N'chifukwa chiyani timapemphera?
Sitingakhale ndi moyo wautali kuposa mphindi zochepa chabe popanda kupuma. Tikaganizira za munthu amene ali ndi chifuwa cha mphumu, amene amavutika kupuma, matenda ake angakhudze thupi lawo lonse. Iwo akhoza kupweteka pachifuwa ndipo amavutika kulankhula pamene akuukira. Nthawi zambiri sitimaganizira mfundo yakuti tikupuma, komabe timafunikira kuti tikhalebe ndi moyo. Kutha kupuma kumatipangitsa kukhala opepuka komanso osangalala ndipo kumatilola kukhala ogwira ntchito.
Kwa wokhulupirira, pemphero ndi (kapena liyenera kukhala) ngati kupuma, munganene. Ndi mapapo a Mkristu wokhulupirira ndi mtima wonse. Sitingakhale ndi chikhulupiriro chokhala mwa ife ngati sitipemphera. Pemphero limatipangitsa kukhala osangalala, limatipangitsa kukhala ogwira ntchito ndipo limapangitsa zinthu kukhala zopepuka komanso zosavuta kwa ife m'moyo wa tsiku ndi tsiku pamene tili pafupi ndi Mulungu. Kwenikweni, sitingakhale ndi moyo popanda kukhala mumzimu wa pemphero, kulankhula ndi Mulungu tsiku lililonse. Umu ndi momwe timapezera thandizo, mphamvu ndi mayankho a mikhalidwe yayikulu ndi yaing'ono ya moyo. (Ahebri 4:16.)
N'chifukwa chiyani timapemphera?
Sitikudziwa zimene tiyenera kupempherera, koma timaona kuti Mzimu Woyera amatipempherera ndipo amatimveketsa bwino zinthu. (Aroma 8:26-27.) Izi zimatithandiza kupita kwa Iye ngakhale kwambiri, ndipo timabwera mu mzimu wabwino wa pemphero.
Pemphero limagwirizana kwambiri ndi chiphunzitso cha Mawu chakuti: "Pamenepo tingapitirize kupemphera ndi kuphunzitsa mawu a Mulungu." Machitidwe 6:4 (NCV). Choyamba chimabwera pemphero, ndiyeno chiphunzitso cha Mawu a Mulungu. Tinganene motere: Ndi pemphero limene limatipatsa mphamvu yophunzitsa Mawu a Mulungu. Popanda pemphero lamkati kwa Mulungu, ndi kukhala mu mzimu wa pemphero, sitingapereke chakudya chauzimu ndi kuthandiza anthu kudzera m'Mawu a Mulungu.
Pemphero lili ndi mphamvu yosuntha manja a Mulungu. Ngati tipempherera munthu wina m'dziko lina, manja a Mulungu amapita kudziko limenelo ndipo Iye amagwira ntchito mwa anthu amene tikupempherera. Zimapangitsa kuti tithe kufika patali, kuti tikhale ogwira ntchito padziko lonse lapansi kuchokera kumene tili.
Paulo anali ndi mathayo a tsiku ndi tsiku a tchalitchi, ntchito zimene Mulungu anampatsa. (2 Akorinto 11:28.) Amenewo anali mapemphero, ndipo ankawapempherera tsiku lililonse. Anagwiritsa ntchito nthawi yambiri kuganizira za enawo komanso kuwapempherera, komanso matchalitchi. Iye anazindikira ndi kudziwa mphamvu zawo ndi zofooka zawo ndipo anawapempherera, kuti Mulungu awathandize. Tiyeneranso kuchita zimenezi munthu akachimwa, monga momwe zalembedwera pa 1 Yohane 5:16. Tiyenera kupemphera, ndiyeno Mulungu adzawapatsa moyo.
Pemphero ndi ntchito yodabwitsa, yobisika komanso yaulemerero. Mulungu amapereka moyo kwa ena kudzera m'mapemphero athu ndipo zimenezo zimatipangitsanso kuyamikira kwambiri Mulungu. Pemphero limatithandiza kuti nthawi zonse tiyamikire. (Afilipi 4:6-7; Akolose 4:2.)
“‘Nditsimikizireni Ine tsopano,’ timamumva Iye akuitana mokoma mtima;
Odala ali iwo amene amamutenga Iye pa Mawu Ake.
Ngakhale ena onse angakusiyeni kapena kunyalanyazani,
Komabe ndi Iye kuusa kulikonse kudzamveka.
Mumtima womwe umamva chosowa ndi chisoni,
Amalenga ndi Mawu odabwitsa kwambiri.
Ngati muyika moyo wanu mu kusunga kwake,
Iye adzakutsegulirani kumwamba.”