Chaka china chapita, kusiya chizindikiro chake pa miyoyo yathu.
Ngati tikuganiza za chaka chathachi, monga okhulupirira tili ndi zinthu zambiri zothokoza Mulungu, koma padakali madera ambiri omwe timakonda .Paulo ayenera kunena kuti, "Sindinakwaniritsebe cholinga changa, ndipo sindili wangwiro ... [koma] Ndimapitiriza kuthamanga ..." Afilipi 3:12 (CEV).
Ngati takhala okhulupirika ndipo takhala ndi moyo wa wophunzira, timalowa m'chaka chatsopano monga munthu watsopano. Takumana ndi kuti Mulungu wakhala akutisintha mkati, ndipo tapangidwa kukhala atsopano m'maganizo mwathu. (Aroma 12:1-2.) Ngakhale kuti munthu wathu wakunjaakuonongeka mkati mwathu tikupangidwa kukhala atsopano tsiku ndi tsiku. (2 Akorinto 4:16.) Chotero tilibe chifukwa chotayira chiyembekezo, koma tingapitirizebe kulimba mtima, kukhulupirira Mulungu, amene akugwira ntchito mkati mwathu , ndi amene amatipatsa chikhumbo ndi mphamvu ya kuchita zimene zimakondweretsa Iye. (Afilipi 2:13.)
Paulo analembanso kuti Mulungu, amene wayamba ntchito yabwino imeneyi mwa ife, adzapitiriza kugwira ntchito mwa ife kufikira ntchitoyo itatha pa tsiku limene Yesu adzabweranso. (Afilipi 1:6.) Izi zikutanthauza kuti zonse zomwe zatsalabe za moyo wathu wakale ndi zilakolako zake zauchimo za anthu, zizoloŵezi zakale zauchimo, malingaliro, kumvetsetsa kwa anthu akale ndi chiweruzo, ndipo chilichonse choipa chiyenera kuchotsedwa ndi moto wa Mulungu.
Tikabwera m'mayesero, timaona zilakolako zauchimo, malingaliro a anthu, ndi zinthu zina zoopsa zomwe zikukhalabe mwa ife. Ndiyeno tingavomereze kuti zinthu zimenezi zidakali mwa ife ndi kusankha kuzichotsa. Choncho, zalembedwa pa Aroma 8:28 ndi 29 kuti Mulungu amagwira ntchito zonse kuti zinthu zathu zikhale zabwino kwambiri, kuti tisinthe kuti tikhale ngati Mwana Wake.
Ntchito yathu ndi kukhala odzichepetsa ndi omvera monga Khristu, amene anadzichepetsa Yekha ndipo anakhala womvera mpaka imfa, ngakhale imfa ya pa mtanda. (Afilipi 2:8.) "Pakuti ngati takhala ogwirizana naye pa imfa ngati yake, ndithudi tidzakhalanso ogwirizana naye pa chiukiriro chake." Aroma 6:5 (NIV).
"Ndiyeno amene anakhala pampando wachifumu anati, 'Taonani! Ndikupanga zinthu zonse zatsopano." Chivumbulutso 21:5. Ndi chiyembekezo chotani nanga kukhala nacho m'mitima yathu m'chaka chatsopano chikubwerachi!