"Popanda chikhulupiriro palibe amene angakondweretse Mulungu. Aliyense wobwera kwa Mulungu ayenera kukhulupirira kuti Iye ndi weniweni ndiponso kuti Iye amapereka mphoto kwa anthu amene akufunadi kumupeza." Ahebri 11:6 (NCV).
Nditawerenga vesili kangapo, ndinazindikira kuti chikhulupiriro chiyenera kukhala choposa kungokhulupirira kuti Mulungu ndi weniweni, kuti Iye alipo. Apo ayi zingakhale zosokoneza pang'ono, chifukwa ndani angafune "kubwera kwa Mulungu" kapena kufuna "kukondweretsa Mulungu" popanda kukhulupirira kuti Mulungu alipo? Ayi, chikhulupiriro chofotokozedwa pano chiyenera kukhala choposa kungokhulupirira kuti Mulungu aliko.
Kukhulupirira kuti "Amapereka mphoto kwa anthu amene akufunadi kumupeza" kungandithandizedi pa moyo wanga. Ndiyenera kukhulupirira kuti ngati ndikufunadi kumupeza Iye, kuti ngati ndikhala mogwirizana ndi chifuniro cha Mulungu ndi kulimbana ndi uchimo ndi uchimo wanga, kuti Iye adzandipatsa mphoto, ndipo mphoto Yake ndi yakuti Iye adzandisinthiratu. Pali zinthu zomwe nthawi zonse zakhala zosatheka kwa ine, monga kukhala woleza mtima, woyamikira, wokonda anthu onse, osakhumudwa kapena kukwiya; m'zinthu zonsezi, Mulungu akhoza kundisintha kuti ndikhale watsopano kwathunthu mkati.
Ndikhoza kuwerenga zimenezo ndikuganiza kuti mwina sikovuta kwambiri kukhulupirira zimenezo za anthu ena, koma ndikaganizira za ine ndekha, zimakhala zosavuta kuti ndisiye kulimba mtima.
Chikhulupiriro ndi kulefulidwa sizingagwirizane
Nthaŵi zina ndakhumudwa. Kaŵirikaŵiri malingaliro amabwera pamene ndidziŵa mwadzidzidzi za tchimo limene limakhala mwa ine. Kenaka malingaliro amabwera ponena za njira yaitali imene ndikuyenerabe kupita. Ndikuganiza kuti sindidzatha kukhala womasuka ku chikhalidwe changa chonyansa. Malingaliro ngati awa samachokera kwa Mulungu; amachokera kwa satana.
Chikhulupiriro kapena kulefulidwa—awiriwa ndi osiyana kotheratu. Ngati ndikukhulupirira kuti Mulungu angandisinthe kotheratu, kodi pali chifukwa chilichonse choti ndikhumudwe? Ayi, sindingathe kunena kuti ndili ndi chikhulupiriro ngati ndikukayikira nthawi yomweyo. Zinthu zimenezi sizingagwirizane! Koma kodi ndingatani kuti ndisiye kulefulidwa kumeneko?
Gwiritsani ntchito chikhulupiriro ngati chida
Yankho lake nlakuti ndiyenera kudzikonzekeretsa ndi chikhulupiriro ndi kugwiritsira ntchito chikhulupiriro monga chida cholimbana ndi kulefulidwa, kumene kumachokera ku kukayikira. "Nthawi zonse kunyamula chikhulupiriro monga chishango; pakuti mudzakhoza kutulutsa mivi yonse yoyaka moto yowomberedwa ndi Woipayo." Aefeso 6:16 (GNT). Izi n'zimene Abulahamu anachita Mulungu atamulonjeza mwana wamwamuna.
"Pamenepo anali ndi zaka pafupifupi zana limodzi; koma chikhulupiriro chake sichinafooke pamene anaganiza za thupi lake, limene linali litafa kale, kapena kuti Sara analibe ana. Chikhulupiriro chake sichinamusiye, ndipo sanakayikire lonjezo la Mulungu; chikhulupiriro chake chinam'dzaza ndi mphamvu, ndipo anatamanda Mulungu. Iye anali wotsimikiza kotheratu kuti Mulungu adzatha kuchita zimene Iye analonjeza." Aroma 4:19-21 (GNT).
Abrahamu sanakhumudwe ngakhale kuti lonjezo la Mulungu linaoneka kukhala losatheka kotheratu.
Tiyenera kusankha kukhulupirira ndi kudzikonzekeretsa ndi chishango cha chikhulupiriro, chifukwa ngati titsatira malingaliro athu ndi kulingalira kwathu, mwamsanga tidzalefulidwa. "Chishango cha chikhulupiriro" sichingokhulupirira kuti Mulungu alipo, koma ndikukhulupirira mphamvu ya Mulungu yomwe imatha kuchita zozizwitsa mwa aliyense. Ziribe kanthu kuti umunthu wanga, zakale zanga, ndi chikhalidwe changa ndi chiyani, aliyense - kuphatikizapo ine - akhoza kukhala wosiyana kotheratu ndi thandizo la Mulungu. Mulungu ndi wamphamvu kuchita zozizwitsa. Chikhulupiriro mu ichi ndi chida changa.