Timawerenga za Yosefe m'Baibulo – anali mnyamata wapadera kwambiri. Yankho la mapemphero a amayi ake. Mwana wokondedwa wa bambo ake. Wolota maloto aulosi. Iye anataya zonse pamene abale ake anamugulitsa monga kapolo ku Igupto, koma anathera monga wachiŵiri kwa wolamulira wa Igupto. Kodi n'chiyani chinali chapadera kwambiri pa mnyamatayu?
Tingawerenge nkhaniyi m'buku la Genesis. Nkhani ya mmene Yosefe, mwana wokondedwa koposa wa atate wake, Yakobo, anagulitsidwira monga kapolo ndi abale ake ansanje. Mmene anagulidwa ku Igupto ndi Potifara, mkulu wa Farao (wolamulira wa Igupto). Potifara anam'konda ndipo anam'panga kukhala manejala wa banja lake ndi zonse zimene anali nazo.
Kenako mkazi wa Potifara anayesa kumuyesa kuti amwe naye kugonana. Ndi mkhalidwe wotani nanga umene Yosefe angadzipezemo! Palibe chabwino chimene chingabwere kuchokera ku ichi, mosasamala kanthu za zimene anachita. Koma anali ndi maganizo oyera ndi abwino. Kwa iye panalibe funso la kugonjera kwa iye. "Kodi ndingachite bwanji chinthu choipa chonchi? Ndi tchimo kwa Mulungu," adatero. Genesis 39:7-9 (NCV). Zinalibe kanthu kwa iye kuti zotsatira za kunena kwake kuti Ayi kwa iye zingakhale zotani. Palibe chimene chikanam'chititsa kuchimwira Mulungu wake.
Choipa chachikulu cha uchimo
Kodi maganizo anu ndi otani mukayesedwa? Kodi mwina mumaganiza zogonja ku uchimo? Kodi mumaganizira za ubwino ndi kuipa kwa kupereka ndipo kodi mumada nkhawa ndi zotsatira zake? Kapena kodi muli ndi mantha aumulungu ofanana ndi amene Yosefe anali nawo? Kodi mungakane kuchimwira Mulungu wanu, mosasamala kanthu za chotulukapo chake?
Tiyenera kuzindikira kuti kuchimwa n'koopsa kwambiri. Ngati inu kwenikweni anamvetsa mmene Mulungu amamvera za uchimo – mmene Iye amadana nazo – ndiye inu simungaganize ngakhale kupereka ku uchimo. Mulungu ndi woyera kudzera mwa iye, ndipo Iye amafuna kuti zonse m'chilengedwe Chake zikhalenso zoyera. Uchimo umawononga zonse. Uchimo usanabwere m'dziko, panali mtendere pakati pa Mulungu ndi anthu. Koma uchimo umalekanitsa anthu ndi Mulungu (Yesaya 59:2). Mulungu amakonda anthu amene Iye analenga ndipo amafuna kuwadalitsa, koma Iye sangachite zimenezo pamene uchimo ubwera pakati.
Inde, Iye ndi Mulungu wachikondi, ndipo pali chikhululukiro cha uchimo, koma ganizirani mmene mungabweretsere chimwemwe chochuluka kwa Iye pamene muli ndi maganizo olimba omwewo amene Yosefe anali nawo: "Ndingachite bwanji choipa choterocho?"
Kusankha kuchimwa pamene mukudziwa bwino si chinthu chaching'ono! Muyenera kumvera mawu amkati amene akukuuzani kuti musachite chinachake. Liwu limenelo limalankhula ndi mtima wanu ndi kukuuzani pamene chinachake chili kunja kwa chifuniro cha Mulungu. Zingakhale chinachake "chachikulu", monga chigololo monga momwe Yosefe anayesedwera, kapena chinachake chomwe chikuwoneka chaching'ono komanso chosavulaza - bodza laling'ono, mwachitsanzo. Kwa Mulungu, uchimo ndi tchimo, ndipo Iye amadana nazo zonse, chifukwa zikutanthauza kuti mwasankha kuchita chifuniro chanu ndi kukhala ndi moyo nokha osati kwa Iye.
Zotsatira za kusankha kusachimwa
Koma awo amene amawopa Mulungu ndi kusankha kusachimwa adzakumana ndi zimenezo kuti kuli koyenerera kotheratu. N'zovuta kunena kuti Ayi ku uchimo. Zimawononga chinachake. Koma kodi zotsatira zake n'zotani? "Mavuto ang'onoang'ono amenewa akutikonzekeretsa ulemerero wosatha umene udzapangitse mavuto athu onse kuoneka ngati opanda pake." 2 Akorinto 4:17 (CEV).
Ngakhale kuti anaponyedwa m'ndende, Yosefe anapezanso mphamvu zambiri kumeneko. Mulungu anam'patsa mphatso yomasulira maloto, ndipo chifukwa cha zimenezo anakhala wothandiza kwambiri kwa Farao. Anakhala wachiŵiri kulamulira Igupto yense! Ndipo pamwamba pa zonsezo, anabwezeretsanso bambo ake ndi banja lake. Izi sizinachitike mwangozi. Mulungu amayang'anira anthu ngati Yosefe - amene amamuopa Iye ndipo sagonja ku uchimo. Mukamati Ayi pa zimene mukudziwa kuti n'zolakwika, ndipo sankhani kukhala wokondweretsa Mulungu m'malo mwake, ndiye kuti Mulungu adzakudalitsaninso, monga mmene anachitira ndi Yosefe (Agalatiya 6:9).
Yosefe ankaopa Mulungu ndipo anasankha kuti asachimwe
Zosankha zimene mumapanga zimasonyeza mmene mumaonera maganizo anu. Sankhani lero kuti simudzachita zoipa ndi kuchimwira Mulungu wanu! Mukhoza kupemphera kwa Mulungu kuti Iye akhoza kukuphunzitsani kudana ndi tchimo monga momwe Iye amachitira. Kenako chitani zimene mwasankha. Mulungu amathandiza anthu amene mitima yawo ndi yokhulupirika kwa Iye. Tingawerenge zimenezo pa 2 Mbiri 16:9 (NLT): "Maso a Ambuye amafufuza dziko lonse lapansi kuti alimbitse anthu amene mitima yawo ili yodzipereka kwambiri kwa iye." Mudzapeza kuti mumapeza mtendere ndi chimwemwe mukasankha kuchita zabwino (Aroma 2:6-7).
Yosefe ankaopa Mulungu ndipo anasankha kudana ndi uchimo. Zimenezi zinatanthauza kuti moyo wake unadalitsidwa ndi Mulungu. Zingakhale zofanana kwa inu! Ndi chinthu chomwe muyenera kudzisankhira nokha. Sankhani m'malo mwa kufa kuposa uchimo, ndipo zidzakuyenderani bwino. Mulungu adzaona kuti!