Chabwino, kotero iyi ndi nkhani yanga - nkhani ya chikhulupiriro. Nkhani imene nthaŵi ina ndinalankhula m'chikhulupiriro ponena za mmene moyo wanga udzakhala. Ndipo nkhani yomwe inatha monga momwe ndinanenera.
Umboni wa chikhulupiriro
Ndinasintha kwambiri moyo wanga. Kwa nthaŵi yaitali imene ndinakumbukira, nthaŵi zonse ndinkakonda kwambiri Mulungu, koma ndinkaona ngati ndikulephera pafupifupi mbali iliyonse ya moyo wanga wachikristu. Ndiyeno, nditakwanitsa zaka 18, ndinali ndi mwayi wokhala chaka chachikulu m'dera limodzi ndi anthu ena ambiri amene amakonda Mulungu ndi mitima yawo yonse. Ndipo m'kupita kwa nthawi, ndinakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi miyoyo yomwe ndinawawona akukhala ndipo ndinadziwa kuti ndikufuna zomwezo - moyo wamtendere ndi mpumulo komanso wodzaza ndi chisangalalo m'mikhalidwe yonse ya moyo.
Ndiyeno tsiku lina kutchalitchi, tinamva za zolinga za Mulungu kwa ife. (Yeremiya 29:11.) Tinalimbikitsidwa kubwera kutsogolo ndi kulankhula mwachikhulupiriro - mwaulosi - za momwe zidzayendera m'moyo wathu kuyambira tsopano. (Ezekieli 37:1-14.) Ndinali kunjenjemera, manja anga anali kutuluka thukuta, ndipo ndinkaopa kukwera ndi kuchitira umboni. Koma mkati mwanga chinachake champhamvu kwenikweni chinali kundiuza kuti kusachitira umboni kudzakhala kofanana ndi kusakhulupirira - ndipo zinthu zidzachitika bwanji pamenepo? Chotero, ndikunjenjemera, ndinakwera kukachitira umboni ndi kunena mwachikhulupiriro kuti: "Zivute zitani ndidzakhulupirira Mulungu nthaŵi zonse. Adzasinthiratu moyo wanga ndipo zivute zitani ndidzakhalabe m'tchalitchi cha Mulungu wamoyo."
Awa anali mawu amphamvu, koma anali mawu operekedwa ndi Mulungu m'mphindi imeneyo, chotero ndinakhulupirira kuti anali oona.
Chikhulupiriro choyesedwa
Pasanapite nthaŵi yaitali ndinasamukira ku mzinda wina. Sizinatenge nthawi yaitali kuti mayesero ovuta kwambiri awonetsere. Ndinavutika maganizo kwambiri. Ndinathera miyezi ndi miyezi kukumana pafupifupi palibe anthu ndipo pamwamba pa zimenezo zinthu zinakhala zovuta kwambiri kunyumba. Ndinayenera kudutsa zinthu zambiri zomwe zinandipweteka kwambiri.
Pamene masiku anali kupita, zinthu sizinaoneke kuti zikuyenda bwino ndipo ndinataya chiyembekezo chonse. Koma pamene "ndinadzichepetsadi pamaso pa Mulungu" ndi pamene ndinapeza chiyembekezo pang'ono. (Mpalizi 3:29, ZOSAVUTA.) Pakati pa zonsezi, ndinasankha kukhulupirira. Sindinamve kukhala wamkulu, koma ndinkakonda kwambiri Mulungu kotero kuti ndinakhulupiriradi mwa Iye ndi kuti "
zinthu zonse zinali kugwira ntchito bwino kwambiri." (Aroma 8:28.) Choncho, ngakhale kuti ndinamva bwino kwambiri ndi mkhalidwe wanga, ndinaganiza kuti ndidzasankha kukhala ndi chikhulupiriro ndi chiyembekezo, ngakhale pamene zinaoneka ngati kuti palibe. (Aroma 4:18.)
Nthaŵi ina pambuyo pake, bwenzi lina linazindikira za mkhalidwe wanga, ndipo anandifikira kuti andithandize. Mu umodzi wa misonkhano Yachikristu tinapita kwa ine ndinamva chinachake chimene chinalankhula kwa ine. Iwo analankhula za mzimu wa ulosi ndi mmene ulili wamphamvu. Kenako anatipempha kuti tichite umboni mumzimu umenewo. M'mphindi imeneyo ndinakumbukira zimene ndinachitira umboni nthaŵi ina. Ndinadziŵa kuti ndiyenera kukwera ndi kulankhulanso, chifukwa ndinazindikira kuti kufikira nthaŵi imeneyo, Mulungu anasunga mawu Ake ndipo anali kukwaniritsa zimene ndinalosera kale ponena za ine ndekha! Ndinkakhulupiriradi kuti zinthu zonse zimene ndinkakumana nazo zinali mbali ya dongosolo la Mulungu la kundisintha, kuti ndikhale ngati Iye.
Zambiri Iye anali kundisonyeza kuti mikhalidwe yanga yakunja ndi zovuta sizinali kanthu malinga ngati ndinatenga zinthu m'njira yoyenera. Kuti anali malingaliro anga a zimene moyo uyenera kukhala zofunika kusintha, kuti ndiyenera kukhulupirira Mulungu kuti njira Yake ya moyo wanga ndi yangwiro.
Kenaka ndinaphunzira kuyamikira chirichonse, kupemphera nthawi zonse, palibe madandaulo ndipo palibe kufuna mikhalidwe yabwino yakunja, ndikuganiza kuti zingandisangalatse. Ndipo pamene ndikukhulupirira mawu Ake, ndiye kuti ndidzalandira moyo umene ndinkalakalaka. Moyo wa chimwemwe chamkati ndi mpumulo - moyo wa Khristu. Kumeneko kunali kusintha kwathunthu Iye anali wotanganidwa kugwira ntchito mwa ine. Chotero ndinaimirira ndi kulankhulanso mumzimu wa chikhulupiriro.
"Ndipo popeza tili ndi mzimu womwewo wa chikhulupiriro, malinga ndi zimene zalembedwa, 'Ndinakhulupirira ndipo chifukwa chake ndinalankhula,' timakhulupiriranso ndipo motero timalankhula." 2 Akorinto 4:13.
Chikhulupiriro chamoyo
Ndinapeza kuti chikhulupiriro sichikutanthauza kuti ndiyenera kumva bwino kwambiri. Chikhulupiriro chimangokhala chosankha chomwe ndimapanga pamene ndikuyesedwa - ndikukhulupirira mawu a Mulungu osati maluso anga, malingaliro, ndi kulingalira. Ndizochita. Chimodzi chomwe chimanditsogolera ku mpumulo ndi mtendere. Zilibe kanthu ndi malingaliro abwino.
Nthawi zambiri ndinkapweteka ndipo moyo wanga unavutika. (Salmo 6:3; Yohane 12:27.) Ndinasweka mtima ndipo ndinkadalira Mulungu yekha kuti andithandize. Kwa masiku ambiri ndi usiku sindinkatha ngakhale kugona. Koma sindinasiye kukhulupirira. Ndinayesedwa kwambiri kukayikira, koma sindinapereke. Mwachitsanzo, pamene ndinayesedwa kukhala wansanje, wokhumudwa kapena wodandaula, ndinafuulira Mulungu ndipo Iye anandipatsa mphamvu kuti ndigonjetse malingaliro amenewo ndipo sanalole kuti asankhe tsogolo langa.
"Chikhulupiriro chimabwera mwa kumva, ndi kumva ndi mawu a Mulungu." Aroma 10:17. Pamene ndinayamba kutenga mawu a Mulungu monga momwe alembedwera, ndinazindikira kuti ndikhozanso kulankhula chikhulupiriro ndekha pamene ndinali ndekha. Sindifunikira kukhala ndi mlaliki tsiku lonse kuti ndimve mawu a Mulungu. Ndili ndi mawu Ake m'Baibulo. Kotero ine ndikhoza kulankhula mawu Ake mokweza kwa ine ndekha mobwerezabwereza, kotero kuti chikhulupiriro chimabwera mumtima mwanga.
Nkhondo yanga yolimbana ndi kuvutika maganizo, kulefulidwa, nsanje, kudzimvera chisoni, kupanda chiyembekezo, ndi zina zotero sizinathe kuyambira pamene ndinayamba kuchitira umboni. Koma ndapeza kuti ngati ndisankha kuganizira zinthu zakumwamba, za mapulani amene Mulungu ali nawo kwa ine, palibe chilichonse padziko lapansi pano chimene chingagwedeze chikhulupiriro changa.
Tingagonjetse zinthu zonse kudzera mwa Yesu ndi mawu a umboni wathu. (Chivumbulutso 12:11.) Ndi zoona; ichi chakhala chokumana nacho changa. Ndipo kuyambira tsopano ndikufunanso kulankhula chikhulupiriro kwa ine ndekha m'mbali zina m'moyo wanga. Makamaka pamene ndili ndekha, komanso pamene ena ali pafupi nane.