Ngati simukudziwa Mulungu, Iye akhoza kuoneka kutali ndi osasamala – kapena Iye akhoza kuoneka wokwiya ndi wofuna. Koma pamene inu kudziwa Iye, mudzakumana kuti Iye amasamala za inu panokha – onse mu nthawi zabwino ndi zoipa. N'zotheka kudziwa Mulungu payekha ndi kuphunzira kumvetsa zimene Maganizo Ake ndi zolinga zake zili kwa inu.
Kudziŵa Mulungu mwaumwini: Kodi Mulungu ndani?
Anthu ambiri amakhulupirira kuti mphamvu yapamwamba ilipo, ndipo amachita mtundu wina wa chipembedzo, koma kodi n'zotheka kudziwa Mulungu payekha - Amene anandipatsa moyo? Kodi n'zotheka kuphunzira kumvetsa zolinga zimene Iye ali nazo kwa ine? Awa ndi ena mwa mafunso amene ndakhala ndikudzifunsa poganizira za Mlengi wanga.
Ngati ine kokha kudziwa za Mulungu, Iye akhoza kuoneka kutali – munthu amene sapereka chidwi kwambiri moyo wanga. Kapena Iye angaoneke ngati Mulungu wokwiya, wofuna, amene samakondwera kwenikweni ndi anthu amene Iye analenga.
Koma ngati ndiphunzira kudziŵadi Mulungu, ndiye kuti ndimaona kuti Iye ali ndi chikondwerero chaumwini mwa ine. Ndikukumana kuti Iye ali pafupi, ponse paŵiri mu zabwino ndi zoipa za moyo wa tsiku ndi tsiku. Kenaka ndimaphunzira kuwona mikhalidwe yanga ya tsiku ndi tsiku kudzera m'maso Ake ndikuwona chisamaliro Chake kwa ine, ngakhale panthawi yovuta. Mwa kulankhula ndi kumvetsera kwa Iye, ndi kuwerenga Mawu Ake, ndimaphunzira zomwe chifuniro Chake chili m'mikhalidwe yanga yambiri komanso m'zosankha zomwe ndikuyenera kupanga - ndipo ndimapezanso thandizo lonse ndi mphamvu zomwe ndikufunikira kuti ndichite chifuniro Chake (Ahebri 8:10-11).
Kodi ndingam'dziŵe bwanji Mulungu ngati sindingathe kumuona?
Koma kodi n'zotheka bwanji kumudziwa Mulungu ngati sindingathe kumuona? Eya, choyamba, ndiyenera kufuna kudziŵa Mulungu mwaumwini.
Ndipo kenako ndiyenera kukhala ndi nthawi ndi Iye. Baibulo ndi Mawu a Mulungu kwa munthu, ndipo ndikaliwerenga ndipo Mzimu Woyera amandimveketsa bwino zinthu, ndimaphunzira kudziwa Mulungu ndi zolinga Zake.
Ndiyeno ndikayesa kuchita chifuniro cha Mulungu, ndimazindikira kuti sindingathe kuchita zimenezo ndi chifuniro changa. Koma sindiyenera kungosiya ndi kuimba mlandu pa mfundo yakuti ndine "munthu chabe". Ndiyenera kutembenukira kwa Mulungu ndi kumupempha kuti andithandize. Ndiyenera kusiya mapulani anga ndi malingaliro ndikumva zomwe Iye akunena.
Ngati ndine wofunitsitsa kukhala wodzichepetsa ndi kuvomereza kuti ndikufuna thandizo, ndiye kuti Mulungu ndi wofunitsitsa kundithandiza ndi kunditsogolera. Pamene Iye ali mu ulamuliro, sizikutanthauza kuti moyo udzakhala wosavuta ndi kuti sipadzakhala mayesero alionse, koma pamene ndikuphunzira kumudziwa bwino Mulungu, ndimaphunzira kuona mikhalidwe imeneyi monga momwe Mulungu amawaonera. Ndimayamba kuona mmene Iye akufunira kuti ndichite. Ndimayamba kuona momwe Iye akufunira kundisinthira, ndi momwe Iye akufunira kuti ndigawane mu chikhalidwe Chake, kudzera m'mayesero omwe Iye amatumiza panjira yanga (2 Petro 1:2-4). Ndimam'dziŵa Mulungu mwaumwini mwa kukhala wofanana kwambiri ndi Iye!
Kuwongolera kwachikondi kwa Mulungu
Timadziwanso Iye ndi njira Yake yoganizira kudzera mu kuwongolera Kwake kwachikondi, kapena "chilango". Zalembedwa kuti Ambuye amalanga anthu amene Iye amawakonda (Ahebri 12:6). Sizikumveka bwino ndikamva mawu ang'onoang'ono mkati mwanga akundiuza za chinthu chimene sindinachite ndendende mogwirizana ndi chifuniro cha Mulungu. Mwina ndinapereka yankho lokwiya kwa munthu wina popanda ngakhale kuganizira za izo panthawiyo, koma pambuyo pake, Mulungu amandiwonetsa kudzera mwa Mzimu Wake momwe ndinali wolakwa komanso momwe ndinayenera kuchitira mosiyana.
Ngati ndikudziwadi Mulungu ndi njira Zake ndi mapulani, ndiye kuti ndimatha kuona momwe kuwongolera kapena chilango ichi chiri chabwino kwa ine. Ndipo ngati ndikuvomereza kuwongolera ndikumvera, ndiye kuti ndimaphunzira kuti ndikufunikira kutsogolera ndi kuthandiza Mzimu Woyera m'moyo wanga, ndikuti sindingathe kukhulupirira malingaliro anga ndi malingaliro anga. Kuwongolera kwa Mulungu kuli kwabwino kwambiri kwa ife, chifukwa, monga momwe kwalembedwera, "... titaphunzirapo kanthu, tili ndi mtendere, chifukwa timayamba kukhala m'njira yoyenera." Ahebri 12:11 (NCV).
Dziŵani Mulungu!
Nangano n'chifukwa chiyani pali anthu ochepa kwambiri amene amafunadi kudziwa Mulungu? Mwina ndi chifukwa chakuti anthu amene akufunadi kudziwa Mulungu ayenera kusiya maganizo awo komanso maganizo awo pa nkhani ya mmene moyo wawo uyenera kukhalira. Iwo ayenera kwenikweni kufuna kupeza zinthu mu chikhalidwe chawo zimene sizikukondweretsa Iye, ndipo ayenera kunena Ayi kwa chikhalidwe ichi uchimo, ndi kutenga mtanda wawo tsiku ndi tsiku kuti athe kugonjetsa monga momwe Yesu anachitira (Luka 9:23).
Koma ngati asankha kuchita zimenezi, posachedwapa adzaphunzira kudziŵa Mlengi wawo monga Atate wachikondi ndi Mulungu wamphamvuyonse amene amakhalapo nthaŵi zonse kuti awathandize ndi kuwatsogolera ku chimwemwe, mtendere ndi chilungamo, mosasamala kanthu za zimene zimachitika tsiku lililonse.
Umenewu ndi moyo wokhutiritsa kwambiri umene munthu angafune kukhala nawo.