Ngati tikufuna kukhala m'njira yokondweretsa Mulungu yekha, tiyenera kumvera malamulo a Mulungu kulikonse kumene tili: kogwira ntchito, sukulu, kunyumba, tchalitchi, pamodzi ndi anthu kapena pamene tili tokha. Zimenezi n'zimene zimatanthauza kukhala ndi moyo pamaso pa Mulungu. Ndiko kuchita zimene zimakondweretsa Mulungu nthaŵi zonse m'malingaliro athu, m'mawu, ndi m'zochita zathu.
Nditamva zimenezi kumapeto kwa sabata yaachinyamata a m'deralo, ndinalankhula za nkhaniyi ndi anzanga ochepa m'gulu langa la achinyamata ndipo ndinatha kumvetsa bwino kwambiri tanthauzo la Mkhristu wachinyamata kukhala pamaso pa Mulungu.
Kutumikira ndi kukondweretsa Mulungu
Mnzanga wina, dzina lake Daniel, anafotokoza zinthu zimene iye ankakhulupirira. "Ndili pano kuti nditumikire Mulungu ndipo ndiyenera kuyankha kwa Iye yekha," amandiuza. "N'kwachibadwa kuda nkhawa ndi zimene ena amaganiza ndi kusonkhezeredwa nazo, makamaka kusukulu," iye akutero.
Inenso ndikudziwa kuchokera m'moyo wanga kuti kuda nkhawa zomwe ena amaganiza kungakupangitseni kuchita zinthu mwanjira ina yake pafupi ndi anthu kuti akukondeni, m'malo mochita zabwino.
Danieli akunena kuti pali vesi limene lamuthandiza kutsutsa zimenezi ndi kumpatsa mtendere m'malingaliro ake: "Yang'anani kutsogolo, ndipo konzani maso anu pa zimene zili pamaso panu. Lembani njira yowongoka ya mapazi anu; khalani pa njira yotetezeka. Musasokonezedwe; mapazi anu asatsatire zoipa." Miyambo 4:25-27 (NLT).
Nthawi zambiri amagwira ntchito yodzipereka pamalo a tchalitchi. Iye akufotokoza kuti mbiri yabwino, kapena zimene ena amayembekezera kwa inu, zingakhale zimene zimakusonkhezerani kuchita ntchito yodzipereka yamtunduwu. "Palibe phindu pamenepo," Daniel akuti za mtundu uwu wa "kukhala pamaso pa anthu". Kukhutira komwe mumapeza kuchokera pamenepo kumangokhala nthawi yochepa ndipo kumakhala koopanda kanthu, kapena ndizokhumudwitsa kwambiri mukamaona kuti zomwe mwachita sizikuyamikiridwa kwenikweni ndi ena. Dalitso lenileni limabwera pamene mutumikira ndi kulakalaka kukondweretsa Mulungu yekha, monga momwe Danieli wakhalira m'moyo wake.
Kukhulupirika kumene palibe amene amakuonani
N'zosavuta kutumikira ndi kukhala wabwino pamene anthu akuyang'ana. Koma Mawu a Mulungu amanena momveka bwino kuti ndiyenera kukhala wokhulupirika ngakhale ndikakhala ndekha. "Choncho kaya tili kunyumba kapena kutali, timapanga cholinga chathu kukondweretsa Iye." 2 Akorinto 5:9 (NRS).
Ngati Yesu analoŵa m'chipindamo nthaŵi iriyonse, kodi ndikachita manyazi ndi zimene ndinali kuchita kapena kuonerera? Ngati muchita chinachake chimene chingakupangitseni kuchita manyazi ngati ena atachiona, ndiye kuti n'zoonekeratu kuti sichikondweretsa Mulungu. Pamene tili oona mtima pamaso pa Mulungu ponena za zofooka zathu, pamenepo Iye angatithandize kuzigonjetsa. Iye akutiona mphindi iliyonse ya tsiku. "Kukhala pamaso pa nkhope ya Mulungu" ndiko kukhala ndi mbali zonse za moyo wathu zotseguka kwa Mulungu, ndiye Kuti Iye angatithandize.
Bwanji ngati malingaliro anga onse anaikidwa pa wailesi ya kanemakuti aliyense awone? Koma wina amaona maganizo athu: Mulungu amaona maganizo athu onse. Ngati tikufuna kukhala okhulupirika ngakhale pamene palibe amene akutiona ndi kukhala ndi moyo woganiza bwino, tiyenera kukhala oona mtima ndi kupemphera kwa Mulungu kuti atithandize.
Zosankha
Kukondweretsa Mulungu ndi kukhala pamaso pa nkhope Yake kumatanthauza kufunafuna chifuniro Chake m'mikhalidwe onse ndi zosankha, zazikulu ndi zazing'ono zomwe. Nthaŵi zina ena angayese kusonkhezera zosankha zathu. Anthu ena, ngakhale abwenzi apamtima ndi achibale, nthaŵi zonse samamvetsetsa kapena kugwirizana ndi zosankha zimene timapanga pamene tikufuna kukhala okhulupirika kwa Mulungu. Tingaope kuchita zabwino, chifukwa ena sangazikonde.
Mnzanga Ruth akukumbukira chosankha chovuta chimene anafunikira kupanga. Anafunikira kuthetsa ubwenzi winawake. Iye anadziŵa kuti chinali chinthu choyenera kuchita ndipo anapemphera kwa Mulungu kaamba ka thandizo. "Nthawi zina zimakhala zovuta kapena zabwino," akutero ponena za kupanga zosankha zimene Mulungu amaika pamtima panu, "ndi ulendo wa chikhulupiriro." Iye anaona kuti Mulungu anam'patsa mphamvu ndi mtendere kuti achite zimenezo, ndipo anaona kuti Iye anali naye. "Sindikudandaulakuti ndinapanga chisankhochimenecho," akutero Ruth. Iye akuti zinampatsa mipata yowonjezereka ya kutumikira Mulungu, kutsogolera ku moyo wokhutiritsa kwambiri ndi unansi wathithithi ndi Mulungu ndi awo amene ali ndi chikhulupiriro chofanana.
Isaac akungoyamba kumene ntchito yatsopano. Posachedwapa wogwira ntchito pa kusinthana kwapitaku sanagwire bwino ntchito yake, zomwe zinatanthauza kuti Isaac anayenera kukonza zolakwazo. Anzake ogwira nawo ntchito anamuuza kuti "achite chinachake chonyansa pobwezera wantchito", koma Isake m'malo mwake anasankha kumvera vesi limene limanena kuti sitiyenera kubwezera zoipa ndi zoipa. Isaac akundiuza, ndi kumwetulira kwakukulu, mmene anatuluka pantchito mosangalala kwambiri tsiku limenelo, podziŵa kuti anasankha chimene chinali chabwino.
Mary akufotokoza momwe alili ndi zosankha zambiri zazing'ono masana pamene palibe amene akuyang'ana - komanso za kufunika kwake kukhala woona mtima pogwira ndalama ku sitolo komwe amagwira ntchito. Chitsanzo china chimene amagwiritsa ntchito pa moyo wake ndicho kusankha kumvetsera uthenga wonena za Mawu a Mulungu m'malo moimba nyimbo ya chikunja popita kuntchito. Iye amadziwa kuti Mulungu amafuna kuti azigwiritsa ntchito bwino nthawi yake ndipo uthengawo ndi wothandiza kwambiri kuposa nyimbo ya chikunja.. Kukhala pamaso pa Mulungu kumapangitsa "moyo kukhala wosavuta ndipo mumakhala wosangalala," iye akutero. "Muyenera kungokondweretsa Mmodzi, ndipo musadandaule ndi kusangalatsa aliyense wokuzungulirani."
Moyo wabwino
Kumawononga kanthu kena ka kukhala ndi moyo pamaso pa Mulungu. Muyenera kusiya chifuniro chanu, kunena kuti Ayi ku chikhumbo chanu chachibadwa chakuti anthu ayenera kukonda zimene mukuchita, ndi kumenyana kuti malingaliro anu akhale oyera tsiku lililonse. Koma ndizofunikira kwathunthu! Nazi mphoto zina zimene mudzapeza ngati mutakhala ndi moyo pamaso pa Mulungu:
Mumapeza chikumbumtima chabwino, choyera,
Mumapeza ubale wabwino ndi Mulungu,
Mumapeza thandizo la moyo wachimwemwe,
Mumakhulupirira Mulungu mosagwedera, chifukwa mukudziwa kuti mukukhala m'njira yokondweretsa Iye,
Moyo ndi watsopano komanso wosangalatsa - kufunafuna ndi kupeza zomwe zili bwino mu mkhalidwe uliwonse,
Mukhoza kuganiza, kuchita, ndi kukhala wabwino mosasamala kanthu za zomwe anthu ena amaganiza,
Mumapeza mphoto yosatha pa chisankho chilichonse chokhulupirika, chachikulu ndi chaching'ono,
Mumapeza dalitso la moyo uno ndi umuyaya.