Pamene anali kuŵerenga nkhani tsiku lina, chiganizo chimodzi chinandichititsa chidwi kuti: "Musadandaule ngati muli mbeta. Mulungu akukuyang'anani pompano akuti... 'Ndikusunga mtsikanayu kwa munthu wapadera'." Kuwonjezera apo panali chiganizo china chimene chinati: "Akazi: ikani mtima wanu m'manja mwa Mulungu ndipo Iye adzauika m'manja mwa munthu amene Iye amakhulupirira kuti ndi woyenera."
Izi zinandipangitsadi kuganiza za kuchuluka kwa atsikana ndi akazi omwe akuyembekezerabe uyu "wapadera". Kwa atsikana ndi akazi ambiri, kukwatira kwakhala cholinga chofunika kwambiri, kuyambira pamene anali aang'ono kwambiri. Pamene akukula, amaona anzawo akukwatirana ndi kuyambitsa mabanja pamene akukhalabe osakwatira. Lingaliro limabwera, "Kodi chikuchitika n'chiyani, Mulungu? Kodi idzakhala liti nthawi yanga?"
Zinali zofanana ndendende kwa ine. Ndinakula ndikuganiza kuti tsiku lina ndidzakhalanso mkazi ndi mayi. Zinali zimene ndinkayembekezera pa moyo wanga. Pamene ndinali kukula ndinaona anzanga ambiri akukwatiwa ndi kukhala ndi ana. Ndikanakhala ndikunama ndikananena kuti sizinandikhudzepo.
Khulupirirani Ambuye ndi mtima wanu wonse
Koma mawu awa pa Miyambo 3:5 (NCV) andithandiza: "Khulupirira Ambuye ndi mtima wako wonse, ndipo usadalire luntha lako." Ndikaganizira za tsogolo langa, ndimakhala ndi njira ziwiri. Ndikhoza "kudalira kumvetsetsa kwanga" ndikukhala ndi malingaliro onsewa okhudza momwe moyo wanga uyenera kukhalira. Kenako ndikhoza kukhala pansi n'kuyembekezera kuti Mulungu ayambe kupanga malingaliro amenewa kukhala enieni. Kapena ndikhoza kunena kuti, "Mulungu, ndaika moyo wanga wonse m'manja Mwanu. Ndikukhulupirira ndi mtima wanga wonse kuti chilichonse chimene Mwandikonzera ndi chabwino kwambiri kwa ine. Ziribe kanthu kuti moyo umabweretsa njira yanga, ndikukhulupirira Inu."
Kodi zimenezi zikutanthauza kuti sindimayesedwa kuti ndisakhale wosungulumwa? Kapena kuti nthawi zina sindimayesedwa kuti ndifune zomwezo ndikaona akazi ena a msinkhu wanga ndi mabanja awo? Ayi. Koma ndikukhulupirira Mulungu amene amandipatsa mphamvu zonena kuti 'Ayi!' ku malingaliro awa, mayesero awa, ndi kukhala ndi chuma changa m'zinthu zakumwamba m'malo mwa zinthu za dziko lapansi. (Mateyu 6:19-20.)
Afilipi 4 ali odzala ndi mawu olimbikitsa kwenikweni. "Pakuti ndaphunzira m'boma lililonse limene ndikufuna kukhala wokhutira." Afilipi 4:11. Ichi ndi chinthu chomwe ndikugwira ntchito kwenikweni m'moyo wanga. Kaya ndine wokwatiwa kapena wosakwatiwa, wolemera kapena wosauka, ndikudutsa nthawi zabwino kapena zovuta - pamene ndikukhulupirira kwathunthu Mulungu, ndimakhala wosangalala komanso wokhutira. Pa Afilipi 4:6 (NLT) limati, "Musadandaule ndi chilichonse." Mulungu ali ndi zonse m'manja Mwake!
Moyo suli wotopetsa!
Ndipo moyo suli wotopetsa! Ndikadzipereka kwathunthu kutumikira Mulungu, ndimagwiritsa ntchito nthawi yanga, mphamvu ndi maluso anga kudalitsa ena, kutumikira m'tchalitchi changa, ndi kupanga moyo wabwino kwa banja langa ndi anzanga. Zonsezi zidzadzaza mtima wanga! Kulakalaka banja kwachibadwa kumeneko kudakalipo, koma sindinalole kuti litenge malo.
Ndakumana nazo kuti ndikatenga motere ndikusiyadi malingaliro ena onse, moyo wanga ndi wolemera komanso wodzaza. Sindiyenera kuda nkhawa ndi zam'tsogolo. "Mulungu wanga adzagwiritsa ntchito chuma chake chodabwitsa mwa Khristu Yesu kuti akupatseni zonse zimene mukufuna." Afilipi 4:19 (NCV). Ndimakhulupirira lonjezo limenelo! Ndipo limenelo ndilo lonjezo la tsopano ndi umuyaya wonse!
Sindimadzitonthoza ndi mawu opanda pake okhudza mmene Mulungu akuyembekezera kundipatsa munthu wapadera. Ayi, chitonthozo changa chiri m'chenicheni chakuti Mulungu akutsogolera sitepe iriyonse ya moyo wanga. Mosasamala kanthu za mikhalidwe yake, Mulungu wailinganiza kukhala yabwino koposa kwa ine. Ndipo ngati ndili wokhulupirika kukhulupirira Mwa Iye sitepe iliyonse ya njira, Iye adzandikonzera mphotho yolemera, yosatha. Ndithudi ndi nkhondo, koma ndi chinthu chokha chomwe chimandipatsa mpumulo ndi mtendere mumtima mwanga. Ndipo moyo wanga ndi wolemera ndi wachimwemwe!