"Choyamba, ndikukuuzani kuti mupempherere anthu onse, kupempha Mulungu zimene akufuna ndi kumuyamikira. Pempherani olamulira ndi onse amene ali ndi ulamuliro kuti tikhale ndi moyo wabata ndi wamtendere wodzala ndi kulambira ndi kulemekeza Mulungu." 1 Timoteyo 2:1-2.
Mtumwi Paulo akutiuza kuti tiyenera kupempherera anthu onse. Izi zikutanthauzanso kwa iwo omwe akulamulira dziko lathu. Tikayang'ana ndale ndi anthu omwe ali mu ulamuliro ndi omwe akufuna kukhala mu ulamuliro, zingawoneke ngati ntchito yopanda chiyembekezo. Kodi kudzathandizadi kupempherera atsogoleri amene angakhale opanda umulungu ndi onyada, atsogoleri amene safuna nkomwe kumvera Mulungu? Kodi zidzathandiza motani kupemphera ndipo kodi tiyenera kupempherera chiyani? Kodi cholinga chenicheni cha kupemphera monga momwe vesili likutiuza kuchita n'chiyani?
Paulo ankadziwa kuti Mulungu amamvetsera mapemphero a anthu oopa Mulungu komanso olungama. Yakobo analemba za Eliya kuti: "Pemphero la munthu wolungama lili ndi mphamvu yaikulu ndipo limabala zotsatira zodabwitsa. Eliya anali munthu monga momwe ife tirili, komabe pamene anapemphera ndi mtima wonse kuti mvula igwe, palibe amene anagwa kwa zaka zitatu ndi theka! Kenako, atapempheranso, thambo linatumiza mvula ndipo dziko lapansi linayamba kupereka mbewu zake." Yakobo 5:16-18.
Anthu oopa Mulungu sayenera kungochita chilichonse ndi kuvomereza chilichonse chimene chingabwere. Tiyenera kupempherera atsogoleri athu ndi dziko lathu ndi mtima wonse! Ziribe kanthu kuti mtsogoleri ndi munthu wotani. Timawerenga pa Miyambo 21:1: "Yehova akhoza kulamulira maganizo a mfumu pamene akulamulira mtsinje; akhoza kuitsogolera mmene akufunira."
Mulungu amayang'ana padziko lonse lapansi kuti apeze anthu amene adzipereka kwa Iye kotheratu kuti Iye awathandize. (2 Mbiri 16:9.) Yakobo anati: "Komabe mulibe chifukwa simupempha." Yakobo 4:2. Paulo akuuza matchalitchi kuti azipempherera anthu amene ali ndi udindo n'cholinga choti Mulungu awapatse nzeru zotsogolera dzikolo m'njira yoti tithe kumutumikira mwamtendere. Tiyenera kuimirira chimene chili chabwino m'dziko losapembedza; ngati sitikupempherera boma ndi chabwino, ndani adzatero?
Timadziwa kuti Mulungu ndi wamphamvu zonse ndipo akhoza kuchita chilichonse chimene Iye akufuna kuchita. Koma sitiyenera kungochita chilichonse ndi kuvomereza zonse chifukwa cha zimenezo. M'Baibulo muli zitsanzo zimene Mulungu anasintha zolinga Zake chifukwa cha anthu amene anapemphera. Iye anaganiza zowononga Israyeli atachimwa mwa kupanga mwana wa ng'ombe wagolide kuti alambire, komano Mose anachonderera Mulungu ndi kupempherera Israyeli, ndipo Mulungu anamvetsera Mose ndi kupulumutsa mtunduwo. (Eksodo 32:11-14.)
Choncho, tiyenera kuchita zimene Paulo analemba ndi kupempherera atsogoleri athu ndi kupempha Mulungu kuti atsogolere njira zawo. Tingapemphe Mulungu kuti atsogolere zinthu kuti "tikhale ndi moyo wabata ndi wamtendere wodzala ndi kulambira ndi kulemekeza Mulungu". Mwachitsanzo, tingapemphere kuti palibe malamulo ndi zosankha zimene boma lingatilepheretse kusonkhana pamodzi monga Akristu kapena zimene zingapangitse kukhala kovuta kwambiri kukhala monga Akristu. Tingapemphe Mulungu kuti ateteze dziko lathu komanso chifukwa cha mabanja athu ndi okondedwa ena.
Tingakhale otsimikiza kuti Mulungu amamvetsera mosamalitsa mapemphero athu, ndi kuti Iye amatsogolera zinthu zonse m'dziko lathu.
