Ndalama zimagwira ntchito yamphamvu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, kaya tikufuna kapena ayi. Kupeza. Kugula. Kugulitsa. Simungathe kuchokapo. Ndalama ndi chinthu champhamvu. Mukakhala nazo kapena pamene mulibe, zikhoza kudzaza malingaliro anu onse. Chotero kodi ndiotani mmene mtumiki wa Mulungu, Mkristu wowona, angakhalire wolungama pamene akhudza nkhani za ndalama?
Baibulo limanena momveka bwino kuti sitiyenera kukonda ndalama kapena zinthu zimene ndalama zingagule. "Kukonda ndalama kumayambitsa zoipa zamtundu uliwonse. Anthu ena anasiya chikhulupirirocho, chifukwa ankafuna kupeza ndalama zambiri, koma adzichititsa chisoni kwambiri." 1 Timoteyo 6:10 (NCV). Tikhoza kuona zimenezo momveka bwino kwambiri m'dziko lotizungulira. Chikhumbo cha kulemera chimabweretsa kuvutika kwakukulu ndi kuipa. Komabe tonse tiyenera kuthana ndi ndalama m'miyoyo yathu; sitingapewe. Kwa ena ndi kulimbana kwenikweni kwambiri kungokhala ndi zokwanira kukhala ndi moyo; kwa ena ndikugwiritsa ntchito zomwe ali nazo mwanzeru komanso molungama, kapena chiyeso chofuna zambiri nthawi zonse.
Manejala wolungama
Yesu akufotokoza fanizo lonena za kukhala bwana wolungama. Woyang'anira ndi munthu yemwe amayang'anira chinachake chomwe chapangidwa udindo wake. Pomaliza fanizoli Yesu anati: "Aliyense amene angakhulupiriridwe ndi pang'ono angakhulupiriridwenso ndi zambiri, ndipo aliyense wosaona mtima ndi pang'ono ndi wosaona mtima ndi zambiri. Ngati simungakhulupiriridwe ndi chuma cha dziko, pamenepo ndani adzakukhulupirirani ndi chuma chenicheni? Ndipo ngati simungathe kukhulupiriridwa ndi zinthu za munthu wina, ndani adzakupatsani zinthu zanu?" Luka 16:10-12 (NCV). Yesu akufotokoza momveka bwino kuti kukhala wolungama m'zinthu za padziko lapansi, pa zimene Mulungu wakupatsani, n'kofunika kwambiri.
N'zoonekeratu kuti n'kofunika kwambiri kukhala wolungama pa nkhani za ndalama kuti tikhale ndi moyo wachikristu ndi mtima wonse. Ngati sitingathe kuchita zimenezi, ndiye kuti Mulungu angatipatse bwanji chuma chenicheni?
Ngati muli ndi ndalama zochepa kwambiri, kapena ngati muli ndi ndalama zambiri, Mulungu amafuna kuti mukhale olungama ndi zimene muli nazo. Pafupifupi zaka zikwi zitatu zapitazo Solomo analemba mawu awa: "Ndithudi, ichi chokha ndapeza: Kuti Mulungu anapanga munthu wolunjika, koma afunafuna ziwembu zambiri." Mlaliki 7:29. M'chitaganya chamakono ichi chidakali chofanana. Nthawi zambiri ziwembu zomwe anthu amabwera nazo zimakhala za njira zodzipindulira okha, ndipo samaganizira za zotsatira zomwe izi zimakhala nazo kwa ena omwe ali nawo. Ndipo pamene ziwembuzi ndizokhudza nkhani za ndalama, muzu nthawi zambiri umakhala 'kusirira kwa nsanje', komwe kumafotokozedwa ngati "chikhumbo champhamvu chofuna kukhala ndi chinachake". Kodi ndi angati amene ali ndi kudzichepetsa kuti aone zimenezi mwa iwo okha? Ndi m'chilengedwe chathu kufunafuna zambiri, chifukwa cha kunyada kwathu ndi chikhulupiriro kuti tiyenera kuposa zomwe tili nazo.
Kusirira
Mawu a Mulungu amanena momveka bwino za kusirira kwa nsanje. Ndi imodzi mwa malamulo khumi oyambirira amene Mulungu anapatsa anthu Ake m'pangano lakale. Ndipo zimenezo sizinasinthe kwa dziko lamakono. "Mayendedwe anu akhale opanda kusirira kwa nsanje; khalani okhutira ndi zinthu ngati zimene muli nazo." Ahebri 13:5. Tili ndi chitsanzo chachikulu mwa mtumwi Paulo, amene akupereka umboni wake pa nkhani izi: "Sindikuuzani ichi chifukwa ndifuna kanthu. Ndaphunzira kukhala wokhutira ndi zinthu zimene ndili nazo komanso ndi zonse zimene zimachitika. Ndimadziŵa kukhala ndi moyo pamene ndili wosauka, ndipo ndimadziŵa kukhala ndi moyo pamene ndili ndi zambiri. Ndaphunzira chinsinsi chokhala wosangalala nthawi iliyonse pa chilichonse chomwe chimachitika, pamene ndili ndi chakudya chokwanira komanso pamene ndili ndi njala, pamene ndili ndi zambiri kuposa zomwe ndikufunikira komanso pamene ndilibe zokwanira. Ndikhoza kuchita zinthu zonse kudzera mwa Khristu, chifukwa amandipatsa mphamvu." Afilipi 4:10-13 (NCV). Monga Akristu oopa Mulungu, cholinga chathu chiyenera kukhala ndi umboni wofanana m'miyoyo yathu, kuti tili okhutira ndi zimene tili nazo, pokhulupirira kuti Mulungu adzayang'anira onse amene amamukhulupirira.
Ngati tiphunzira, monga momwe Paulo anachitira, kukhala okhutira ndi mkhalidwe wathu wa zachuma m'moyo, kudzakhala thandizo lalikulu kwa ife eni ndi kwa awo otizinga. Zimenezi zikutanthauza kuti ndife oyang'anira zimene Mulungu watipatsa, m'chilungamo osati kaamba ka phindu lathu ladyera.
"Ndi bwino kukhala wosauka ndi wolondola (wolungama) kusiyana ndi kukhala wolemera ndi wosaona mtima." Miyambo 16:8 (NCV).
Kugwira ntchito mwakhama kuti tipeze ndalama sikulakwa, ndipo palibenso khalidwe labwino pokhala osauka kuposa kukhala olemera, koma ngati chikondi cha ndalama ndicho chimatisonkhezera kupeza ndalama zambiri ndi kufunafuna zambiri, kubweretsa zipolowe ndi uchimo zimene zimatilekanitsa ndi chifuniro cha Mulungu, ndiye kuti ndithudi tiyenera kudziweruza tokha ndi kuchotsa zosalungama zonse.
Funani ufumu wa Mulungu choyamba
Komanso si chilungamo kapena umulungu "kungowononga ndalama popanda kuganiza" n'cholinga choti "mukhale ndi nthawi yambiri yochitira zinthu zauzimu." Zalembedwa kuti "Mulungu si Mulungu wa chisokonezo ndi chisokonezo, koma wa mtendere ndi dongosolo." 1 Akorinto 14:33 (AMP). Kukhala wokhulupirika ndi wolungama m'nkhani za ndalama kumatanthauza kuti ndimatenga nthaŵi ndi kuyesayesa kukhala ndi zinthu mwadongosolo.
Ngati tiphunzira kuitenga monga momwe Yesu akunenera pa Mateyu 6:33, zonse zimakhala zomveka bwino komanso zosavuta. "Funani ufumu wa Mulungu choyamba ndi chilungamo Chake ..." – ngati tichita zimenezo ndi kukhulupirira kuti "... zinthu zonsezi zidzawonjezedwa kwa inu," - izi zidzatimasula ku nkhawa za zosowa zathu za padziko lapansi.
"Zotsatira za chilungamo zidzakhala mtendere, ndi zotsatira za chilungamo, bata ndi chidaliro mpaka kalekale." Yesaya 32:17 (NRS).
Mofanana ndi chilungamo chonse, kukhala wolungama m'nkhani za ndalama kuli ndi malonjezo aakulu. "Mwakonda chilungamo ndi kudana ndi kusayeruzika; chifukwa chake Mulungu, Mulungu Wanu, wakudzozani ndi mafuta a chimwemwe kuposa anzanu." Ahebri 1:9. Ngati ndife okhulupirika kwambiri komanso olungama ndi ndalama zathu, ndiye kuti timapezanso "mafuta a chisangalalo". Talingalirani za mtendere ndi mpumulo zimene timapeza pamene tili omasuka ku kupsinjika maganizo konse ndi zoyesayesa zotopetsa zimene chisalungamo ndi chikondi cha ndalama zimayambitsa! Pamene tikuchita chilungamo, timachiphunzira mowonjezereka ndipo chimakhala mbali ya chikhalidwe chathu. Timaphunzira kuikonda ndi chiyambukiro chodalitsika, chamtendere chimene chili nayo m'miyoyo yathu.