"Pamene panalibe chomwe chinatsala choyembekezera, Abrahamu adakayembekezerabe ndikukhulupirira ..." Aroma 4:18. Mwaumunthu, Abrahamu analibe chifukwa chokhulupirira ndi kuyembekezera konse - zonse zinawoneka zopanda chiyembekezo. Koma chiyembekezo chake chinali mwa Mulungu, ndipo anakhulupirira kotheratu kuti Mulungu adzachita zimene Iye analonjeza, ndipo anasonyeza chimwemwe chake ndi chimwemwe monga ngati kuti analandira kale Isake.
Tilibe ntchito ya chiyembekezo ndi chikhulupiriro pamene chirichonse chikuwoneka chowala ndi choyembekezera, "pakuti nchifukwa ninji munthu akuyembekezerabe zimene akuona?" Aroma 8:24.
Chiyembekezo ndi kukhulupirira!
Koma tikakumana ndi mavuto aakulu amene amaoneka ngati osatheka kuwagonjetsa ndipo m'tsogolo mukuoneka mdima, ndiye kuti timafunikira chikhulupiriro. Ndi pamene kuli kofunika kuyembekezera ndi kukhulupirira!
Nthawi zambiri zimakhala zovuta kwambiri kwa anthu pamene zinthu zikuwatsutsa. Iwo amakhumudwa, kulefulidwa, ndi kutopa. Iwo amaganiza ndi kulankhula mu mzimu wolefulidwa umenewu ndi kupangitsa moyo kukhala wolemera kwa iwo eni ndi awo okhala nawo.
Paulo ndi awo amene anali naye anali ndi Mzimu wa chikhulupiriro, ndipo mwa Mzimu umenewu analankhula mawu olimbikitsa, olimbikitsa, ndi otonthoza. Pamene Paulo anali mkaidi ku Roma, analimbikitsa Afilipi kukhala akukondwa nthaŵi zonse mwa Ambuye.
Tikamatumikira Mulungu mwakhama kwambiri, Satana amakhala wokangalika kwambiri poyesa kutiletsa kuchita ntchito za Ambuye mosangalala. Amabwera pamene zinthu zili zovuta kwambiri ndipo amatijambula zonse zakuda. Koma ngati tilidi ndi chikhulupiriro mwa Mulungu, ndiye kuti sititaya chiyembekezo. Chikhulupiriro chimaona tsiku lovuta kukhala tsiku labwino, chifukwa pamenepo tingakumane ndi zimene Mulungu angachite mwa ife.
Ngati tilibe chikhulupiriro cholimba, timaponyedwa m'mbuyo ndi m'mbuyo ndi malingaliro athu chifukwa cha zipolowe ndi nkhawa, ndipo zimakhala zovuta kuti tikhale ndi chiyembekezo cholimba ndi kukhulupirira. Nthawi zina zinthu zimawoneka zowala, kenako mwadzidzidzi zonse zimawoneka mdima kachiwiri. Koma ngati tilefulidwa ndi kutaya chiyembekezo, Satana wapambana. M'baibulo la ku Norway linalembedwa kuti: "Pakuti Mulungu sanatipatse mzimu wolefula, koma wa mphamvu ndi chikondi ndi wa maganizo abwino." 2 Timoteyo 1:7. "Mtima wosangalala ndi mankhwala abwino, koma mzimu wokhumudwa umauma mafupa." Miyambo 17:22.
Chikhulupiriro chimati, "N'zotheka!"
Nthawi iliyonse maganizo a anthu akamanena kuti, "N'zosatheka!" chikhulupiriro chimati, "N'zotheka!" Chikhulupiriro ndi chidaliro chonse mwa Mulungu amene amatikonda ndi amene angathe kuchita zonse. Dzina lake ndi Zodabwitsa, ndipo Iye amachita zodabwitsa. Mayi angaiwale mwana wake, koma Mulungu sadzatiiwala. (Yesaya 49:15.)
Popanda chikhulupiriro n'zosatheka kukondweretsa Mulungu (Ahebri 11:6), koma ngati timakhulupirira Iye mokwanira, timam'kondweretsa Iye ndipo timakhala mabwenzi Ake apamtima omwe mapemphero awo amayankhidwa ndi omwe amalandira thandizo pamene akufunikira.
Tikufuna kuti Iye achitepo kanthu nthawi yomweyo ndikuyankha mapemphero athu, koma nthawi zina zimatenga nthawi yaitali. Ndiye tiyenera kukhala mu mpumulo, chifukwa tikudziwa kuti Iye ndi wangwiro mu nzeru, ubwino, ndi chikondi, ndi kuti Iye adzachita pa nthawi yoyenera phindu lathu losatha ndi la ana athu mu mkhalidwe uliwonse. Ndicho chimene tikuyembekeza ndi kukhulupirira mwamphamvu!
Ulesi ndi maganizo akuti 'sindisamala' alibe chochita ndi chikhulupiriro. Tiyenera kulimbana ndi chikhulupiriro pa chilichonse chimene chikufuna kutiletsa kufika pa zimene tikuyembekezera ndi kuyembekezera mosangalala. Iye amayankha mapemphero athu mogwirizana ndi kusoŵa ndi kulakalaka mumtima mwathu. Ngati tikhulupirira, tidzaonanso ndi kuona ulemerero wa Mulungu.