Kusintha kwakukulu
Baibulo limasonyeza momveka bwino kuti kuyeretsedwa n’kofunika kwambiri pa kukula ndi kupita patsogolo kwa Mkhristu. Mulungu akufuna kuti titenge nawo mbali pa kuyeretsedwa, monga mmene timawerengera pa 2 Atesalonika 2:13-14: “… Pakuti Mulungu anakusankhani pachiyambi pomwe kuti mupulumuke chifukwa cha ntchito yoyeretsa ya Mzimu ndi chikhulupiriro chanu m'choonadi. Iye anakuitanirani zimenezi kudzera mwa uthenga wathu wabwino, kuti mulandire nawo ulemerero wa Ambuye athu Yesu Khristu.” Ndipo pa Ahebri 12:14 timaŵerenga kuti: “Yesetsani kukhala pa mtendere ndi anthu onse ndi kukhala oyera mtima, pakuti popanda chiyero palibe ndi mmodzi yemwe adzaona Ambuye.”
Koma kodi kuyeretsedwa n’chiyani kwenikweni?
Kuyeretsedwa ndi mawu ena otanthauza “kukhala woyera,” ndipo sitikhala oyera nthawi yomweyo. Pali zambiri zimene ziyenera kuchitika kuti tisinthe kuchoka pa mmene tilili mwachibadwa n’kukhala oyera monga mmene Iye alili woyera (1 Petro 1:15-16). Pakufunika kusintha kwakukulu, ndipo iyi ndi njira imene imatenga moyo wonse. Njirayi imatchedwa kuyeretsedwa.
Kugonjetsa uchimo wochitidwa mwadala
Moyo wathu wachikhristu umayamba tikakhala pa mtendere ndi Mulungu. Ngati tilapadi machimo amene tinachita m’mbuyomu, Mulungu amatikhululukira chifukwa cha Yesu. Ichi ndi chinthu chodabwitsa, koma posachedwa tidzazindikira kuti tikadali kuyesedwa kuti tichimwe komanso kuti tiyenera kulimbana kuti tigonjetse uchimowo. Mwa mphamvu ya Mzimu Woyera komanso pokhala okhulupirika pankhondoyi, tingafike pa moyo umene timagonjetsa machimo onse amene timadziwa kuti ndi oipa—maganizo ndi zochita zimene timadziwa kuti n’zolakwika.
Timawerenga mu Aroma 6:22 kuti: “Koma tsopano pakuti inu mwamasulidwa ku tchimo ndipo mwasanduka akapolo a Mulungu, phindu lomwe mulipeza ndi kuyera mtima ndipo chotsatira chake ndi moyo wosatha.” Tikhoza kumasulidwa ku uchimo; tingaleke kuchimwa!
Kugonjetsa uchimo umene sitikuzindikira
Koma pamene tikudzipereka kutumikira Mulungu, timazindikira chinthu chinanso! Ngakhale kuti tamasulidwa ku uchimo—ndipo sitichimwanso mwadala—uchimo udakalipo m’thupi lathu, monga momwe mtumwi Yohane akunenera momveka bwino pa 1 Yohane 1:8, “Tikanena kuti tilibe uchimo, timadzinyenga tokha, ndipo mwa ife mulibe choonadi.” Umunthu wathu uli wodzala ndi chizolowezi chochita uchimo, ndipo sitidziwa za machimo amenewa mpaka titazindikira mwadzidzidzi kuti tikukopeka kuchita uchimo kapena Mzimu wa Mulungu atatiwonetsa. Pali kusiyana kwakukulu pakati pa kuchita uchimo mwadala ndi kukhala ndi uchimo m’thupi lathu.
Zipatso zimamera kuchokera ku mbewu. Ndipo kuti “chipatso cha chiyero” chikule, tiyenera “kubzala” moyo wathu—chifuniro chathu. “Zoonadi, Ine ndikukuuzani kuti: Mbewu ya tirigu imakhala imodzi yokha ngati sikugwa mnthaka ndi kufa. Koma ngati ifa, imabereka mbeu zambiri.” Yohane 12:24. Mtumwi Paulo akunena ku Agalatiya 2:20 kuti: “Ndinapachikidwa pa mtanda pamodzi ndi Khristu, kotero kuti sindinenso amene ndili ndi moyo, koma ndi Khristu amene ali ndi moyo mwa ine. Moyo umene ndili nawo tsopano m’thupi lino, ndimakhala nawo mwa chikhulupiriro mwa Mwana wa Mulungu, amene anandikonda nadzipereka yekha chifukwa cha ine.” Kodi timadana ndi “ine” wathu—moyo wathu, chifuniro chathu? Ngati ndi choncho, ndiye kuti ndife okonzeka kuubzala kuti ufe, ndipo moyo watsopano ukule.
Choncho, kugonjetsa uchimo kumaphatikizapo kugonjetsa zilakolako zauchimo za m’chibadwa chathu cha umunthu zimene zimaonekera tikamayesedwa. Koma kuyeretsedwa kwa wophunzira sikuthera pamenepo.
Nthawi zina timanena kapena kuchita zinazake ndi zolinga zabwino kwambiri, koma pambuyo pake Mzimu amatisonyeza kuti zinali zolakwika. Izi zimachitika chifukwa cha “uchimo umene umatikangamira kwambiri,” monga mmene timawerengera mu Ahebri 12:1. Tiyeneranso kuvomereza uchimo umenewu ndi kuuwerengera kuti wafa — ndiyenera kuuweruza ndi kuukana mozindikira — kuti “chipatso chotsogolera ku chiyero” chikule.
Werenganinso: Ndiyenera kuchita chiyani ndikachita chinthu choipa mosadziwa?
Uchimo umene “umatsatira”
Zalembedwa mu Masalimo 119:105, “*Mawu anu ndi nyale ya kumapazi kwanga ndi kuwunika kwa panjira yanga.*” Tikayang’ana m’kuunika kwa Mawu a Mulungu, ndiponso kudzera mu ntchito ya Mzimu Woyera, timaona uchimo wa m’chibadwa chathu umene unkatsagana ndi zabwino zimene tinkafuna kuchita. Kamvekedwe kankhanza, mawu opanda chifundo, kapena ndemanga yosaganiziridwa bwino zinatuluka m’kamwa mwathu nthawi imene tinkafuna kusonyeza kukoma mtima kapena kuthandiza munthu. Tinkachita zimene tinkadana nazo (Aroma 7:15), koma sitinkazindikira zimenezi mpaka zitachitika. Izi ndi zimene Paulo amazitcha “ntchito za thupi” mu Aroma 8:13.
“Koma tikamayenda m’kuunika, monga Iye ali m’kuunika, pamenepo timayanjana wina ndi mnzake, ndipo magazi a Yesu, Mwana wake, amatitsuka ndi kutichotsera tchimo lililonse.” 1 Yohane 1:7. Tikamayenda m’kuunika, timavomereza chiweruzo cha Mulungu pa uchimo wathu ndipo timamvera mwa kupha zimene Mulungu amationetsa, ndipo pang’onopang’ono uchimo umatsukidwa ndi kuchotsedwa. (Aroma 8:13.) Kenako chipatso cha Mzimu Woyera chikhoza kukula kuti tisinthe ndi kukhala ofanana kwambiri ndi Khristu! Ichi ndi chiyembekezo chodabwitsa ndiponso chenicheni kwa Mkhristu aliyense amene akulakalaka kusintha.
Werenganinso: Tikhoza kusinthidwa kwathunthu!
Chilengedwe chatsopano: Chipatso cha Mzimu
Umunthu wathu, limodzi ndi zizolowezi zake zonse zoipa, uli kutali kwambiri ndi umulungu! Koma chiyembekezo chimene uthenga wabwino umatipatsa n’chomveka bwino: “Mulungu mwa mphamvu zake anatipatsa zonse zofunika kukhala moyo opembedza, potidziwitsa za Iyeyo amene anatiyitana ku ulemerero wake ndi ubwino wake. Mwa ulemerero ndi ubwino wakewo, anatipatsa malonjezo opambana kwambiri ndi a mtengowapatali. Amenewa ndi malonjezo amene amakuthandizani kulandira nawo moyo wa Mulungu, mutapulumuka ku chiwonongeko chimene chili m’dziko lapansi chifukwa cha zilakolako zoipa.” 2 Petro 1:3-4.
Mulungu amafunitsitsa kutithandiza kupita patsogolo pa njira iyi ya kuyeretsedwa. Gawo lathu ndi kufuna kuyeretsedwa, kuvomereza kuti tikufuna, ndiponso kukhala omvera Mawu a Mulungu ndi Mzimu Woyera, pokhulupirira kuti: “...Iye amene anayamba ntchito yabwino mwa inu adzapitiriza ndi kuyimaliza mpaka pa tsiku lakubweranso kwa Khristu Yesu.” Afilipi 1:6