"Ndipo kotero, abale ndi alongo okondedwa, ndikukuchondererani kuti mupereke matupi anu kwa Mulungu chifukwa cha zonse zimene wakuchitirani. Asiyeni akhale nsembe yamoyo ndi yopatulika—mtundu umene adzapeze wovomerezeka. Imeneyi ndi njiradi yomulambira." Aroma 12:1.
Paulo anachonderera Aroma kuti apereke matupi awo monga nsembe yamoyo. M'mawu ena, zinalidi zofunika kwa iye kuti achite zimenezi. Koma kodi kupereka matupi athu monga nsembe yamoyo kumatanthauzanji? Mwachionekere, iye sanali kutanthauza kuti tiyenera kuchita zimenezi kwenikweni. Ndipo kulira kumeneku kuchokera mumtima mwake sikunali kwa Aroma okha - ndikofunikira kwa ife m'tsiku lathu kwambiri!
Kuti tiyankhe funso ili, tayika pamodzi nkhani ziwiri - imodzi ndi Sigurd Bratlie ndi imodzi ndi Johan Oscar Smith. Uthenga umenewu ukulimbikitseni kupereka thupi lanu nthaŵi zonse monga nsembe yamoyo!
Nsembe yamoyo
Njira yathu yolambirira Mulungu ndiyo kupereka matupi athu monga nsembe yovomerezeka kwa Iye. Zimene ndapereka nsembe kapena kupereka sizilinso zanga. Pamene Iye anabwera mu dziko, Yesu anati, "Inu mwandipatsa thupi kupereka ... Taonani, ndabwera kudzachita chifuniro chanu, Inu Mulungu." Ahebri 10:5-7. Akanatha kugwiritsa ntchito thupi Lake kufunafuna phindu Lake - kufunafuna chitamando kuchokera kwa anthu ndi mphamvu, kukhala ndi moyo wosangalatsa, ndi zina zotero - koma Iye sanakhale ndi moyo kuti asangalatse Iyemwini. (Yohane 6:38; Aroma 15:3.) Anapereka thupi Lake kwa Mulungu monga nsembe yovomerezeka. Chilichonse chimene Anachita ndi thupi Lake chinali cha ife ndi chipulumutso chathu.
Tsopano tikuitanidwa kuti timutsatire. Tsopano tiyenera kupereka matupi athu monga nsembe. Tiyenera kuonetsetsa kuti thupi lathu nthawi zonse limakhala lokonzekera, loyera, lovomerezeka kwa Mulungu kuchita chifuniro Chake. Sitiyenera kugwiritsa ntchito kufunafuna zofuna zathu; m'mawu ena, kungochita zomwe ife eni tikufuna, koma m'malo mwake kugwiritsa ntchito matupi athu kuti mnansi wathu akhale wabwino kwambiri. (Aroma 15:1-2.)
Lilime lathu siliyenera kugwiritsidwa ntchito kunena chilichonse chimene tikufuna, kudziteteza, koma kunena zomwe Mulungu akufuna – kulankhula mawu abwino ndi olimbikitsa, omwe angakhale othandiza kwa omwe akutimva. (Aefeso 4:29.) Miyendo yanga sidzagwiritsidwa ntchito kuthamanga komwe ndimakonda kupita, koma kuthamanga komwe ndingathandizidwe. Manja anga sadzagwiritsidwa ntchito kutenga zomwe ndimakonda, koma kupereka kwa ena zomwe zingawathandize. Chifukwa chake, thupi langa limatanthauzidwa kuti ligwiritsidwe ntchito kwa ena, osati kungokhala logwira ntchito kwa ine ndekha.
Ngati ndipereka zonse zomwe ndili nazo kwa osauka koma ndilibe chikondi, sizindithandiza konse. Chikondi sichifuna phindu lake. (1 Akorinto 13:3,5.) Ngati ndipereka zonse zomwe ndili nazo, koma ndimayesetsa kupeza chitamando chifukwa cha izo, kapena mbiri yabwino, ndiye kuti thupi langa silinali nsembe pamene ndinachita. Ndafunafuna zofuna zanga ndipo sindili kanthu. Chikondi sichifuna zofuna zake.
(Sigurd Bratlie)
Osati chifuniro changa, koma chifuniro Chanu chiyenera kuchitidwa
Kutembenuzidwa kumatanthauza kuti ndimapatuka pa chifuniro changa kuti ndichite chifuniro cha Mulungu. Yesu anapemphera kuti, "Osati chifuniro Changa koma chifuniro chanu chiyenera kuchitidwa." Luka 22:42 (CEB). Zingaoneke ngati Mulungu akufunsa zinthu za inu zimene n'zosatheka mwaumunthu kuti muchite, zinthu zimene simudzatha kuchita. Ayi, ayi. Iye wapereka malamulo Ake kuti tichite ndendende, ndipo tidzalandira mphamvu pa chilichonse chimene chikubwera tsiku lililonse. Iye nthawizonse amapereka chisomo kuti tikhoza kupeza thandizo pa nthawi yoyenera, ndipo chisomo ndi mphamvu kuchita chifuniro Chake.
Pamene Yesu anali padziko lapansi, Iye anati, "Taonani, ndabwera kudzachita chifuniro chanu, inu Mulungu—monga momwe zalembedwera za ine m'Malemba." Ahebri 10:7. Yesu anali ndi mphamvu ya Mzimu wa Mulungu kuchita chifuniro cha Mulungu chifukwa Iye anadzipereka yekha mu mphamvu ya Mzimu wosatha (Ahebri 9:14). Iye anali ndi chifuniro Chake, koma Iye anapereka nsembe chifuniro chimenecho kuti achite chifuniro cha Atate Wake. Nsembeyo inali mkati mwa Iyemwini, ndipo Iye anali womvera; chifukwa chake, Iye akhoza kutiphunzitsa kupemphera pemphero ili: "Chifuniro chanu chichitike padziko lapansi monga kumwamba." —Mateyu 6:10.
Mfundo ndi yakuti anthu ayenera kuchita chifuniro cha Mulungu pano padziko lapansi. Talandira mphamvu zochita chifuniro Chake kudzera mwa Mzimu Woyera umene umapatsidwa kwa ife, Mzimu womwewo umene unali pa Yesu pamene Iye anali pano padziko lapansi. Monga momwe kholo lililonse labwino pano padziko lapansi silingayembekezere zambiri kwa ana ake kuposa zimene angathe kuchita, Atate wathu wakumwamba sadzayembekezera zambiri kwa ife kuposa zimene tingathe kuchita. Kukhulupirira china chilichonse n'kosakhulupirira.
Malingaliro athu aumunthu angatiuze kuti Mulungu amafuna kuti tichite zosatheka. Koma malingaliro awa ndi ochimwa; iwo alibe chochita ndi zenizeni. Chifuniro cha Mulungu ndicho kuyeretsedwa kwathu, ndipo nkotheka kotheratu kuchita chifuniro Chake. Tiyenera kuchita chifuniro Chake ngati tikufuna kusandulika kuchoka pa kukhala ndi mkhalidwe wauchimo kukhala chikhalidwe chaumulungu. Iye amagwira ntchito mwa ife chifuniro ndi kuchita, ndipo Iye amasamala kuti asagwire ntchito mwa ife kuposa momwe tingachitire.
"Nsembe ndi nsembe, nsembe zopsereza ndi nsembe za uchimo Simunakhumba." Ahebri 10:8. Nsembe zonsezi zinali kunja kwa thupi, ndipo sizinathe kubweretsa anthu ku nsembe mkati mwa thupi - nsembe zimenezo zomwe Yesu Khristu anabwera kudzapereka. Timaitanidwanso ku nsembe. Monga momwe Abrahamu ndi Mulungu anagwirizanirana ponena za nsembe ya Isake, ifenso tiyenera kugwirizana ndi Mulungu kupereka zimene Iye akufuna kwa ife. Kokha pamenepo ndi pamene chifuniro cha Mulungu chingachitidwe padziko lapansi monga momwe chilili kumwamba.
(Johan Oscar Smith)