Ngakhale kuti anakulira monga Mkhristu ndipo ankakhala moyo wabwino, wolunjika, Naomi anafika pamene ankaona ngati chinachake sichinali bwino; chinachake chinasowa. Iye anazindikira kuti sanakhulupirire mokwanira kuti angakhale ngati Yesu. Kunali kukayikira kumeneku kumene kunali kumletsa.
Naomi:
Ndinakhala m'tchalitchi ndi misozi m'maso mwanga. Kuchokera pa podium ndinamva nkhani yamphamvu yonena za kugonjetsa uchimo, ponena za moyo umene chibadwa changa chaumunthu chochimwa chingasinthe kukhala chaumulungu. (2 Akorinto 5:17.) Pamene kuli kwakuti nkhani ngati zimenezo kaŵirikaŵiri zinandikweza, posachedwapa ndinayamba kumva ngati kuti chinachake chikusowa m'moyo wanga.
Mwinamwake chovuta kwambiri chinali chakuti ndinamva ngati kuti ndinakhala ndi moyo wabwino ndipo nthaŵi zonse ndinkakhulupirira. Ndinkaganiza kuti ndikupereka zonse, komabe ndinkatha kuzindikira bwino kuti chinachake chikusowa. Ndinkaona ngati sindingathe kufika pa moyo womwewo umene Yesu ankakhala, kuti sindingathe kusinthidwa kuchoka pa chibadwa changa chaumunthu chochimwa n'kuyamba kupeza chikhalidwe chaumulungu, ngakhale kuti Baibulo limanena momveka bwino kuti n'zotheka.
Komabe ndinadziŵa kuti ndikufuna ndipo ndinakhulupirira kuti ichi chinali cholinga cha Mulungu kwa ine! Panalibe china chilichonse m'moyo chimene ndinkafuna kuposa kukhala ndi moyo wa wophunzira, kutsatira mapazi a Yesu ndi kugonjetsa chiyeso chilichonse cha uchimo. Zinali zomvetsa chisoni kwa ine kuti ndinali ndi kukayikira kumeneku kuti Mulungu adzandisinthadi, ndipo ndinadziŵa kuti moyo ukundidutsa, ndipo sindinali kuugwiritsa ntchito monga momwe ndinayenera. Zimenezi zinandipanikiza kwambiri.
Ndi tchimo kukayikira Mulungu
Choncho, sindinasataye mtima. Ndinapemphera kwa Mulungu kuti Iye andisonyeze zimene ndinali kusowa. Iye anandisonyeza kuti chifukwa chimene zinthu zinawoneka kukhala zolemera chinali chifukwa chakuti ndinakayikira kuti Iye anali wokhoza kundisintha, kumene ndinali, m'moyo wanga wa tsiku ndi tsiku ndi chibadwa chaumunthu chimene ndinali nacho. Ndipo ndinayamba kumvetsa kuti ndi tchimo kwenikweni kukayikira Iye! Tsiku limene ndinatcha kukayikira kwanga kukhala tchimo, linali tsiku limene ndinazindikira kuti ndikhoza kuligonjetsa, monga momwe ndingagonjetsere tchimo lina lililonse, linali ngati kuti mtolo wachotsedwa! Zinali ngati kuti magetsi anazimitsidwanso.
Poyamba sindinadziwe momwe ndingalimbane ndi chiyeso chokayikira - kapena kumene ndiyenera ngakhale kuyamba. Koma ndinazindikira kuti kukhala womasuka kukayikira sikunali chinthu cha nthawi imodzi, koma nkhondo yomwe ndiyenera kutenga nthawi iliyonse yomwe ndinkayesedwa kukayikira. Chinali chosankha chimene ndinali kudzapanga tsiku lililonse, kukhulupirira kuti ndingasinthe.
Yankho lake linali losavuta kwambiri kuposa mmene ndinkaganizira poyamba. Ndiyenera kusankha ndi kukhulupirira kuti Mulungu angathe kuchita ntchito Yake mwa ine. Iye akundipempha kuti ndimukhulupirire kwathunthu ndikukhulupirira kuti Iye adzandipatsa mphamvu zonse zomwe ndikufuna. Ngati sindikukhulupirira zimenezo, Iye sangagwire nane ntchito. "Koma popanda chikhulupiriro n'zosatheka kumusangalatsa." Aheberi 11:6.
Malingaliro anga alibe kanthu
Choncho, ndinasiya kuyembekezera "kumva" ngati ndikukhulupirira. Ndinapanga chosankha chimene ndingakhulupirire. Mfundo yanga ndi yakuti, "Pempherani, khulupirirani, ndipo muyamikire." Tsopano ndimadzuka m'mawa, ndikupemphera, ndikukhulupirira kuti Mulungu wamva pemphero langa, ndipo ndikuthokoza Iye. Kenako ndimayamba tsikulo ndikukhulupirira kuti lidzakhala tsiku logonjetsa uchimo. Pemphero la mtima wanga ndi lakuti, "Ambuye, ndikukhulupirira; thandizani kusakhulupirira kwanga!" —Maliko 9:24. Ndipo Mulungu wandithandizadi! Ndipo Iye amandithandiza kwambiri ndi kulimbana ndi kusakhulupirira mwa kundipatsa mphamvu kuti ndigonjetse pamene ndikupempherera thandizo.
Ndipo kuyambira nthaŵi imene ndinasankha kukhulupirira, ndinaona mmene moyo wanga wa tsiku ndi tsiku unasinthira! Pamene masiku angodutsa kumene, nditangokhulupirira kuti ndikhoza kukhala ngati Yesu, ndinayamba kuona mipata yonse imene ndinalidi m'moyo wanga wa tsiku ndi tsiku.
Nthawi ndi tsopano
Mtolo, kulemera kwake, ndi kusatsimikizirika kumene kunalipo kale kulibe mphamvu pa moyo wanga tsopano. Ndipo zotsatira zake n'zakuti ndikukhala wosangalala komanso wosangalala kwambiri. Ndi mmene ndimadziwira kuti ndi zoona. Chinachake chikuchitika mwa ine.
Kwenikweni ndi moyo wosalira zambiri. Simufunikira kumva ngati izo, mumangofunika kuchitapo kanthu. Ingotenga mphindi ndi mphindi. Khalani okhulupirika m'zinthu zazing'ono zimene Mulungu amakupatsani m'mikhalidwe ya moyo wa tsiku ndi tsiku. Ingokhalani wofunitsitsa kuchita chilichonse chimene Mulungu akuika patsogolo panu kuti muchite. Momwe ndimatengera pamene mayesero akuluakulu abwera ali ndi zochita ndi momwe ndimatengera tsopano. Moyo wathu wonse wapangidwa ndi "tsopano." Yambani kukhulupirira tsopano. Yambani kunena kuti Ayi kuchimwa tsopano. Simuyenera kudikira chilichonse.
Nthawi iliyonse yomwe ndimanena kuti Ayi kukayikira, ikuwononga pang'ono kukayikira komwe kuli mbali ya chikhalidwe changa chaumunthu. Ndipo mbali imeneyo yafa kosatha. Ine ndikuganiza za izo monga phiri, ndipo ine ndikungo chipping kutali pa izo pang'onopang'ono, ndipo ine sindikuwona dent iliyonse yaing'ono ndimapanga, koma ndi pamene chikhulupiriro chimabwera. Ndikukhulupirira kuti ngati ndingopitiriza kudula, tsiku lina phirilo lidzatha. Kweni ŵabali na ŵadumbu ŵanyake ŵakaŵa na nkharo yiwemi.
"Ndiwe yani, O phiri lalikulu? Pamaso pa Zerubabele mudzakhala chigwa!" Zekariya 4:7.
Chisankho cha tsiku ndi tsiku
Choncho tsopano, tsiku lililonse, ndimapanga chisankho chomwe sindidzakayikira. Ndipo ngakhale nditakayikira, zimenezo sizikutanthauza kuti ndikukayikira. Zimatanthauza kuti ndikuyesedwa kukayikira, koma sindikugwirizana nazo. Ndikunena kuti, "Ayi, sindikufuna kukayikira, ndikukhulupirira, ndipo ndikulimbanabe, mosasamala kanthu za momwe ndikumvera." Kenako ndimadutsa tsiku langa ndipo ndikungomvera zimene Mulungu amagwira ntchito mwa ine kuti ndichite. Ndimachita zimene Mulungu amanena m'mawu Ake.
Choncho, ndikuyembekezera tsogolo. Chilichonse chomwe chimabwera ndi mwayi wina kwa ine.
"Kukhala ndi chidaliro cha chinthu chomwechi, kuti Iye amene wayamba ntchito yabwino mwa inu adzamaliza mpaka tsiku la Yesu Khristu." Afilipi 1:6.