Mulungu akufuna kutiyandikizitsa kwa Iyemwini
Tonsefe tili ndi malire m'miyoyo yathu. Malire ndiwo mikhalidwe yathu, kumene timakhala, thanzi lathu, ndalama zathu, ndi zina zotero. Malire kapena mikhalidwe imeneyi ingasinthe m'moyo wathu. Nthaŵi zina tingawasinthe tokha ndipo nthaŵi zina mikhalidwe imene sitingathe kuilamulira ingawasinthe. Tikhoza kuwononga gawo lalikulu la miyoyo yathu tikukhumba kuti malire athu akhale osiyana - pamene kwenikweni ndizofunikira kwambiri momwe timakhalira mkati mwathu.
Paulo anati mu Machitidwe 17:26-27: "Kuchokera kwa munthu mmodzi analenga mitundu yonse padziko lonse lapansi. Iye anasankha pasadakhale nthaŵi imene ayenera kuwuka ndi kugwa, ndipo anatsimikiza malire awo. Cholinga chake chinali chakuti anthu a mitundu ina afunefune Mulungu ndipo mwina amve njira yawo kwa iye ndi kumupeza—ngakhale kuti sali kutali ndi aliyense wa ife." Choncho pamapeto pake, ndi Mulungu amene akulamulira malire m'miyoyo yathu ndipo cholinga Chake pochita zimenezi ndicho kutikokera pafupi ndi Iyemwini.
Zimene Yobu anaphunzira pamene malire ake anasintha
Malire a Yobu (mikhalidwe) anasintha kwambiri m'moyo wake. Ndi chilolezo cha Mulungu, Satana anawononga katundu yense wa Yobu ndi kupha ana ake 10 tsiku limodzi. (Onani Yobu 1.) Chodabwitsa nchakuti, ichi chinali yankho la Yobu: "Pamene Yobu anamva ichi, ananyamuka ndi kung'amba mkanjo wake ndi kumeta mutu wake kusonyeza mmene analire wachisoni. Kenako anagwada pansi kuti alambire Mulungu. Iye anati: 'Ndinali wamaliseche pamene ndinabadwa, ndipo ndidzakhala wamaliseche ndikadzafa. Yehova wakanipa vinthu ivi, ndipo waŵatora. Tamandani dzina la Ambuye.' M'zonsezi Yobu sanachimwe kapena kuimba mlandu Mulungu." Yobu 1:20-22.
Ndiyeno malire a Yobu anakhala ochepa kwambiri pamene Mulungu anapatsa Satana chilolezo cha kukhudza thupi lake: "Satana ... zinachititsa kuti zilonda zopweteka ziphulike thupi lonse la Yobu-kuyambira kumutu mpaka ku chala." Yobu 2:7.
Mkazi wa Yobu ndi mabwenzi ake anali otsimikiza kuti Yobu sanakondweretse Ambuye, koma Yobu anamvetsetsa kudzisunga yekha pafupi kwambiri ndi Mulungu m'nthaŵi ino, kotero kuti pambuyo pake iye anatha kunena kuti: "Ndinamva za inu kwa ena; tsopano ndakuonani ndi maso anga. N'chifukwa chake ndimadana ndekha n'kukhala pano m'fumbi ndi phulusa kuti ndionetse chisoni changa." Yobu 42:5-6. Iye anagwiritsa ntchito kusintha kumeneku m'malire ake kuti akhale pa ubwenzi wolimba kwambiri ndi Mulungu.
Ubwenzi wozama nthawi zonse ndi Mulungu
Kusankha kumeneku kudzisunga okha ngakhale pafupi ndi Mulungu m'mayesero a moyo, ndipo m'malire osinthidwa mayesero awa angabweretse, ndi chinthu chomwe ngwazi za chikhulupiriro monga Nowa, Abrahamu, Mose etc zachita m'mibadwo yonse. (Ŵazgani Ŵahebere 11.) Iwo anavomereza mosangalala kusintha kumeneku kumene kaŵirikaŵiri kosasangalatsa kotero kuti anakumana ndi "... kuti Iye amapereka mphoto kwa anthu amene amamufunafuna ndi mtima wonse." Ahebri 11:6.
Paulo analembanso mmene anaphunzira kutenga mikhalidwe yoteroyo m'moyo wake: "Ndidziŵa kukhala ndi moyo pamene ndili wosauka, ndipo ndidziŵa kukhala ndi moyo pamene ndili ndi zochuluka. Ndaphunzira chinsinsi chokhala wosangalala nthawi iliyonse pa chilichonse chomwe chimachitika, pamene ndili ndi chakudya chokwanira komanso pamene ndili ndi njala, pamene ndili ndi zambiri kuposa zomwe ndikufunikira komanso pamene ndilibe zokwanira. Ndikhoza kuchita zinthu zonse kudzera mwa Khristu, chifukwa Iye amandipatsa mphamvu." Afilipi 4:12-13.
Tikayang'ana malire athu ndi mikhalidwe yathu m'njira imeneyi, tidzakumana ndi zimene Yesu ananena kuti: "Ndipo uwu ndi moyo wosatha: kuti anthu adziwe inu, Mulungu yekha woona, ndi kuti amadziwa Yesu Khristu, amene munamutuma." Yohane 17:3. Moyo umakhala wosangalatsa pamene tikukhala moyo wathu pamodzi ndi Mulungu, yemwe amagwiritsa ntchito zonse zomwe timadutsa kuti atibweretse mu ubale wozama nthawi zonse ndi Iye ndi Mwana Wake, zomwe zimatipangitsa kuti tikhale ngati Yesu. (Aroma 8:28-29.)
Sitidzatayanso nthaŵi poyembekezera kusintha kwa nkhani za padziko lapansi zimene sizingabweretse chikhutiro chenicheni, koma m'malo mwake tidzakumana ndi moyo wakumwamba umene umatanthauzanso kuyanjana kwenikweni ndi ena amene ali ndi chonulirapo chofananacho.