha mphamvu zake chinali chakuti anakhulupirira Mulungu ndi malonjezo Ake. Ngati timakhulupirira Mulungu timapeza mphamvu zophwanya "makoma" onse ndikukwaniritsa zomwe Mulungu walonjeza. Kumathetsa kukayikira, kusakhulupirira, kulefulidwa, kupanda chiyembekezo, ndi chirichonse chimene chiri m'njira. Ambuye Mwiniyo anauza Abulahamu kuti: "Kodi chilichonse n'chovuta kwambiri kwa Ambuye?" (Genesis 18:14.)
Chikhulupiriro chimatanthauza kuti sitigonja! Mulungu sadzatipatsa ntchito yoti tichite pokhapokha ngati Iye atipatsanso zimene tikufuna, nzeru, ndi mphamvu zochita ntchitoyo. Zimenezi sizikugwirizana ndi malonjezo akunja okha, monga mwana amene Mulungu analonjeza Sara ndi Abrahamu. Zimagwiranso ntchito pamene mikhalidwe ifika m'miyoyo yathu yomwe ikuwoneka ngati yosatheka malinga ndi kumvetsetsa kwathu kwaumunthu, kaya izi zimabwera chifukwa cha mikhalidwe yathu, kapena chifukwa cha tchimo lomwe timawona mkati mwathu. "Kodi chilichonse chovuta kwambiri kwa Ambuye?"
Timaona mosavuta zofooka zathu zachibadwa, zaumunthu, monga momwe Sara anachitira pamene anaseka. Tikuwona mmene tilili ofooka monga anthu kuima, kugonjetsa, kupirira m'mikhalidwe. Timaona zolephera zathu, malingaliro athu, dyera lathu. Mwina timaona kuti ndife oleza mtima pamene tikufunikira kuleza mtima kwambiri. Timaona mkwiyo wathu, kuti timalefulidwa mosavuta, zikhumbo zathu zauchimo, chirichonse chimene chingakhale. Sitiyenera kudziyang'ana tokha kuti tikhale ndi mphamvu pamene tikufunikira, ndiye kuti tidzalephera ndithu. Koma palibe chovuta kwambiri kwa Ambuye!
Tiyenera kukhulupirira ndi mtima wathu wonse kuti Mulungu "amatha kuchita zambiri kuposa zimene tingapemphe, kapena ngakhale kuziganizira. " Aefeso 3:20 (GNT). Pamene tiika chikhulupiriro chathu mwa Iye, pamenepo ndi kuchokera kwa Iye kuti tipeze thandizo lonse limene timafunikira, nyonga, ndi mphamvu yotimasula ku zofooka zathu, zizoloŵezi zoipa, ndi machimo. Pamene tikhulupirira kuti Mulungu adzachita zimene Iye walonjeza, pamenepo timapeza nyonga ya kugonjetsa tchimolo m'chibadwa chathu. Chikhulupiriro cha Sara chakhala chitsanzo champhamvu choti titsatire.
Kodi mumakhulupirira?
Funso ndi lakuti, kodi mumakhulupirira Iye amene walonjeza kuti sadzakusiyani kapena kukuiwalani? (Yoswa 1:5.) Iye amene walonjeza kuti simudzayesedwa koposa zimene mungathe kupirira? (1 Akorinto 10:13.) Kodi mumakhulupirira kuti Iye wakupatsani zonse zimene mukufuna kuti mukhale ndi moyo waumulungu? (2 Petro 1:3.)
Ngati mumakhulupirira Mulungu, mukhoza kupita patsogolo ngakhale zinthu zitaoneka ngati zosatheka. Kukhulupirira Mulungu kumatipatsa kulimba mtima kuti tipitirizebe ndi kuti tisataye mtima. Pamene Iye awona chikhulupiriro chonga ichi, Mulungu mosangalala amatipatsa kupambana. Tiyenera kungopita kwa Iye ndi kupempha chilichonse chimene tikufunikira kuti tigonjetse uchimo. Zimenezi zikusonyeza Mulungu kuti timakhulupirira kuti Iye adzatipatsa zimene timapempha tikafunsa popanda kukayikira. (Yakobo 1:5-8.)
Mulungu anati kwa Abrahamu "Pa nthawi yoyenera ..." ndipo kwalembedwanso kuti Sara anabereka "... pa nthawi imene Mulungu anali atanena kuti zidzatero." Iwo anakhulupirira lonjezo la Mulungu lisanakwaniritsidwe, ndipo analandira Isake m'nthaŵi ya Mulungu, osati lawo. "Chikhulupiriro chimatanthauza kutsimikizira zinthu zimene tikuyembekezera komanso kudziwa kuti chinachake n'chenicheni ngakhale kuti sitikuchiona." Ahebri 11:1 (NCV). Tiyenera kukhulupirira nthawi ya Mulungu. Tiyenera kukhulupirira Iye ndi malonjezo Ake ndi kukhulupirira kwathunthu njira Zake ndi nthawi Yake. Chimenecho ndi chikhulupiriro. Pamenepo Mulungu adzachita zimene Iye watilonjeza.
"Yesu ali ndi mphamvu ya Mulungu, imene watipatsa zonse zimene timafunikira kuti tikhale ndi moyo ndi kutumikira Mulungu. Tili ndi zinthu zimenezi chifukwa timamudziwa. Yesu anatiitana ndi ulemerero wake ndi ubwino wake. Kupyolera mwa ameneŵa anatipatsa malonjezo aakulu ndi amtengo wapatali. Ndi mphatso zimenezi mukhoza kugawana nawo chikhalidwe cha Mulungu, ndipo dziko silidzakuwonongani ndi zilakolako zake zoipa." 2 Petro 1:3-4 (NCV