Chimwemwe ndi chipatso cha Mzimu. (Agalatiya 5:22.) Koma kodi chimwemwe chimenechi chimachokera kuti, kodi mizu yake ili kuti?
Chimwemwe si chinthu pachokha
Ngati tikufuna kukhala ndi chimwemwe chenicheni, tiyenera kudziŵa mmene tingachipeze. Chimwemwe si chinthu palokha - pali chifukwa chomwe timasangalalira; chimwemwe ndi chotulukapo pamene tipeza kapena kukwaniritsa chinachake. Choncho, n'zopanda pake kuyesa kupeza chimwemwe palokha, tiyenera kuchita zinthu zokondweretsa Mulungu, ndipo zimenezi zidzatipatsa chimwemwe.
Paulo akuti mu 1 Timoteo 6:11 (NIRV), "Yesetsani kuchita chabwino ndi chaumulungu. Khalani ndi chikhulupiriro, chikondi ndi kufatsa. Gwirani zimene mumakhulupirira." N'zopanda pake kufunafuna chimwemwe popanda zinthu izi; zomwe zili ngati kuyesa kutola zipatso kuchokera pamtengo wopanda mizu. Koma pamene tili ndi chikhulupiriro ndi chikondi ndi chifatso, ndipo iwo akukula, ndiye kuti Mulungu amakondwera nafe ndipo ndizo zomwe zimatipatsa chimwemwe.
Chimwemwe chenicheni chimabwera chifukwa chokhala ndi moyo wokondweretsa Mulungu
Anthu ambiri amafuna kukhala ndi chimwemwe popanda kukhala ndi moyo wokondweretsa Mulungu. Chimwemwe cha mtundu umenewo sichidzaposa chimwemwe chaumunthu. Zilibe kanthu ndi chimwemwe chomwe ndi chipatso cha Mzimu.
Pali alaliki ambiri amene amayesa kulimbikitsa malingaliro a msonkhano wawo kuyesa kuwapangitsa kumva chimwemwe, ngakhale pamene msonkhano wawo uli wodzala ndi chosalungama, umbombo, chisembwere, ndi mitundu yonse ya zoipa. Mwina anthu adzasangalala kwa kanthawi, koma si chimwemwe chimene chili chipatso cha Mzimu. Limanena pa Yesaya 1:13 (GNT) kuti Mulungu "sakhoza kupirira wanu ... misonkhano yachipembedzo; onse aipitsidwa ndi machimo anu."
Anthu ambiri amakhulupirira kuti mkhalidwe wawo wauzimu uli wofanana ndi chimwemwe chimene amamva panthaŵi iliyonse. Koma mtengo wauzimu wa munthu umadalira pa kuyenda kwawo m'chiyero ndi chowonadi.
Mizu ina ya chimwemwe chenicheni
Nazi zina mwa mizu ya chimwemwe chenicheni mu ufumu wa Mulungu:
"Musasangalale chifukwa mizimu imakumverani koma chifukwa mayina anu alembedwa kumwamba." —Luka 10:20 (NCV). Chimwemwe chimenechi chimabwera pamene tili odzichepetsa ndi oyamikira chifukwa Mulungu anatichotsa m'dziko ndipo watipatsa malo mu ufumu Wake.
"Mukamamvera malamulo anga, mumakhalabe m'chikondi changa... Ndakuuzani zinthu izi kuti... chimwemwe chanu chidzasefukira!" Yohane 15:10-11 (NLT). Chimwemwe chimenechi chimatulukapo pamene timvera chifuniro cha Mulungu. Ngati tili omvera, tidzakhala ndi chimwemwe. Ndipo ngati tili ndi chimwemwe chimenechi, sitifunikira kuyesa kukhala osangalala. Pamene tiyenera "kuyesa" kukhala osangalala, zimenezi zikusonyeza kuti sitili omvera. Khalani omvera Mawu a Mulungu, ndipo chimwemwe chidzafika.
"Mwakonda chilungamo ndi kudana ndi zoipa (zoipa); chifukwa chake Mulungu, Mulungu wanu, wakuikani pamwamba pa anzanu mwa kukudzozani ndi mafuta a chimwemwe." Ahebri 1:9 (NIV). Munthu amadzozedwa ndi mafuta a chimwemwe, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti ali wodzala ndi chimwemwe, ngati amadana ndi zoipa ndi kukonda chilungamo. Tiyenera kukana zoipa zonse zomwe zili m'dziko, mwa ife eni, m'dziko lachipembedzo - kuchokera ku nsanja ya wokamba nkhani komanso mu msonkhano - sitiyenera kusiya kanthu, ndipo Ambuye adzatipangitsa kukhala odzaza ndi chimwemwe.
Tsoka ilo, ndi anthu ochepa okha omwe ali ndi kulimba mtima kukana kupusa ngakhale ataona; ndichifukwa chake samapeza chimwemwe ichi, ndikuchifunafuna mwanjira ina. Koma akanakonda chilungamo, akanakana zoipa zonse zimene anaona. Salmo 118:15 (ESV) limati, "Nyimbo zosangalatsa za chipulumutso zili m'mahema a olungama." Chimwemwe chimenechi ndi chipatso cha Mzimu.
"Tikukulengezani zimene taona ndi kumva, chifukwa tikufuna kuti inunso mukhale ndi chiyanjano ndi ife. Kuyanjana kwathu kuli ndi Mulungu Atate ndi Mwana wake, Yesu Kristu. Tikulemberani zimenezi kuti mukhale odzaza ndi chimwemwe ndi ife." 1 Yohane 1:3-4 (NCV). Ndipo pa 1 Yohane 1:7 kwalembedwa kuti ngati tiyenda m'kuunika, ngati tikhala ndi moyo wathu mogwirizana ndi Mawu a Mulungu, tidzakhala ndi chiyanjano choyera ndi wina ndi mnzake.
Kuyanjana koyera koteroko kumatipangitsa kukhala odzala ndi chimwemwe. Chimwemwe chimenechi si chimwemwe cha phokoso, koma chimwemwe chete kumene timakhulupirirana chifukwa timakhala moyo wathu mogwirizana ndi Mawu a Mulungu, ndipo palibe amene amabisa chilichonse mumdima.
"Ndilibe chimwemwe chachikulu kuposa ichi: kumva kuti ana anga akukhala mogwirizana ndi choonadi." 3 Yohane 1:4 (CEB). Mulungu alibe chimwemwe chachikulu kuposa kuti ana Ake akukhala mogwirizana ndi choonadi, ndipo kwa Yohane zinali zofanana. Ngati mukufuna kukhala ndi chimwemwe ichi chomwe Yohane adachitcha chachikulu kwambiri, ndiye kuti muyenera kukhala mogwirizana ndi choonadi nokha; pamenepo chimwemwe ichi chidzakhala chipatso cha moyo mu mantha aumulungu.
Timaona kuti chimwemwe chenicheni ndi chifukwa chomvera Mulungu ndi Mawu Ake, kukhala ndi moyo woopa Mulungu. Ndipo pamene tili omvera kwambiri, m'pamenenso chimwemwe chathu chimakhala chachikulu.