"Mtendere ndi umene ndikuchoka nanu; ndi mtendere wanga umene ndikupatsani. Sindipereka monga momwe dziko limachitira. Musadadandaule ndi kukhumudwa; usachite mantha." Yohane 14:27. Yesu anapereka mawu ameneŵa kwa ophunzira Ake mu uthenga Wake wotsazikana, ndi mmene alili otonthoza. Iye sanawapatse mtendere umene dziko limapereka, umene tiyenera kukhala okondwa kwambiri.
Mtendere nthawi zonse umamangidwa ndi chinachake. Mtendere umene dziko limapereka, ndi kwa kanthawi kochepa chabe ndipo ukhoza kutha mwadzidzidzi chifukwa umadalira kwathunthu anthu ena ndi zinthu za padziko lapansi.
Mtendere wamtundu umenewo ulipo pamene zonse zikuyenda bwino, pamene anthu amalankhula bwino za inu ndipo mumalandira chitamando ndi ulemu, pamene muli wathanzi ndipo zinthu zikuyenda bwino m'madera ambiri. Anthu ambiri akumana nazo kuti mtendere umenewu ukhoza kutayika m'kamphindi; komabe, anthu ambiri akufunafuna. Mphindi imodzi chirichonse chingawoneke kukhala chosangalatsa ndi chabwino, ndipo m'mphindi yotsatira chiri chosiyana.
Mtendere umene Yesu amapereka
Mbuye ankadziwa zonsezi, ndipo ndichifukwa chake Iye anabwera ndi kupereka bwino kwambiri kwa ife; Iye anabwera ndi mtendere wa Mulungu, mtendere m'mikhalidwe yonse! Umenewu ndi mtundu wosiyana kotheratu wa mtendere, mtendere wokhazikika ndi wokhazikika wanamangirira kwa anthu kapena dziko lino. Limagwirizanitsidwa mwamphamvu ndi kumwamba.
Mwachibadwa, tonsefe ndife "ana a chipwirikiti", ovutitsa. (Numeri 24:17.) Sitikudziwa njira ya mtendere. (Aroma 3:17.) Choncho, kodi mtendere umenewu tidzaupeza bwanji? Si chinthu chimene timalandira basi. Mtendere umenewu umakhala mbali yaikulu ya moyo wathu kokha pamene timvera malamulo a Mulungu, mawu Ake. "Aliyense wondikonda, adzamvera chiphunzitso changa. Atate wanga adzawakonda, ndipo tidzabwera kwa iwo ndi kupanga nyumba yathu ndi iwo." Yohane 14:23. Sipangakhale china chilichonse kusiyapo mtendere pamene muli ndi Atate ndi Mwana mumtima ndi m'maganizo mwanu. (Chivumbulutso 3:20.)
"O, kuti munamvera malamulo Anga! Pamenepo mtendere wanu ukanakhala ngati mtsinje ndi chilungamo chanu monga mafunde a nyanja." Yesaya 48:18.
"Mtendere waukulu ukhale ndi iwo okonda chilamulo chanu; palibe chimene chingawakhumudwitse." Salimo 119:165.
Mtendere umenewu wadzaza ndi chikhulupiriro ndi mpumulo, ndi chitsimikizo ndi mphamvu. Paulo anali nazo. Anavutika kwambiri, anazunzidwa, kudedwa, kuchititsidwa manyazi, kunyozedwa, kuchitiridwa nkhanza, ndi zina zotero. Iye anabwera m'mikhalidwe yambiri yovuta, koma anali wolimba mtima kwambiri moti analembera Aroma m'chaputala 8:38-39: "Pakuti ndatsimikiza kuti ngakhale imfa, ngakhale moyo, ngakhale angelo, ngakhale ziwanda, ngakhale panopa, ngakhale m'tsogolo, kapena mphamvu iliyonse, ngakhale kutalika, ngakhale kuya, kapena china chilichonse m'chilengedwe chonse, sichidzatha kutilekanitsa ndi chikondi cha Mulungu chimene chili mwa Khristu Yesu Ambuye wathu."
Anadziŵa zimene mavuto ake onse anachititsa. Timapulumutsidwa ndendende mwa kuvutika, osati popanda iwo. M'mikhalidwe yovuta timaphunzira kudzidziŵa ife eni ndi Mulungu, kufooka kwathu kwaumunthu ndi mphamvu ya Mulungu! Munthu akhoza kuganiza kuti ndikanakhala kuti ndilibe mavuto ambiri ndikanakhala ndi mtendere wa mumtima, koma sizikugwira ntchito motero. Cholinga chomaliza ndicho kukhala ndi mpumulo ndi mtendere m'mikhalidwe yonse, m'mikhalidwe yonse yovuta. Umu ndi mmene Mbuye ndi atumwi anakhalira. Aliyense amene akufuna kukhala ndi moyo woopa Mulungu adzakhala ndi zochitika zofanana.
"Ndakuuzani zinthu zimenezi, kuti mwa ine mukhale ndi mtendere. M'dzikoli mudzakhala ndi mavuto. Koma mu mtima! Ndagonjetsa dziko." Yohane 16:33. Izi ndi zosangalatsa! Pokhala atagonjetsa dziko ndi zonse zimene zili mmenemo! Ndi chilakiko chotani nanga! Njira imeneyinso ndi ya ife! (1 Yohane 5:4.)
Kubwera ku mtendere wa Mulungu
Pali zambiri zomwe zimatibweretsera chisokonezo mu chikhalidwe chathu chaumunthu, monga kunyada, "kudziwa bwino", kusaleza mtima, mkwiyo, kukhala opanda chifundo, ndi zina zotero. Timamva zinthu zimenezi zikubwera mwa ife tikalowa m'mikhalidwe yovuta. Timakhala osakhazikika, ndipo chifukwa cha zimenezi tilibe mtendere wa Mulungu m'mikhalidwe yathu. Koma pamene ife, mwa chisomo ndi mphamvu za Mulungu, tilimbana ndi nkhondo yabwino ya chikhulupiriro kufikira titapeza chilakiko pa zinthu zimenezi, padzakhala mtendere pafupi nafe ndi mwa ife. Ganizirani mmene zimakhalira zabwino zimenezi zikachitika m'moyo wathu, m'mikhalidwe imene tikukhalamo.
"Musalole kuti zoipa zakugonjetseni. Gonjetsani choipa mwa kuchita zabwino." Aroma 12:21. Ngati tichita zimenezo, zotsatira zake zidzakhala mtendere, koma ngati tichita zosiyana, monga momwe ambiri tonsefe takumana nazo, zotsatira zake ndi zipolowe - osati pafupi nafe, komanso mkati pathu. Koma awo amene amagonjetsa choipa ndi chabwino, sadzaphunzira kwenikweni kudziŵa bwino njira ya mtendere. Zimenezi n'zazikulu kwambiri. Ukhale mtendere wa Mulungu umene timalakalaka!