Moyo wopita ku muyaya
"Musakonde dziko kapena chilichonse cha dziko lapansi. Ngati mumakonda dziko, simumakonda Atate. Chilichonse chomwe chili cha dziko lapansi—chimene uchimo ukukhumba, zimene anthu amaona ndi kufuna, ndi zonse m'dzikoli zimene anthu amanyadira kwambiri—palibe chirichonse cha izi chimachokera kwa Atate; zonse zimachokera ku dziko. Dziko ndi zonse zomwe zili mmenemo zomwe anthu akufuna zikuchoka; koma amene amachita chifuniro cha Mulungu adzakhala ndi moyo kosatha." 1 Yohane 2:15-17.
Kumeneko tili nazo. Moyo wokhawo umene umatsogolera ku umuyaya ndiwo moyo umene timachita chifuniro cha Mulungu.
Kodi mtumwiyo akutanthauza chiyani pamene akunena kuti "chimene uchimo ukhumba, chimene anthu amaona ndi kufuna, ndi zonse za m'dzikoli zimene anthu amanyadira kwambiri—palibe chirichonse cha ichi chochokera kwa Atate; zonse zimachokera ku dziko?" Zimatanthauza kuti si Atate, mlengi wathu, amene ali kumbuyo kwa chikhumbo champhamvu chimenechi. Ndi mulungu wa dziko lino amene ali kumbuyo kwake. Iye ndi amene Yesu akunena kuti, "Wakuba amabwera kudzaba ndi kupha ndi kuwononga, koma ndinabwera kudzapereka moyo—moyo mu kukhuta kwake konse." Yohane 10:10. Amene akuba kwa inu, winayo akukupatsani. Wakubayo amaba chimwemwe m'moyo wanu, "amapha" chifuniro chokhala ndi moyo ndi kuwononga tsogolo lanu.
Zilakolako ndi zikhumbitso sizingakhutire
Ndikofunika kuti timvetse izi. Sitingaletse kukhala ndi zilakolako ndi zikhumbo m'thupi lathu, m'mkhalidwe wathu wauchimo. Koma tiyenera kumvetsa kuti iwo alipo chifukwa cha kugwa kwa munthu. (Genesis chaputala 3.) Mulungu anatilenga ndi malingaliro, ndipo Iye anatanthauza kuti tikhoza kuwagwiritsa ntchito kusangalala ndi zonse zimene Iye analenga—m'chiyero chonse. Mwachitsanzo, Paulo analemba za chakudya kuti: "... amene Mulungu analenga kuti alandiridwe ndi chiyamiko ndi iwo akukhulupirira ndi kudziwa choonadi." 1 Timoteyo 4:3.
Chinachake chokwaniritsa zosowa zachilengedwe, monga mwachitsanzo chakudya, chikhoza kulandiridwa ndi chiyamiko—ndiko kuti, ndi kuyamikira. Koma chilakolako kapena chilakolako chauchimo sichingakhutire ndi kuyamikira. Sichikwanira konse, sichilephereka, ngati moto umene umafuna zambiri. Chilakolako kapena chilakolako chauchimo sichitipatsa kanthu; zimangotenga. Zimatengera zonse, ndipo mwatsala opanda chimwemwe kapena chikhutiro.
Yuda analemba za zotsatira za kukhala mogwirizana ndi zilakolako ndi zokhumba za munthuwe: "Anthu awa akudandaula ndi kudandaula ndi kukhala ndi moyo ndi zilakolako zawo zadyera ..." Yuda 16. Mungaganize kuti angakhale oyamikira ndi achimwemwe. Koma chipatso cha zilakolako zawo ndi zikhumbo zawo ndi kudandaula ndi kudandaula, kukhumudwa ndi kuwawa. Moyo wotero sumatsogolera ku moyo wosatha.
Zotsatira zake ndi kuyamikira
Uthenga wabwino ndi wakuti zilakolako ndi zilakolako zimenezi zikhoza kupachikidwa ndi chikhulupiriro, chifukwa "amene ali a Khristu Yesu apachika thupi [chikhalidwe chawo chochimwa] ndi zilakolako ndi zilakolako zake." Agalatiya 5:24. Chotulukapo chomaliza cha zimenezi ndicho kuyamikira. Talandira chinachake, ndipo tinganene kuti zikomo!
"Ndipo umenewu ndi umboni: kuti Mulungu watipatsa moyo wosatha, ndipo moyo uno uli mwa Mwana Wake." 1 Yohane 5:11. Ndi moyo wokha umene tili ndi chiyanjano ndi Yesu, ndi kumvera Iye, umene umatsogolera ku moyo wosatha.
Ingoyang'anani malonjezo ena mu uthenga wabwino: Moyo mu kukhuta kwake konse! Chitani chifuniro cha Mulungu ndipo—khalani ndi moyo kosatha!