“Kalekale Yehova anati kwa Israeli: ‘Ine ndakukondani inu, anthu anga, ndi chikondi chosatha. Ndi chikondi chosalephera ndakukokerani kwa Ine.’” Yeremiya 31:3.
Mulungu akunena izi kwa Israyeli, anthu ake apadera. Koma akunenanso izi kwa munthu aliyense amene adzazikhulupirira! Ndi zoona — Mulungu amakonda inu ndi ine! Ndi chikondi choyera; sitiyenera kuchita chilichonse kuti tiyenerere chikondi chake. Sichikondi cha anthu chimene nthawi zambiri chimabwera ndi zofuna ndi zoyenera kuchita zosaneneka. Ndi choyera kwathunthu; Iye amangotifunira zabwino kwambiri.
Ambiri a ife timamva mosavuta kuti ndife otsika: nthawi zonse pamakhala munthu wina amene ali wabwino kuposa ife, mwina pa maonekedwe, khalidwe, nzeru, zopambana, udindo m’gulu la anthu, ndi zina zotero. Koma Mulungu sayang’ana chilichonse mwa zinthu zimenezi. Anatipanga mmene tilili, ndipo akufuna kuchita ntchito mwa ife, kuyambira pamene tili, osati kuchokera pamalo ena amene timaganiza kuti tiyenera kukhala tafikapo Mulungu asanatilandire.
Ayi, sitifunika kuchita chilichonse kuti tipeze chikondi cha Mulungu. Chimaperekedwa kwa ife, koma tiyenera kudzichepetsa ndi kuchilandira. Ichi ndi chimodzi mwa zinthu zabwino kwambiri zimene munthu angachite m’moyo wake—ndipo ndi chiyambi cha njira yatsopano kotheratu yokhalira, kumene Mulungu angatisinthe kwathunthu kuti tikhale ofanana ndi Iye. (Aroma 8:29).
Mulungu akufuna “kutimanganso”
Baibulo likupitiriza kunena ku Yeremiya 31:4 kuti, “Ndidzakumanganso, namwali wanga Israeli. Udzakhalanso wokondwa ndi kuvina mosangalala ndi maseche ako.” “Kumanganso,” akutero Mulungu.
Davide analemba ku Masalimo 139:13-16: “Inu munalenga gawo lililonse la ine; munandiika pamodzi m’mimba mwa amayi anga. Ndimakuyamikani chifukwa Inu muyenera kuopedwa; zonse zimene mumachita ndi zachilendo ndi zodabwitsa. Ndikudziwa zimenezi ndi mtima wanga wonse. Pamene mafupa anga ankapangidwa, kuikidwa pamodzi mosamala m’mimba mwa amayi anga, pamene ndinkakula kumeneko mobisika, Inu munadziwa kuti ndinali kumeneko—munandiona ndisanabadwe.” Inde, Mulungu ankadziwa zimene ankachita pamene anatilenga m’mimba mwa amayi athu; aliyense wa ife analengedwa kukhala munthu wapadera ndi wosiyana ndi ena monga mmene tilili. Tinapangidwa monga Mulungu ankafunira, koma Iye sanamalize ntchito Yake mwa ife. Akufuna “kutimanganso” kuti “tidzakhalenso osangalala”!
Zimene tikumangidwanso kuti tikhale
Tonse timabadwa ndi chikhalidwe chauchimo, chauchimo kwambiri moti mwa chibadwa timadana ndi Mulungu. (Aroma 3:10-18). Koma izi sizikutanthauza kuti Mulungu amatikonda pang’ono. Iye amakonda chifukwa Iye ndi chikondi, ndipo sangachite china chilichonse koma kukonda. Choncho Iye amafuna kutimanganso. Tiyenera kukhala anthu osangalala amene amakonda Mulungu pobwezera chikondi chake kwa ife, komanso amene amakonda anthu ena ndi chikondi chomwecho! Zimenezo zimafuna kumangidwanso kwathunthu! Koma n’zotheka! Zimachitika tikaphunzira kumvera malamulo ndi zolamula za Mulungu. Sitingathe kuchita zimenezi patokha; timafunikira mphamvu ndi chisomo cha Mulungu kuti tichite zimenezi.
Yesu akunena mawu amphamvu awa mu Mateyu 5:43-48, “Munamva kuti, ‘Konda mnansi wako ndi kudana ndi adani ako.’ Koma Ine ndikukuuzani kuti, kondani adani anu ndi kuwapempherera okuzunzani kuti mukhale ana a Atate anu akumwamba amene awalitsa dzuwa lake pa oipa ndi abwino, nagwetsa mvula pa olungama ndi osalungama. Ngati mukonda amene akukondani inu, mudzapeza mphotho yanji? Kodi ngakhale amisonkho sachita chimodzimodzi? Ndipo ngati inu mupatsa moni abale anu mukuchitapo chiyani choposa ena? Kodi ngakhale akunja sachita zimenezo? N'chifukwa chake, khalani angwiro monga Atate anu akumwamba ali wangwiro.”
Ndani angathe kuchita izi? Yesu anachita zimenezi — munthu amene analengedwa monga ife; munthu wa thupi ndi magazi, wokhala ndi chikhalidwe chomwecho chimene tonsefe timakumana nacho. Ngakhale zinali choncho, Iye analibe tchimo m’mayesero onse amene anakumana nawo pano padziko lapansi (Ahebri 4:15). Atatsala pang’ono kumaliza moyo wake, Iye anamaliza pemphero lake la “wansembe wamkulu” ndi mawu awa: “… kuti chikondi chimene Munandikonda nacho chikhale mwa iwo, ndi Ine mwa iwo.” Yohane 17:26.
Ndipo pemphero limenelo likadali lofunika lero. Kudzera mwa Mzimu Woyera, Iye adzatipatsa mphamvu zogonjetsa chikhalidwe chathu chauchimo, monga momwe Iye anagonjetsera. Iye adzatipatsa mphamvu zogonjetsa chidani chonse, nsanje, mkwiyo, ndi kukwiya msanga zimene zimakhala mu chikhalidwe chathu, ndipo Iye adzatipatsa mphamvu zokonda anzathu monga momwe Iye anatikondera.
Tiyeni tidzipereke kwa Mulungu osasunga chilichonse, kuti tidziwe tokha mphamvu yayikulu ya chikondi Chake chimene chingatisinthe kwathunthu. Tikachita zimenezi, sitidzakhalanso chimodzimodzi!
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