Tonsefe timabadwa ndi uchimo mu chikhalidwe chathu chaumunthu - matembenuzidwe ena a Baibulo amatcha izi "tchimo m'thupi". Tchimo la m'chilengedwe chathu limatipangitsa kufuna kuchita chifuniro chathu m'malo mwa chifuniro cha Milungu. Tikuwona izi nthawi iliyonse yomwe timayesedwa ndi zilakolako ndi zokhumba zomwe zimakhala mu chikhalidwe chathu chaumunthu, monga kunyada, nsanje, kukayikira, mkwiyo, ndi zina zotero (Yakobo 1:14.)
Koma ndikapanda kugonja pa chiyesocho, ndiye kuti sindichimwa. Ndipo apa ndi pamene pali nkhondo yolimbana ndi uchimo! Nditaona kuti chinachake mwa ine chikufuna kuchimwa, koma sindinagwirizanebe ndi chiyesocho ndi kuchipereka, sindinachitebe tchimolo, ndipo uwu ndi mwayi wanga wopambana pa uchimo! Tingakhumbika kuja ndi chivwanu, kweni tikwenera kuvwiya marangu ngaku Chiuta kuti tisuzgika marangu ngaku Chiuta.
Werengani zambiri - Zomwe muyenera kudziwa za mayesero
Cholinga chathu ndi kukhala ngati Khristu (Aroma 8:29) ndi kukhala naye kwamuyaya. Koma kuti tichite zimenezi, tiyenera kumenya nkhondo yamkati imeneyi yolimbana ndi uchimo. Tiyenera kusiya zonse zimene Mulungu amatisonyeza, chilichonse chimene chingatseke njira yathu yopita ku cholinga ichi: kunyada kwathu, kudzisankhira kwathu, kudzikonda, malingaliro athu ochimwa. Zonsezi ziyenera kuperekedwa kuti tikhale ndi moyo monga mmene Mulungu amafunira kuti tikhale ndi moyo.
Kulakalaka kotheratu kupulumutsidwa ku uchimo
Chifukwa chakuti zilakolako ndi zikhumbo zauchimo m'chilengedwe chathu zimafuna chinachake chosiyana ndi chifuniro cha Mulungu, kunena kuti "kayi" kwa iwo kudzakhala kopweteka. Mu 1 Petro 4:1 izi zikufotokozedwa ngati "kuvutika m'thupi", zomwe ndi chinthu chomwe mudzamva m'njira yeniyeni kwambiri, chifukwa muyenera kunena kuti "kayi" ku chinachake chomwe chimamva kukhala mbali ya amene muli ndi zomwe mukufuna.
Kuti tikhale okhulupirika, tiyenera kupanga chosankha cholimba cha kusagonja ku uchimo. Tiyenera kuvomereza kuti palibe chabwino chimene chimachokera ku chibadwa chathu chaumunthu. (Aroma 7:18.) Tiyenera kuona mmene tilili ofooka monga munthu wachibadwa, mmene tilili opanda mphamvu polimbana ndi uchimo, ndipo tifunikira kufika pamene timavomereza modzichepetsa kuti popanda Mulungu sitingachite kanthu. Pamene muli pa mfundo imeneyo, mudzamvetsa chifukwa chake zalembedwa za Yesu kuti Iye anapemphera mpaka thukuta Lake linabwera ngati madontho aakulu a magazi. (Luka 22:41-44.)
"Mulungu anali ndi mphamvu yopulumutsa Yesu ku imfa. Ndipo pamene Yesu anali padziko lapansi, anapempha Mulungu ndi kulira kwakukulu ndi misozi kuti amupulumutse. Iye ankalambiradi Mulungu, ndipo Mulungu ankamvetsera mapemphero ake. Yesu ndi Mwana wa Mulungu mwiniyo, komabe anafunika kuvutika asanaphunzire tanthauzo la kumvera Mulungu." Ahebri 5:7-8 (CEV).
Yesu anali Mwana wa Mulungu, koma monga munthu Iye anafunikirabe kupemphera ndi kulira kwakukulu ndi misozi kwa Mulungu kuti alandire mphamvu imene Iye anafunikira m'nkhondo yolimbana ndi chifuniro Chake, chimenecho chinafuna kanthu kena koposa chifuniro cha Mulungu. Umu ndi mmene ziyenera kukhalira zoopsa kwa ife. Tiyenera kukhala ndi mtima wofunitsitsa kupulumutsidwa ku tchimo limene limatigwira mosavuta. (Ahebri 12:1.) Tidzafunikanso kufuula kwa Mulungu kuti apulumutsidwe ku uchimo. Mofanana ndi Yesu, tiyenera kupemphera kuti tikhale ofunitsitsa kuvutika m'malo mogonja ku uchimo. (Yakobo 1:12; 1 Petro 4:1-2.)
Mphamvu ya Mzimu Woyera yolimbana ndi uchimo
"Uchimo uli pakhomo, ndipo chilakolako chake chili kwa inu, koma muyenera kuchilamulira!" —Genesis 4:7. Ngati simukunena kuti "kayi" mu mphindi yoyamba pamene mukuyesedwa m'maganizo mwanu, tchimo limakugwirani, ndiyeno limakula ndikukhala lingaliro lina, ndi lingaliro lina. Pamapeto pake, imakhala njira yoganizira. Ngati zimenezi zichitika, ndiye kuti uchimo wakugonjetsani, m'malo molamulira. Musapereke tchimo lililonse! Kanizani kufikira chikhumbo cha uchimo chitapita, mosasamala kanthu za utali umene umatenga. Ndipo kenako mudzakhala omasuka!
Werenganinso:Kodi mukugwira "nkhandwe zazing'ono?"
Yesu asanachoke padziko lapansi, Iye analonjeza ophunzira Ake kuti Iye adzawatumizira Mthandizi, Mzimu Woyera. Monga ophunzira, tingapemphere tsiku lililonse kuti tidzaze ndi Mzimu Woyera. IziMzimu Woyeraamatipatsa mphamvu yochirimika polimbana ndi uchimo ndi kuti tisataye mtima, mosasamala kanthu za utali umene chiyesocho chikupitirira (Machitidwe 1:8) - kunena moleza mtima "kayi" ku mayesero omwe amadzuka mkati panu popanda kugonjera konse.
Imeneyi ndi mphamvu imene Mzimu Woyera yekha ndi amene angatipatse. Si chinthu chimene tili nacho mwa ife eni. Ife monga anthu ndife ofooka, timasiya mosavuta. N'chifukwa chake tiyenera kukhala odzichepetsa, kuvomereza kuti ndife ofooka, ndi kupita kwa Mulungu kukapeza thandizo. (Ahebri 4:16.)
Pamene tigonjetsa kwambiri m'chiyeso, chiyembekezo chochuluka chimene timapeza mtsogolo. Ngakhale kuti timabadwa ndi chikhoterero chachibadwa cha mitundu yonse ya uchimo, sitiyenera kufa nawo! Mulungu angatisinthe, kutipangitsa kukhala atsopano. (2 Akorinto 5:17.) Tsogolo limakhala losangalatsa komanso lodzala ndi zotheka zodabwitsa pamene mukudziwa kuti simukusowa kuchitapo kanthu mogwirizana ndi tchimo mu chikhalidwe chanu, koma kuti mutha kuchitapo kanthu m'njira yatsopano, yaumulungu! (Aroma 6:4.) Tchimo ali anataya mphamvu! Mulungu atamandidwe!