Kodi ndidzapambana mokwanira? Tikukhala mu nthawi yomwe anthu akulimbikitsidwa mwachangu kuganiza chonchi. Kodi ndingatani kuti ndikhale wanzeru, wolemera, wokongola kwambiri? Kodi ndingapeze bwanji ntchito yabwino, kupeza ndalama zambiri komanso kukhala ndi moyo wabwino?
Koma, monga Akristu, tiyenera kudzifunsa kuti: Kodi zinthu zonsezi zili ndi chochita ndi chipambano?
Kuthamangitsa zomwe zili padziko lapansi ndi zosakhalitsa
Baibulo sililimbikitsa kapena kuletsa anthu kukhala olemera, anzeru kapena ooneka bwino. Yesu waitana onse olemera ndi osauka kuti akhale ophunzira Ake, koma Iye anafotokoza momveka bwino kuti zomwe nthawi zambiri zimaonedwa kuti ndi "kupambana" m'dzikoli n'zosafunika konse pankhani ya kuitana kwathu kumwamba.
Yesu anati: "Musadzisungire nokha chuma padziko lapansi pamene njenjete ndi dzimbiri zimawononga, ndi pamene mbala zimathyola ndi kuba. Koma mudzisungire nokha chuma kumwamba, kumene njenjete kapena dzimbiri siziwononga ndi pamene mbala sizithyola kapena kuba, pakuti kumene kuli chuma chanu, mtima wanu udzakhalanso komweko." Mateyu 6:19-21 (MEV).
Anthu ambiri masiku ano amaganizira kwambiri za kupeza chuma cha padziko lapansi, ulemu kapena moyo winawake. Chitaganya chimatiphunzitsa kukwaniritsa zinthu zimenezi, ndipo kuzipeza ndi zimene anthu ambiri amaona kuti ndi "kupambana." Koma, Mawu a Mulungu amatiuza kuti zinthu izi zidzachoka; iwo alibe phindu mu umuyaya.
Kodi mumatumikira ndani?
Izi sizikutanthauza kuti tiyenera kunyalanyaza maphunziro athu, ntchito kapena bizinesi. M'malo mwake, tikulimbikitsidwa kugwiritsira ntchito maluso athu ndi mphatso zathu kaamba ka zabwino, malinga ndi kuchuluka kwa chikhulupiriro chimene tili nacho. Pa Akolose 3:23 Paulo akutilimbikitsanso kuchita zonse ndi mtima wonse monga kwa Ambuye. Izi zikutanthauza kuti tiyenera kukhala anthu oona mtima komanso ogwira ntchito mwakhama omwe ali odzipereka kugwira ntchito iliyonse yomwe tiyenera kuchita. Mulungu angagwiritse ntchito anthu okhala ndi maganizo amenewa, amene ali ndi mphamvu zochita ndipo amafunitsitsa kuchita ntchito zabwino. (Tito 2:14.)
Koma, vuto limabwera pamene tikufuna kutumikira tokha m'malo mwa Mulungu wamoyo m'miyoyo yathu, pamene tikhala otanganidwa ndi kudzipangitsa tokha kukhala aakulu ndi kukhala chinachake chachikulu m'dzikoli, m'malo mochita zonse ndi mtima wonse kwa Iye. Pa Mateyu 6:24 (NCV) Yesu akuti, "Palibe amene angatumikire ambuye awiri; pakuti adzadana ndi mmodzi ndi kukonda winayo, apo ayi adzakhala wokhulupirika kwa winayo ndi kunyoza winayo. Simungathe kutumikira Mulungu ndi mammon [ndalama]." M'mawu ena, sitingatumikire Mulungu ndipo panthaŵi imodzimodziyo tikuyesa kukhala chinthu chachikulu m'dzikoli.
Kuganizira zinthu zofunika
M'malo mokhala otanganitsidwa ndi zinthu za padziko lapansi ndi zosakhalitsa, kudzilola kusonkhezeredwa ndi chikhumbo chadyera ndi kunyada, tingakhale ndi chisamaliro chathu pa zinthu zamtengo wapatali! Tingafunefune zinthu zimene zili pamwamba ndipo n'zofunika kwambiri kwamuyaya. Taganizirani mmene zimakhalira zosiyana kuthamangitsa ulemu wa Mulungu, m'malo mwa ulemu umene umachokera kwa anthu, kuti "... cholinga pa chilungamo, chikhulupiriro, chikondi, ndi mtendere, pamodzi ndi iwo amene amaitana pa Ambuye kuchokera mumtima woyera," m'malo mwa chuma cha padziko lapansi! (2 Timoteyo 2:22 RSV.) Zinthu izi ndi zamtengo wapatali kosatha; iwo sali oipitsidwa, ndipo samapita. Ndipo anthu amene amathamangitsa zolinga zoterozo m'moyo sadzada nkhaŵa kapena kukhumudwa.
Kupambana kwenikweni ndiko kupeza makhalidwe abwino a Kristu m'miyoyo yathu, kubwera ku chikhalidwe chaumulungu. Palibe chamtengo wapatali kuposa ichi! Ndipo Mulungu akulonjeza kuti zidzatipambana ngati timvera Mawu Ake m'miyoyo yathu, ndi mtima woona mtima. (Yoswa 1:8.) Tiyeni tiziyesetsa kukhala Akristu opambana, osafunafuna zinthu zazikulu m'dzikoli, koma kuthamangitsa umulungu m'miyoyo yathu.
"Mphamvu yake yaumulungu yatipatsa ife zinthu zonse zokhudzana ndi moyo ndi umulungu kudzera mu chidziwitso cha Iye amene watiitana ndi ulemerero Wake ndi ubwino wake, umene Iye watipatsa malonjezo aakulu kwambiri komanso amtengo wapatali, kuti kudzera m'zinthu izi mukhale otenga nawo mbali a chikhalidwe chaumulungu ndikuthawa ziphuphu zomwe zili m'dziko kudzera mu chilakolako. Pachifukwa ichi muziyesetsa kuwonjezera ukoma pa chikhulupiriro chanu; ndi ku ukoma wanu, chidziwitso; ndi ku chidziwitso chanu, kudziletsa; ndi kudziletsa kwanu, kupirira moleza mtima; ndi ku chipiriro chanu choleza mtima, umulungu; ndi ku umulungu wanu, kukoma mtima kwa pa abale; ndi ku kukoma mtima kwanu kwaubale, chikondi." 2 Petro 1:3-7 (MEV).