"Ndapachikidwa pamodzi ndi Khristu; salinso ine amene ndili ndi moyo, koma Khristu amakhala mwa ine; ndi moyo umene ndikukhala nawo tsopano m'thupi ndimakhala mwa chikhulupiriro mwa Mwana wa Mulungu, amene anandikonda ndi kudzipereka Yekha chifukwa cha ine." Agalatiya 2:20.
Awa ndi maziko olimba a chikhulupiriro chathu mwa Khristu. Ngati zimenezi sizikhala zoona m'moyo wathu, tidzapitirizabe kugwa ndi kugwa m'uchimo nthaŵi zonse. Malingana ngati "tikukhala tokha", timakhala osakondwa chifukwa palibe chabwino chimene chimakhala mwa ife, ndiko kuti, mu mkhalidwe wathu wokonda kuchita uchimo. (Aroma 7:18.) Palibe amene angatsatire mapazi a Khristu, kuchita chifuniro cha Mulungu, ndi kusunga malamulo Ake pa iwo okha.
Thupi la aliyense (mkhalidwe wathu wokonda kuchita zoipa) ndi loipa kwathunthu, loipa komanso lopanda chiyembekezo. Tikamayesetsa kwambiri kuchita zabwino, m'pamenenso timapeza kuti n'zopanda chiyembekezo. Kodi tiyenera kuchitanji pamene tiwona kuti ndife oipa kotheratu ndipo sitingasinthe? Tikaona ndi kuvomereza kuti umu ndi mmene tilili monga anthu, timadzimvera chisoni. Pamenepo Mulungu amatsegula maso athu kuti tiwone kuti tinapachikidwa pamodzi ndi Khristu. (Agalatiya 2:20.) Sikuti "mbiri yathu ya ngongole" yokha, yomwe inasunga mbiri ya machimo athu onse, inakhomedwa pamtanda (Akolose 2:14), komanso uchimo wathu wakale unakhomedwa pamtanda ndi Khristu! (Aroma 6:6.)
Izi zinaphatikizidwa mu ntchito ya Khristu; umu ndi momwe Atate amaziwonera. Paulo akanatha kunena zoona kuti, "Ndapachikidwa pamodzi ndi Khristu; salinso ine amene ndimakhala." Sitinganene zimenezo ngati tipitirizabe kuchimwa. Mwachitsanzo, ngati ndakhumudwa, kukwiya, kapena kuda nkhawa ndiyeno kunena kuti salinso ine amene ndimakhala, koma ndi Khristu amene amakhala mwa ine, ndiye ine ndikunena kuti ndi Khristu amene amachimwa, kuti ndi Khristu amene wakhumudwa, wakwiya etc.
Kodi ndani akugonjetsa uchimo wonse (umene akuudziwa) m'dzikoli? Aliyense amene, mwa chikhulupiriro, wapachikidwa pamodzi ndi Khristu; aliyense amene sakhalanso ndi moyo yekha.
Ichi ndi chinthu chomwe tiyenera kukhulupirira kuti ndi chowona kwa ife eni; ndipo tilandira chisomo kuti tikhulupirire zimenezi tokha, n'kofunika kwambiri kuti tisasunthike mu izi.
Ndapachikidwa ndi Khristu
Kodi kupachikidwa pamodzi ndi Khristu kumatanthauzanji? Zimatanthauza kuti sindikhalanso mogwirizana ndi zilakolako zauchimo ndi zokhumba za chikhalidwe changa chaumunthu - sindikuchitanso mwadala zomwe ndikudziwa kuti ndi tchimo. Uchimo m'chibadwa changa chaumunthu wakhala "ukupachikidwa pamtanda" mwachikhulupiriro, choncho sindifunikiranso kuumvera.
Kodi ndinganene bwanji kuti ndapachikidwa ndi Khristu? Mwa chikhulupiriro! Timawerenga kuti, "Limbanani ndi nkhondo yabwino ya chikhulupiriro, gwirani moyo wosatha [moyo wogonjetsa], umene anakuitanirani ..." 1 Timoteyo 6:12. Ndipo, "Kodi muyenera kukhala anthu otani? Muyenera kukhala ndi moyo woyera ndi waumulungu ..." 2 Petro 3:11.
N'zosavuta kumvetsa kuti palibe amene akufuna "kupachikidwa" pa chinthu chimene amakonda ndipo akufuna kusunga. M'mawu ena, tisanakhulupirire kuti tapachikidwa pamodzi ndi Kristu, tiyenera kukhala otopa ndi makhalidwe athu omwe.. Inde, tiyenera kukhala olemedwa ndi otopa ndi uchimo ndi kudzikonda kwathu konse, kudzimva, kukonda za ife eni, kuwawidwa mtima etc ndi kukhala othokoza kuti tikhoza kupachikidwa ndi Khristu ndi kulandira Iye monga Mtsogoleri ndi Ambuye pa miyoyo yathu.
Ngati zimenezi n'zimene mukufuna, Mulungu adzaonetsetsa kuti mukhulupirire kupachikidwa ndi Khristu.
Choncho, muyenera kuchita zinthu ziwiri kuti mupachikidwe ndi Khristu: (1) Muyenera kukhala ofuna. (2) Muyenera kukhulupirira!
Kusenza mtanda wanga tsiku ndi tsiku
"Ndiyeno Yesu anauza ophunzira ake kuti: "Onse ofuna kubwera pambuyo panga ayenera kudzikana okha, kutenga mtanda wawo, ndi kunditsatira." Mateyu 16:24.
"Yesu anauza aliyense kuti: "Onse ofuna kubwera pambuyo panga ayenera kudzikaniza okha, kusenza mtanda wawo tsiku ndi tsiku, ndi kunditsatira." Luka 9:23.
Timaona kuti chifukwa chakuti ndife Mkhristu kapena tatembenuka mtima ndiye kuti tikutsatira Khristu. Koma ngati tikufunadi kumutsatira Iye, tiyenera kunena kuti "Ayi" ku chifuniro chathu, ndi kuchita chifuniro cha Mulungu.
Pamenetili ndi moyo, funso lalikulu ndi lakuti: Kodi timachita chiyani ndi zofuna zathu? Chilichonse chimadalira izi. Tonsefe tili ndi mtima wodzikonda umene nthawi zonse umatsutsana ndi chifuniro cha Mulungu. N'zoonekeratu kuti sindingathe kuchita chifuniro changa ndi chifuniro cha Mulungu panthaŵi imodzi! Ngati ndichita chifuniro changa, sindichita chifuniro cha Mulungu; ngati ndichita chifuniro cha Mulungu, ndiye kuti ndikunena kuti "Ayi" ku chifuniro changa, kapena kupachika chifuniro changa.
Ngati ndikufuna kutsatira Yesu, yendani njira yomweyo yomwe Iye anayenda, ndiye kuti tsiku ndi tsiku ndiyenera kunena kuti "Ayi" ku chifuniro changa ndikusenza mtanda wanga (mtanda umene chifuniro changa chiyenera kuikidwa), chifukwa ndi zomwe Yesu anachita.
Khristu anakhala moyo Wake wonse ndi chifuniro Chake chopachikidwa chonchi. (Ahebri 12:2.) Ndipo tsopano Iye akuphunzitsa ophunzira Ake chinthu chomwecho. Pamene Baibulo limanena kuti Mulungu "anatsutsa uchimo m'thupi" (Aroma 8:3), timamvetsetsa kuti Yesu anati "Ayi" ku chifuniro Chake kuti Iye asamvere konse zofuna zake. Ndipo Iye nthawi zonse anachita chifuniro cha Atate.
Kuti ndithe kunena kuti ndapachikidwa ndi Khristu kumatanthauzanso kuti poyesedwa moyo wa tsiku ndi tsiku, nthawi zonse ndimanena kuti "Ayi" nthawi iliyonse yomwe ndikuyesedwa kuti ndichite chifuniro changa. Kugwirizana ndi kugonjera mayesero, ndi kuchita zimene ndikuyesedwa, kungakhale kofanana ndi kutsika pamtanda. Ayi, tiyenera kukhala okhulupirika ndipo tisatope ndi kunena kuti "Ayi" ku uchimo!
