Nthawi zina tingadzifunse ngati Mulungu amatikondadi. Kodi ndiyenera kuchita chilichonse kuti ndiyenerere chikondi Chake? Ngati ndachimwa, kodi Mulungu amandikondabe? Ndingamusonyeze bwanji chikondi changa?
Mulungu amatikonda mosasamala kanthu za zimene tachita. Amatiganizira, amatimvetsa, amadziwa zonse zokhudza zofooka zathu, ndipo amadziwa mphamvu zathu. Anatipanga mmene tilili, ndipo amafuna kuti zinthu zitiyendere bwino.
Timaona Mulungu ngati Atate, ndipo zingakhale zosavuta kuganiza kuti Iye ndi Atate amene amangofuna kutilanga ndi kutivutitsa. Koma si mmene Iye alili; Iye ali kumbali yathu. Amamvetsa bwino kwambiri pamene tikuvutika, ndipo amafuna kutithandiza kuti zinthu zitiyendere bwino.
Ndingadziwe bwanji kuti Mulungu amandikonda?
Mulungu amaonetsa chikondi Chake kwa ife m’Mawu Ake m’njira zambiri. Tiyenera kukhulupirira zimene amanena m’Mawu Ake. Amatisamalira, ndipo amatikumbutsa Mawu Ake tikawafuna. Pali zinthu zambiri m’moyo zimene sitingathe kuzilosera. Zinthu zambiri zikusintha, zinthu zambiri ndi zovuta. Koma Mawu Ake sasintha. Ndipo tikamawagwiritsitsa, timayamba kuona mmene amatikondera. Amatisonyeza zoyenera kuchita! Ndipo nthawi zonse pamakhala Mawu oti atithandize. Koma tiyenera kukhala ofunitsitsa kumvetsera.
Tikapempha chikhululukiro, Mulungu amachipereka, ndipo kenako tchimolo limachotsedwa. Uwu ndi umboni waukulu wa chikondi chake, ndipo umatipatsa mtendere waukulu kudziwa kuti tikagona, machimo onse amene tinachita amakhala atachotsedwa kale. Iye anapangitsa izi kukhala zotheka potumiza wabwino kwambiri amene anali naye, Mwana wake, Yesu, chifukwa amatikonda kwambiri.
Palibe chimene tiyenera kuchita kuti tiyenerere chikondi cha Mulungu. Sitipeza chikondi cha Mulungu pakuchita ntchito ina yake. Choncho, ngati tikunyamula katundu wodziimba mlandu titapempha chikhululukiro, ndiye kuti sitikhulupirira zimene Mawu a Mulungu amanena. Mulungu wayiwala; ifenso tiyenera kupita patsogolo ndi kukhala ofunitsitsadi kuchita chifuniro Chake nthawi ina.
Timatha kuvutika ndi kudzimva olakwa chifukwa cha zinthu zakale. Nthawi ina ndinadzimva wopanda pake kwambiri, ndipo ndinangoti, “Mulungu, ndithandizeni kudziona mmene Inu mumandionera.” Kenako Iye anandikumbutsa kuti Iye anandipanga! Ndipo Iye amandidziwa! Ndipo ali ndi zolinga zabwino kwambiri kwa ine. Ndipo umenewo unali mpumulo waukulu kwa ine. Ndipo ndinazindikira kuti kulemedwa konseko kunachokera ku maganizo anga; amenewo sanali maganizo a Mulungu kwa ine. Ndipo zinandithandiza kwambiri kuzindikira mmene Iye amandionera.
Mmene mungakondere Mulungu
Tikamvetsetsa mmene Mulungu amatikondera kwambiri, mmene ali ndi chidwi ndi ife payekha, ndi mmene watichitira zambiri payekha, zimasintha mmene timaganizira. Zimasintha mmene timafunira kukhala. Zimasintha zosankha zathu ndi zimene timaika patsogolo. Ndi chinthu chothandiza kwambiri; chimakhala gawo la mmene timakhalira. Timakhala ndi chidwi chofuna kumukondweretsa. Choncho, mmene timalankhulira ndi anthu ena, mmene timagwiritsira ntchito ndalama zathu, ndi mmene timagwiritsira ntchito nthawi yathu, zonse ziyenera kusonyeza kuti ifenso timakonda Mulungu.
Ndipo tili ndi Mawu Ake. Akunena pa Yohane 14:15 kuti, “Ngati mundikonda Ine, sungani malamulo Anga.” Tiyenera kuchita zimene Iye amanena m’Mawu Ake. Ndipo ndithudi, timapeza kuti sitichita chilichonse mwangwiro, chifukwa tili ndi chibadwa chathu cha umunthu. Koma cholinga chathu nthawi zonse chimakhala kusunga malamulo Ake. Ndipo tikaona zinthu zimene tingachite bwino, timapanga chisankho cholimba kuti tikhale okonzeka bwino nthawi ina.
Kukonda Mulungu kumatanthauza kuti timakonda anthu otizungulira. Mulungu ali kumwamba, koma pali anthu ambiri otizungulira, ndipo tingakhale achangu kwambiri powadalitsa ndi kuwakonda. Choncho, kukondanso Mulungu ndi chinthu chimene chili mbali ya moyo wathu wa tsiku ndi tsiku. Ndi mmene timakhalira, ndipo chimakhala gawo lochuluka kwambiri la maganizo athu.
Malamulo a Mulungu amasonyeza chikondi Chake kwa ife.
Malamulo Ake amasonyeza chikondi Chake kwa ife. Ndiwo njira yoti tikhale ndi moyo wosangalala kwambiri womwe tingathe kukhala nawo. Lemba limati malamulo Ake si olemetsa, ndipo zimenezi ndi zoona kwambiri (1 Yohane 5:3). Sitisunga malamulo Ake chifukwa choti tiyenera kutero, kapena kuti titsimikizire kuti timakonda Mulungu. Timasunga malamulo Ake chifukwa tikudziwa kuti chimenecho ndi chinthu chabwino kwambiri chimene tingachite, ndipo mwanjira imeneyi, timakhala okhulupirika kwa Iye amene amatikonda.
Makamaka monga wachinyamata, ukhoza kumva kuti malamulo a Mulungu ndi zongoti: “Sungachite ichi, ndipo sungachite icho.” Koma zoona zake n’zakuti moyo wosangalatsa kwambiri ndi kukhala mkati mwa chitetezo cha malamulo amenewo, chifukwa nzeru za Mulungu ndi zazikulu kwambiri kuposa zathu, ndipo tikamamvera malamulo amenewo, timatetezedwa ku zotsatira zonse zoipa za uchimo, ndipo tidzaona chikondi cha Mulungu m’njira yabwino kwambiri.