Zinatenga masiku makumi anayi okha kuti Aisrayeli agwere m'kulambira mafano pamene Mose anapita kukalankhula ndi Mulungu pa Phiri la Sinai. Ngakhale ataona zozizwitsa zonse zimene Mulungu anachita zimene zinawamasula ku Iguputo, iwo ankafuna kuti Aroni awapangitse kukhala mulungu watsopano woti azilambira. (Eksodo 32.)
Tingaganize kuti: "Kodi zimenezo zingatheke bwanji atakumana ndi ubwino wa Mulungu nthawi zambiri?"
Malinga ngati anali okhulupirika kutumikira Mulungu zinthu zinayenda bwino kwa Israyeli. Koma atangotembenukira ku mafano zinthu zinayamba kulakwika kwambiri. Komabe, mobwerezabwereza Aisrayeli anapatuka kwa Mulungu.
Chipangano Chakale chiri chodzaza ndi zitsanzo, zonse zabwino ndi zoipa, zomwe zili zofunikira kwambiri lerolino. Iwo ndi chenjezo kwa ife.
Kulambira mafano masiku ano - kuposa ana a ng'ombe a golide
Lerolino kulambira mafano kudakali chida champhamvu chimene mdyerekezi amagwiritsira ntchito kutipatutsa kwa Mulungu. Ndipo mafano amenewa akhoza kubwera m'njira zosiyanasiyana, monga "zosangalatsa za moyo", ndalama, maphunziro, chilichonse chimene anthu amachilemekeza kukhala chapamwamba kwambiri kapena chimene chingachotse chidwi chathu kwa Mulungu.
Mofanana ndi nkhani za m'Chipangano Chakale, pali "zosangalatsa za moyo" zambiri kapena zinthu zakuthupi zimene zingatichititse kuti tizikonda kutumikira Mulungu. Kukwaniritsa zonulirapo za padziko lapansi zimenezi kungatenge nthaŵi yathu yonse ndi chisamaliro. Anthu ambiri amaba kapena kunyenga kapena amakhala osakhulupirika kuti akhutiritse zokhumba zawo.
Ngakhale zinthu zazing'ono, "zosavulaza" kwambiri zingachotse chidwi chathu kwa Mulungu. Tingatengedwe mosavuta ndi nkhani za padziko lapansi. Anthu ambiri amatha kulankhula kwa maola ambiri za zinthu zimene amakonda, koma amawafunsa za Mawu a Mulungu ndipo alibe kanthu. Zouma ngati chipululu.
Koma monga Mkristu, kodi chimenecho sichiyenera kukhala chikondwerero changa chenicheni chokha? Kukhala m'njira yoti ndikondweretse Mulungu? Kuti ndidzaze ndi mawu a Mulungu kuti ndikhale ndi chitsogozo chomveka bwino cha momwe ndingakhalira ndi moyo wanga? Baibulo limatiuza momveka bwino zimene tiyenera kuchita, mwachitsanzo pa Akolose 3:1-2 (GNT), "Mwaukitsidwa ku moyo ndi Khristu, choncho ikani mitima yanu pa zinthu za kumwamba, pamene Khristu amakhala pampando wake wachifumu kumbali ya kumanja kwa Mulungu. Muziika maganizo anu pa zinthu za kumeneko, osati pa zinthu za pano padziko lapansi."
Ndipo pa Mateyu 6:20-21 (GNT), Yesu akuti, "M'malo mwake, mudzisungire nokha chuma kumwamba, kumene njenjete ndi dzimbiri sizingawononge, ndipo achifwamba sangathe kuthyola ndi kuba. Pakuti mtima wako udzakhala nthawi zonse pamene pali chuma chako."
Kodi ndimathera bwanji nthawi yanga?
Nthawi zonse timapeza nthawi yocheza ndi zinthu zimene timakonda. Chiyembekezo changa ndicho moyo wosatha ndi Atate ndi Mwana! Kukhala kwanga konse kuyenera kuyang'ana pa tsogolo laulemerero limeneli. Ngati ndikuonadi kuti kukondweretsa Mulungu ndi chinthu chokha chofunika kwambiri, ndiye kuti zinthu zonse zosakhalitsa zidzatha. Sadzakhalanso ndi phindu lililonse kwa ine. Ndiyenera kukhala wokhoza kunena ndi Yesu kuti, "Ufumu wanga suli wa dziko lino lapansi." Yohane 18:36.
Yang'anani kumbuyo kwa sabata yanu yapitayi ndikudzifunsa kuti, "Kodi malingaliro anga anali kuti? Kodi ndinali wotanganidwa ndi chiyani?" Ngati muli ndi chikhumbo chowona mtima ndi choyera chotumikira Mulungu, ndiye kuti muyenera "kutenga nkhondo" kuti malingaliro anu "asabalalike" mozungulira koma kuti maganizo anu akhazikitsidwe molimba pa zinthu za Mulungu! Mulungu adzadalitsa munthu wotero amene amangofuna kumkondweretsa Iye, monga momwe Iye anadalitsira Aisrayeli pamene anali okhulupirika kwa Iye.
Kodi muzu wa kulambira mafano nchiyani?
Pa Akolose 3:5 (NIV) timawerenga kuti, "Chifukwa chake muphe, chirichonse chimene chili cha chikhalidwe chanu cha padziko lapansi: chisembwere, chidetso, chilakolako, zilakolako zoipa ndi umbombo, chimene chiri kupembedza mafano."
Pano tikhoza kuona bwino lomwe chimene chiri kumbuyo kwa kulambira mafano kapena kulambira mafano: zikhumbo zauchimo! Pamene zinthu za dziko lino lapansi zikhala zazikulu kwa inu ndi kutsogolera maganizo anu ndi mtima wanu kutali ndi mawu a Mzimu Woyera.
Kaŵirikaŵiri, fano lalikulu koposa m'miyoyo yathu ndi ife eni. Mwachibadwa timangoganizira za ife eni. Malingaliro athu nthawi zambiri amangokhala za ine, ndekha ndi zomwe zili zanga. Mzimu umenewu, umene umalimbikitsidwa ndi mtundu uliwonse wa zofalitsa nkhani lerolino, uli mzimu umodzimodziwo umene unali m'mdyerekezi pamene anapita kukamenyana ndi Mulungu. (Yesaya 14:12-15.) Mzimu umenewu udzatiwononga, ndipo ukhoza kugonjetsedwa kokha mwa kukhala odzichepetsa – mwa kupereka miyoyo yathu m'manja mwa Mulungu ndi kugonjera kotheratu ku chifuniro Chake.
Kuopsa kwa kutumikira ambuye awiri
Simungathe kutumikira Mulungu ndi mafano apadziko lapansi. Yesu akutichenjeza momveka bwino za izi pa Mateyu 6:24 pamene Iye akuti, "Palibe amene angatumikire ambuye awiri; pakuti adzadana ndi mmodzi ndi kukonda winayo, apo ayi adzakhala wokhulupirika kwa winayo ndi kunyoza winayo. Simungathe kutumikira Mulungu ndi mammon [ndalama]."
Lemba la Yakobo 1:8 limati uyu ndi "munthu wamaganizo awiri", ndipo akuti munthu wotereyu ndi "wosakhazikika m'njira zake zonse". Ngakhale titayamba ndi chosankha cholimba chotumikira Mulungu yekha, tingataye mosavuta zimenezi ngati tilola kutengedwa ndi "mafano" apadziko lapansi m'malo mofunafuna zinthu zosatha. Chosankha cholimba chimenechi cha kutumikira Mulungu yekha ndicho chinthu choyenera kumenyera nkhondo ndi kugwiririra! Tidzapeza kuti, monga momwe zilili m'masiku a Aisrayeli, Mulungu amadalitsa kwambiri munthu wokhulupirika, ndi kuti padakali temberero pa kulambira mafano.
Tiyeni tisumike maganizo athu pa zinthu zosatha ndipo tidzakumana ndi ubwino ndi mphamvu za Mulungu m'miyoyo yathu.