Chilungamo ndicho kuchita zonse m'njira yoyenera, popanda tchimo kuti chiiipitse. Chilungamo chenicheni chiri mbali ya chibadwa chaumulungu. Ndiye zonse zimachitika m'njira yoyenera; njira yangwiro yochitira izo.
Kodi zimenezo zimapangitsa kukhala kosatheka kwa ife kukhala olungamadi? Ayi! Petro akuti: "Mwa izi Iye anatipatsa malonjezo aakulu ndi amtengo wapatali. Ndi mphatso zimenezi mukhoza kukhala ndi phande m'chibadwa cha Mulungu." 2 Petro 1:4. Baibulo lina limanena motere: "Mulungu anapanga malonjezo aakulu ndi odabwitsa, choncho chikhalidwe chake chikakhala mbali ya ife." M'mawu ena, Mulungu watilonjeza kuti chikhalidwe Chake chikhoza kukhala mbali ya ife – ife eni tikhoza kukhala olungamadi!
Kotero tili ndi chinachake chothamanga pambuyo pake, ndipo zidzatenga moyo wonse kuti tithamange pambuyo pake mpaka kukhala wangwiro mwa ife. Koma pakali pano, tingakhale olungama m'mikhalidwe yathu monga momwe timamvetsetsera. Ndipo Mulungu akatisonyeza kanthu kena, tiyenera kumvera.
"Izi n'zimene Yehova akunena—Mombolo wanu, Woyera wa Isiraeli: 'Ine ndine Ambuye Mulungu wanu, amene ndimakuphunzitsani zabwino kwa inu ndi kukutsogolerani m'njira zimene muyenera kutsatira. O, kuti munamvera malamulo anga! Pamenepo mukanakhala ndi mtendere woyenda ngati mtsinje wofatsa ndi chilungamo chikugwedezeka pa inu ngati mafunde m'nyanja.'" Yesaya 48:17-18.
Kuchita chilungamo
Kuchita chilungamo m'moyo wanga wa tsiku ndi tsiku kumatanthauza kuchita chifuniro cha Mulungu monga momwe ndikumvera. Kodi ndingadziwe bwanji chifuniro cha Mulungu pa moyo wanga?
Mzimu Woyera, yemwe ndi Mthandizi wanga ndi Wotsogolera, adzandisonyeza ndi kundiphunzitsa. Ndiyenera kulola Mzimu kutsogolera moyo wanga, ndiye kuti sindidzachita zokhumba zanga zadyera, monga momwe zimanenera pa Agalatiya 5:16. M'mawu ena, ndiyenera kumvera Mzimu, ndipo zimenezo zidzanditsogolera kuchita chifuniro cha Atate m'malo mwa changa. Kenaka chipatso cha Mzimu chimakula m'moyo wanga. Ndipo kodi chipatso cha Mzimu nchiyani? Chimenecho ndicho chilungamo chaumwini. Choncho ngati sindichita zokhumba zanga zadyera, ndiye kuti zotsatira zake n'zakuti chilungamo chaumwini chimalowa m'malo.
"Pakuti chipatso cha Mzimu chili mu ubwino wonse, chilungamo, ndi choonadi." Aefeso 5:9.
Chinthu chokha chimene Mulungu amafuna kwa ine ndi chakuti ndine wokhulupirika monga momwe ndikumvera, monga momwe ndili ndi kuwala. Koma kenako, monga ine ndiri wokhulupirika kuchita zimene Mulungu akunena, Iye akhoza kundipatsa kuwala kwambiri, ndipo ine ndikhoza kukhala ndi chitukuko ulemerero mu chimene chiri chabwino. "Njira ya olungama ili ngati kuwala kwa m'mawa kumene kumawala kwambiri mpaka tsiku lonse." Miyambo 4:18.
Kodi pali aliyense wolungamadi?
"Palibe wolungama, palibe aliyense," limatero pa Aroma 3:10. Koma sitiyenera kukhala chonchi. Timabadwa osalungama mwachibadwa, odzala ndi dyera ndi kudzifuna. Tili ndi zilakolako zauchimo m'chibadwa chathu chaumunthu zimene zimatisonkhezera kuchita chifuniro chathu, ndi kusafunafuna ndi kuchita chifuniro cha Mulungu. Chimenecho ndicho chifukwa chenicheni chimene tiyenera kuthamanga pambuyo pa chilungamo ndi mitima yathu yonse kotero kuti tikhale olungama. Umenewo ndi uthenga wabwino wa Khristu – kuti tikhoza kusintha, kuti tikhoza kupangidwa oyera, ndi kukhala olungama. (1 Atesalonika 4:3; 2 Atesalonika 2:13.)
Koma sitingachite tokha. Ndi kokha mwa kutsogolera kwa Mzimu Woyera m'miyoyo yathu kuti tingachite chilichonse kuti tikhale olungama. Iye amatisonyeza tchimo limene tiyenera kusiya ndi kugonjetsa, ndiyeno Iye amatipatsa mphamvu kuti tichite zimenezo. Ndipo pamene chosalungama chikugonjetsedwa m'miyoyo yathu, timakhala achikondi kwambiri, oleza mtima, ofatsa kwambiri, odzichepetsa kwambiri, opanda dyera. M'mawu ena, timakhala olungama kwambiri!
Zonsezi ndi mwa mphamvu ya Mzimu, koma ife eni tiyenera kuvomereza pamene Mzimu akutisonyeza kumene tiyenera kusintha. Ifeyo tiyenera kumvera mawu Ake ndi kusiya chifuniro chathu kuti chifuniro cha Mulungu chichitike. Iyi ndi ntchito ya chikhulupiriro. (Aroma 8:12-14.)
Chikhulupiriro chilibe chochita ndi mphamvu zanga kapena ntchito zanga zabwino zaumunthu. Ndi Mulungu amene amagwira ntchito mwa ine ponse paŵiri chifuniro ndi kuchita, ndipo ulemerero umapita kwa Mulungu. (Afilipi 2:13.).
