"Pamenepo, ife amene tikukhala ndi kukhalabe mozungulira tidzatengedwa pamodzi nawo m'mitambo kukakumana ndi Ambuye m'mlengalenga. Mwanjira imeneyo tidzakhala ndi Ambuye nthawi zonse. Choncho limbikitsanani ndi mawu amenewa." 1 Atesalonika 4:17-18 (CEB).
Nthawi zonse. Imeneyo ndi nthawi yayitali kwambiri. Sizitha. Nthaŵi zina ndinkayesetsa kumvetsa umuyaya. Ndinayenera kusiya chifukwa sitidzamvetsetsa kwathunthu monga momwe timangomvetsetsera nthawi monga momwe imayesedwera m'mphindi ndi masekondi. Koma ngakhale ndi maganizo athu osavuta, sikovuta kumvetsa kuti moyo, ngakhale kwa munthu amene amakhala ndi moyo kwa zaka zoposa 100, sungafanane ndi umuyaya. Koma tinganene kuti moyo wathu pano padziko lapansi ndi ulendo wopita kumalo kumene tidzathera umuyaya wathu.
Koma kodi kumwamba n'chiyani ndipo n'chifukwa chiyani ndikufuna kuonetsetsa kuti ndidzakhalapo kwamuyaya?
Malo amene chilengedwe cha Mulungu chinalamulira
Ndikukumbukira ndili mwana, makolo anga ankandifunsa zimene ndingakonde kuchita kumwamba. Ndinali ndi malingaliro akuluakulu ndipo ndinaganiza za zonse zomwe ndingathe kuziwona ndikukumana nazo kumeneko. Maloto anga onse a ubwana akhoza kukhala enieni kumwamba. Ndikanatha kuuluka, kukwera dolphins ndipo sindifunikira kugona, ndi zinthu zina zambiri!
Tsopano, monga munthu wamkulu, umuyaya ndi chinthu choposa chimenecho. Idzakhala malo omwe palibe zabwino kapena kulekana ndi okondedwa athu. Malo amene tidzakhalanso pamodzi ndi mabwenzi okhulupirika ndi achibale amene anamwalira. (1 Atesalonika 4:16-17.) Malo opanda ululu kapena matenda. Ana onse adzachitiridwa bwino - ndi zokwanira kudya ndi kuzunguliridwa ndi chikondi. Idzakhala malo omwe pali mgwirizano - kumene palibe amene amakhala yekha kapena chidwi chake koma zabwino kwa ena. Malo opanda mawu ozizira, kubwezera kapena kuwawidwa mtima koma ndi chikondi ndi chikondi kwa munthu aliyense. (Yesaya 65:17-25; Chivumbulutso 21:4.)
Mulungu Mwini adzalamulira mu umuyaya ndipo zinthu zonse zidzachitika mu Mzimu Wake. Kumwamba kudzadzazidwa ndi makhalidwe Ake, omwe ali osiyana ndendende ndi momwe tilili mwachibadwa.
Mulungu sangayesedwe ndi zoipa – Iye sangakhale nkhawa, nsanje kapena umbombo. (Yakobo 1:13.) Iye sangakwiye kapena kukhumudwa. Amalola dzuwa Lake kuwala pa zabwino ndi zoipa. (Mateyu 5:45.) Iye ali wofunitsitsa kukhululukira ochimwa owopsa koposa ndi kuponya chikumbukiro chonse cha machimo awo m'nyanja ya kuiŵala. (Mika 7:19.) Iye sangakwiye kapena kukwiya.
Mulungu ndi chikondi (1 Yohane 4:8,16), kutanthauza Iye ndi chirichonse chofotokozedwa mu 1 Akorinto 13. Nkovuta kukhulupirira, koma onse amene ali kumwamba ndi Iye angakhale ndi phande m'mkhalidwe waumulungu umodzimodziwo! (2 Petro 1:2-4.) Ndipo limenelo ndi lonjezo - osati kutali kwambiri mtsogolo, koma zimachitika kale tsopano m'moyo wathu padziko lapansi!
Kuonetsetsa kuti ndikuyenerera kumwamba
Aliyense amamvetsetsa kuti ngati mukufuna kusamukira kudziko lina pamafunika kukonzekera kwakukulu. Kuphunzira chikhalidwe, kuphunzira chinenero, kuonetsetsa kuti pasipoti yanu ndi visa zilipo, ndi zinthu zambiri. Taganizirani kufunika kokonzekera umuyaya. Kupita kuchokera poyambira - kuchokera kukhala wodzikuza, wodetsa nkhawa, womangidwa ndi zomwe anthu amaganiza, okwiya mosavuta komanso okhumudwa, ouma khosi, mofulumira kulankhula, mofulumira kuweruza, kukhala munthu yemwe amagawana nawo chikhalidwe chaumulungu - yemwe angakhale mu mtendere wokhazikika, wopanda anthu, mofulumira kumvetsera, yemwe angabwezere chithandizo chozizira kwambiri ndi ubwino wonse.
Kwa ichi tikufunikira maphunziro ambiri. Kukonzekera kwathu tsiku ndi tsiku kapena maphunziro athu pano padziko lapansi kumapangitsa chikhalidwe chaumulungu chimenechi kukhala chathu chowonjezereka pamene tili pano padziko lapansi. Makhalidwe a kumwamba, "chikhalidwe chaumulungu" chimenechi, ayenera kukula mwa ife tsiku lililonse kudzera mu maphunzirowa kuti tigwirizane ndi kumwamba ndi mzimu umene umalamulira kumwamba.
Chifukwa chake palibe chisoni mu muyaya
"Ngati tayika chiyembekezo chathu mwa Khristu cha moyo uno wokha, tiyenera kuchitiridwa chisoni kuposa wina aliyense." 1 Akorinto 15:19 (CSB).
Apa Paulo akufotokoza momveka bwino kuti zimene tingayembekezere mu umuyaya n'zazikulu kwambiri moti ziyembekezo zonse ndi maloto amene tingakhale nawo pano padziko lapansi sizingayambe n'komwe kuyerekezedwa nazo.
Kutsegula nyuzipepala kumamveketsa bwino kuti dziko liri lodzala ndi chisoni ndi kupweteka. Ana ndi akazi amene amachitiridwa nkhanza ndipo amakhala mwamantha nthaŵi zonse, anthu osalakwa amene amaphedwa, mabanja osweka, anthu okhala mu umphaŵi wadzaoneni ndi chisoni, maiko amene ali pankhondo ndi tsoka losatha. Kwa zaka mazana ambiri, atsogoleri a dziko ayesa kuthetsa mavuto ameneŵa, koma nkhondo ndi chiwawa zikungowonjezereka. Izi sizikuphatikizapo ngakhale mamiliyoni a zochitika zomwe zikuchitika tsiku ndi tsiku zomwe sitimawerenga m'nyuzipepala kapena kumva pa wailesi kapena pa TV.
Mavuto a ukwati, mkwiyo kwa ana, nsanje pamene ena ali ndi zambiri kapena kutamandidwa, malingaliro okayikitsa, kusaleza mtima, nkhawa, zofuna pa ena, kudandaula, kulefulidwa, ulesi, mkwiyo, kukhumudwa, kubwezera, ndemanga zopweteka, mawu ovuta, kubwezera, chidetso ponse paŵiri m'malingaliro ndi zochita, ndi mbali ya pafupifupi moyo wa tsiku ndi tsiku wa aliyense ndi kubweretsa mkangano, chisoni ndi ululu kulikonse kumene alipo. (Aroma 8:19-22.)
Koma mu umuyaya, mtendere, chikondi chenicheni ndi umodzi zidzalamulira, osati pakati pa maiko okha komanso pakati pa munthu aliyense, chifukwa chakuti awo amene ali ndi umuyaya umenewo aphunzira nzeru ya kulenga mtendere mwa kusiya chifuniro chawo cholimba ndi malingaliro awo kuchita chifuniro cha Mulungu.
Chifukwa chake ndikhoza kukhala wosangalala m'mayesero anga
"Tili ndi chiyembekezo ichi monga nangula wa moyo, wolimba komanso wotetezeka ..." Ahebri 6:19 (CSB).
Chiyembekezo ichi kuti tiyenera kuona Yesu munthu, kuti mkwatulo pamene Iye abwerera ndi kukhala umuyaya kumwamba amakhala nangula wathu. Zimatipangitsa kukhala osagwedezeka, ndipo mayesero samatikokera pansi. Ndipotu Yakobo akutilimbikitsa kuti "tikondwere" tikabwera m'mayesero. (Yakobo 1:2-3.) Kodi zimenezi ndi zothekera? N'zotheka chifukwa tikudziwa kuti ichi ndi maphunziro omwe tiyenera kulowa umuyaya kumwamba womwe ndi cholinga chathu. Apa ndi pamene tingathe kumasuka ku zilakolako zathu zoipa ndi zisonkhezero zoipa za dziko lino (2 Petro 1:4), ndi kuphunzira kuchita zinthu m'njira yokondweretsa Mulungu. Umenewu ndi mwaŵi wa kukhala ndi phande m'mkhalidwe waumulungu wowonjezereka, mkhalidwe umene ukulamulira mu umuyaya kumwamba!
Pamenepo sitikuopa kufa, chifukwa takhala tikukonzekera moyo wathu wonse pa zomwe zimabwera pambuyo pake. Osati kokha, komanso mwa kukhala wokhulupirika, mikhalidwe yamuyaya imeneyi imakhala yathu yowonjezereka pamene tili pano padziko lapansi! Ndi tsogolo labwino chotani nanga loyembekezera!
Kuthera umuyaya m'malo ena alionse osati kumwamba si njira kwa ine. Ichi ndi cholinga chimodzi chomwe ndikufuna kusunga patsogolo panga pa chisankho chilichonse ndi mkhalidwe uliwonse womwe ndimalowa, waukulu kapena waung'ono. Pamenepo ndidzakhala wokonzekera kumwamba ndi kuyenerera kumeneko mwangwiro.