Taitanidwa ndi kusankhidwa, dziko lisanapangidwe, kukhala "ngati Mwana wake". Aroma 8:29. Zimenezi zingachitike pokhapokha ngati ndife odzichepetsa kotheratu.
M'malo angapo m'Baibulo timayerekezedwa ndi dongo m'dzanja la woumba. Ngati dongo ndi lofewa, n'zosavuta kuti woumba apange mbale yokongola kuchokera ku dongo; koma ngati zili zovuta, zimaphwanya mosavuta ndipo woumba sangathe kupanga mbale yomwe ankafuna kupanga. Kenaka ayenera kuyambiranso ndikupanga mbale yomwe si yokongola kwambiri.
N'chimodzimodzinso ndi ife. Pamene tili odzichepetsa kwambiri, Mulungu angagwire nafe ntchito mosavuta ndi kutiumba kuti tikhale ngati Iye—kuyambira ulemerero mpaka ulemerero. Pamenepo adzatha kutipanga ife kukhala zida za ulemu Wake mu nthawi yochepa kwambiri, yopatulika komanso yothandiza kwa Mbuye, kuti igwiritsidwe ntchito pa ntchito iliyonse yabwino. (2 Timoteyo 2:21.)
Njira yokhayo yokhalira ngati Mwana Wake!
Koma ngati sitili odzichepetsa, zimakhala zovuta kuti Iye agwire nafe ntchito, ndipo timakhala ngati dongo lolimba lomwe limapitiriza kuphwanya m'manja Mwake. Ndiye zidzatenga nthawi yaitali Iye asanapange chilichonse chothandiza mwa ife. Ngati tipitiriza kukana Iye, Iye adzayenera kutipanga ife kukhala zida zogwiritsira ntchito zopanda ulemu m'malo mwa zida zogwiritsira ntchito mwaulemu. Choncho kukhala wodzichepetsa ndi njira yosavuta, yofulumira kwambiri, kwenikweni njira yokhayo yopita ku kukula konse kwamtsogolo ndikukhala ngati Yesu.
Yesu Kristu ndi chitsanzo changwiro kwa ife m'chirichonse, komanso m'kukhala wodzichepetsa. Nthaŵi zonse ankamvetsera Atate ndipo ankachita chifuniro cha Atate m'zinthu zonse. Tingaphunzire kukhala odzichepetsadi mwa kutsatira chitsanzo Chake. Mofanana ndi Yesu, nthawi zonse tiyenera kuchita chifuniro cha Mulungu m'zinthu zonse ndi kudzichepetsa pansi pa dzanja Lake lamphamvu, kuti Iye athe kutikweza mu nthawi Yake yabwino. (1 Petro 5:6.) Chilichonse Chimene Iye amatumiza njira yathu chimatanthauza kutithandiza kukhala ngati Mwana Wake.
Koma Iye akhoza kuchita zimenezi pokhapokha ngati tili odzichepetsa m'mikhalidwe yonse, chifukwa Mulungu amapereka chisomo kwa odzichepetsa, koma Iye amatsutsa onyada. (Yakobo 4:6.) Sibwino pamene Iye, Mulungu wamoyo, atikaniza. Sitimafika paliponse popanda kukhala odzichepetsa. Moyo wa munthu wodzichepetsa wadzaza ndi madalitso. Iye angayang'ane m'tsogolo ndi kunena ndi Davide kuti, "Ndithudi, dalitso ndi chifundo zidzakhala ndi ine masiku onse a moyo wanga; ndipo ndidzakhala ndi malo m'nyumba ya Ambuye masiku anga onse." Masalimo 23:6.