Kodi Mulungu amandikondadi?
Nthawi zambiri timauzidwa kuti "Mulungu amakukondani" ndipo "Mulungu ndiye chikondi". Koma kodi zimenezi n'zoonadi? Kodi "chikondi" Chake chili kuti tikakumana ndi nthawi zovuta? Kodi ndingatsimikizire bwanji kuti Mulungu amandikondadi?
Moyo ukakhala wovuta, mungakhale pamenepo mukulira ndi kuganiza nokha kuti, "Kodi Mulungu ali kuti tsopano?" Mwina mwangochotsedwa ntchito kapena mwangotaya mnzanu. Mwina munali ndi tsiku lovuta kwambiri kapena mwakhala ndi tsoka lalikulu. Anthu akupwetekani kapena inu basi choncho wosasangalala ndi amene inu muli monga munthu kuti mukuganiza inu simuli woyenera chikondi cha Mulungu. Pali "zifukwa" zambiri zimene zingakupangitseni kudabwa ngati Mulungu amakukondani kapena ngati Iye akukuyang'anirani n'komwe.
Mulungu amakudziwani bwino kuposa momwe mumadzidziwira nokha
Pamene malingaliro amtunduwu abwera, chinthu chabwino kwambiri chochita ndicho kupita ku Mawu a Mulungu. Pali zambiri zolembedwa kumeneko zomwe zimatsimikizira kuti Mulungu amakukondani. Mwachitsanzo, Mfumu Davide analemba mu Salmo 139:1-4:
"Ambuye, mwandifufuza ndipo mukundidziwa. Mukudziwa zonse zomwe ndimachita; kuchokera kutali mumamvetsetsa malingaliro anga onse. Mukundiwona, kaya ndikugwira ntchito kapena kupumula; mukudziwa zochita zanga zonse. Ngakhale ndisanalankhule, mukudziwa kale zomwe ndidzanene."
Uyu ndiye Mulungu amene muli nawo. Munthu amene amakudziwani bwino kuposa mmene mumadzidziwira nokha. Amadziwa za mkhalidwe uliwonse m'moyo wanu. Komanso ndi Mulungu amene sanaiwalepo za munthu aliyense. Iye akugwira aliyense wa ife m'dzanja Lake (Yesaya 49:15-16).
Mu Salmo 139:13-14 kwalembedwa kuti: "Inu ndi amene munandiika pamodzi mkati mwa thupi la amayi anga, ndipo ndikukutamandani chifukwa cha njira yodabwitsa imene munandilengera. Chilichonse chimene mumachita ndi chodabwitsa! Za zimenezi sindikukayikira."
Ndipo lemba la Salimo 139:17 limati: "Maganizo anu ndi amtengo wapatali bwanji ponena za ine, Mulungu. Iwo sangaŵerengedwe!"
Yesu akutiuza kuti ngakhale mpheta siimagwera pansi kupatula chifuniro cha Atate (Mateyu 10:29-31). Kodi mukuganiza kuti Iye amayang'anira bwanji anthu amene Iye wawapanga kuti akhale ngati Iyeyo, ndipo amatsatira mosamala (Genesis 1:27)?
Sindidzakusiyani kapena kukuiwalani
Tikalowa m'nthawi zovuta zimenezo m'moyo wathu, si chifukwa chakuti Mulungu waleka kutisamalira. Si chifukwa Iye waiwala za ife. Mulungu wakonza moyo wa aliyense wa ife mosamala, mpaka tsatanetsatane womaliza. Cholinga chake ndi kutipulumutsa ku uchimo. Iye amafuna kuti tizidalira kwambiri Iye, osati zimene tingachite tokha. Tikabwera mu nthawi zovuta izi, Iye ali komweko. Iye satisiya patokha.
Mulungu anatumiza Mwana Wake wokondedwa m'dziko kuti tikhale ndi Mkulu wa Ansembe amene amamvetsa zofooka zathu. Chifukwa cha mphatso yaikulu imeneyi ya chikondi imene Mulungu watipatsa, tikhoza kupita nthawi iliyonse ku mpando wachifumu wa Mulungu wa chisomo kuti tipeze thandizo (Ahebri 4:16).
Pitani ku mpando wachifumu umenewo wa chisomo panthawi yovuta imeneyo. Mudzapeza kuti Atate ndi Mwana ali pomwepo akuyembekezera kuti muwapemphe thandizo. Mudzapeza kuti Ambuye wanu ali nanu monga momwe Iye analili ndi Yoswa zaka zonsezo zapitazo. Mulungu anamulonjeza iye mu Yoswa 1:5-6, "Monga ine ndinali ndi Mose, kotero ine ndidzakhala ndi inu. Sindidzakusiyani kapena kukuiwalani. Yoswa, khalani olimba ndi olimba mtima!"
Izi sizikutanthauza kuti nthawi zovuta zidzangosiya. Zimatanthauza kuti mudzapeza mphamvu, kulimba mtima, chisomo chodutsa nthawi zino. Mulungu ali nanu, ndipo Yesu akukumvetsani. Nthawi zonse amakupemphererani (Ahebri 7:25). Mudzabwera kudzera m'mayesero anu ngati golide wamtengo wapatali amene wayesedwa ndi moto, ndipo zotsatira zake ndi chipulumutso cha moyo wanu (1 Petro 1:9).
Iye wakonza mphindi iliyonse ya moyo wathu m'njira yoti tipulumutsidwe ku tchimo limene likukhalabe mwa ife. Chimenecho ndicho chipulumutso cha moyo wathu. Mtumwi Paulo analembanso kuti Mulungu sadzapangitsa zinthu kukhala zovuta kwambiri kwa ife kupirira (1 Akorinto 10:13). Ndi mmene Iye amatikondera.
Mulungu amamvetsa zofooka zathu
Mulungu amatidziwa, ndipo Iye amamvetsetsa zofooka zathu. Iye si Mulungu wovuta, wopanda chilungamo. Iye ndi wolungama, ndipo Iye amatimvetsa ndipo amatisamalira. Iye ndi mthandizi wathu wamkulu. Palibe amene akufuna kuti zinthu zizitiyendera bwino kuposa Iye. Khulupirirani zimenezo. Khulupirirani mawu olimbikitsa amene Iye analankhula kudzera mwa mneneri Yeremiya:
"Pakuti ndikudziwa maganizo amene ndimaganizira kwa inu, akutero Ambuye, maganizo a mtendere osati oipa, kuti akupatseni tsogolo ndi chiyembekezo. Pamenepo mudzaitana pa Ine ndi kupita kukapemphera kwa Ine, ndipo ndidzakumvetserani, Ndipo mudzandifunafuna ndi kundipeza pamene mundifunafuna ndi mtima wanu wonse." Yeremiya 29:11-13.
Limbani mtima! Iye ali nanu mphindi iliyonse ya tsiku lililonse ndipo amakukondani kwambiri kuposa momwe mungamvetsetsere (Aroma 8:38-39)!