"Thawani zilakolako zaunyamata!"
Pali zambiri zimene ndikhoza kukhala wotanganidwa nazo ndili wachinyamata. Zingaoneke kuti pali mipata yambiri yosangalatsa m'dziko londizungulira. Koma zoona zake n'zakuti ndine wamng'ono kamodzi kokha. Chotero, kodi ndidzagwiritsira ntchito motani nthaŵi yanga yaunyamata?
Paulo analemba kuti: "Musalole aliyense kukukhumudwitsani chifukwa chakuti ndinu wamng'ono, koma khalani chitsanzo kwa okhulupirira m'mawu anu, khalidwe lanu, chikondi chanu, chikhulupiriro chanu, ndi chiyero." 1 Timoteyo 4:12.
Iye analembanso mu 2 Timoteo 2:22, "Thawani komanso [kuthawa] zilakolako zaunyamata: koma tsatirani chilungamo, chikhulupiriro, chifundo, mtendere, ndi iwo amene amaitana pa Ambuye kuchokera mumtima woyera."
Kodi zilakolako zaunyamata nchiyani?
Mawu akuti "zilakolako zaunyamata" angaphatikizepo zinthu zambiri. Chilakolako kapena chikhumbo cha ndalama. Chikhumbo chakuti anthu andiyamikire. Chilakolako cha mphamvu. Ndipo makamaka kukopeka ndi kugonana ndi chikhumbo cha munthu wina kapena anthu. Pamene zili ndi zochita ndi chilakolako chenichenichi kapena chilakolako, pangakhale malingaliro ambiri odetsedwa, malingaliro ndi zithunzi zomwe zimabwera mosalekeza m'maganizo mwanga.
Kukopeka ndi munthu si kulakwa palokha. Koma kukopa kungasocheretse anthu ndipo nthawi zambiri kukopa kumeneku kumayambitsa zilakolako zanga ndi zokhumba zanga kutsogolera zochita zanga, m'malo motsogoleredwa ndi chikondi chenicheni kwa Mulungu. Pamene ndikukhala mogwirizana ndi zilakolako zanga - kulola malingaliro ndi malingaliro omwe sali oyera kukhala mumtima mwanga ndi maganizo - ndiye kuti izi ndi tchimo. Ndipo kodi uchimo umachitanji? Zimandilekanitsa ndi Mulungu. Zimawononga maunansi anga ndi ena. Zimaipitsa ndi kuwononga zonse. (Agalatiya 6:18; Aroma 6:23.)
Tengani chiyero mosamala kwambiri
N'zosadabwitsa kuti Paulo anagwiritsa ntchito mawu amphamvu chonchi! Malangizo ake kwa Timoteyo akugwirabe ntchito masiku ano ndipo ndi othandiza kwambiri kundiphunzitsa mmene ndingasungire mtima wanga ndi chikumbumtima changa kukhala choyera pamaso pa Mulungu. Paulo anauza Timoteyo kuti "athawa zilakolako zaunyamata". Izi zikutanthauza kuti ankafuna kuti Timoteyo athawa mofulumira monga momwe angathere kuchokera ku zilakolako zaunyamata - nthawi zonse akunena kuti Ayi kwa iwo, ndikupewa mikhalidwe yomwe angayesedwe ku mitundu iyi ya machimo. Mumtima mwake munali kuopsa kwakukulu kwa kukhala woyera ndi waumulungu.
Kodi inenso ndili ndi maganizo amenewa mumtima mwanga? Kodi ndimakhala moyo wanga monga momwe Mawu a Mulungu amanenera kuti ndiyenera? Kapena ndimalola chidetso pang'ono "pano ndi apo"?
Yesu anali ndi kuopsa kofananako mumtima Mwake. Iye anali atapanga chosankha cholimba chakuti sadzagonja ku uchimo. (Yesaya 50:7.) Anadzipereka yekha kotheratu kuchita chifuniro cha Mulungu ndipo sanalole malo alionse a chidetso m'moyo Wake.
Zotsatira za kukhulupirika
Pamene ndifunafuna kwambiri kuchita chifuniro cha Mulungu m'moyo wanga, m'pamenenso zimenezi zimakhala zomveka bwino ndi zoopsa. Paulo sakuuza Timoteyo kuti ayenera kuthawa kwenikweni nthawi iliyonse imene akuyesedwa kapena kukopeka ndi munthu wina. Iye akumuuza kuti ayambe kulimbana kwenikweni ndi chidetso, kukana chilichonse chosagwirizana ndi chifuniro cha Mulungu kapena Mawu Ake. Iye akuuza Timoteo kuti akhale ndi moyo monga momwe Yesu akunenera pa Mateyu 5:27-30: Woyera mu lingaliro lililonse, mawu, kuyang'ana ndi cholinga.
Ndikaganiza za chiyembekezo ndi malonjezo omwe Uthenga Wabwino umapereka - pamene ndikuganiza za cholinga chomaliza: kuti ndikhoza kukhala ngati Yesu - ndiye palibe funso ngati ndiyenera kuthawa zilakolako zaunyamata kapena ayi. Palibe funso ngati ndingalole kukopana pang'ono pano kapena lingaliro lodetsedwa pang'ono kumeneko. Zimakhala zomveka bwino kwa ine: Ndiyenera kutaya chidetso chonse ndikuthamangira ku chilungamo, chikhulupiriro, chikondi ndi mtendere!
Kutsimikiza mtima kuti musachimwe
Ndiyenera kulola Mulungu ndi Mawu Ake kuumba ndi kutsogoza moyo wanga, ndi kumenyera chiyero chimene ndinaŵerenga m'Mawu Ake. Ndipo ndithudi, Mulungu adzandithandiza pa izi; Adzaonetsetsa kuti sindikukhumudwa komanso kuti ndigonjetse.
Pali achichepere ochepa kwambiri amene amathawa zilakolako zaunyamata ndi kumenyera chiyero m'miyoyo yawo. Iwo ndi amtengo wapatali kwambiri pamaso pa Mulungu, ndipo Iye adzawagwiritsa ntchito kuchita chifuniro Chake chabwino ndi changwiro padziko lapansi. "Onse amene amadziyeretsa ku zoipa adzagwiritsidwa ntchito pa zolinga zapadera. Iwo adzakhala oyera, othandiza kwa Mbuye, okonzeka kuchita ntchito iliyonse yabwino." 2 Timoteyo 2:21.
Kodi mukufuna kukhala munthu amene amadzisunga yekha woyera ndipo ali wokonzeka kuchita ntchito iliyonse yabwino? Munthu amene ali ngati Yesu, Mbuye wake?
Kenaka tengani chitokoso ichi! Sankhani kukhala mmodzi wa achichepere ochepa ameneŵa amene ali otsimikiza mtima kusalola ngakhale chidetso pang'ono. Mulungu adzabwezera kwambiri aliyense amene ali wofunitsitsa kuchita zimenezi chifukwa cha Iye.