Mtumwi Paulo ndi mmodzi mwa anthu odziwika kwambiri a Chikhristu. Iye anachezera matchalitchi ambiri m'maiko osiyanasiyana, akumayenda kutali ndi kuyang'anizana ndi ngozi zambiri. Iye akufotokoza mmene anaponyededwa miyala, kumenyedwa, ndipo ngakhale kusweka kwa chombo. (2 Akorinto 11:25.) Anakhala zaka zambiri m'ndende pa milandu yabodza, ndipo pamapeto pake anamwalira ali wofera chikhulupiriro ku Roma.
N'zoonekeratu kuti pa moyo wathu wa tsiku ndi tsiku sitingathe kutsatira Paulo mwa kudutsa zinthu zofanana ndendende ndi zimene anakumana nazo. Chifukwa cha zimenezi, n'zosavuta kumasuka ndipo m'malo mwake kuona anthu ngati Paulo ngati "ngwazi zazikulu" zomwe sitingathe kuzitsatira kwenikweni. Choncho, ndi bwino kwambiri kuwerenga zimene Paulo analemba m'makalata ake. Kodi zinthu zimene zinamuchitikira zinali zinthu zofunika kwambiri pa moyo wake? Kodi Chikristu chake chinali makamaka ponena za mikhalidwe yake yakunja, ndi zinthu zonse zimene anakumana nazo mkati mwa maulendo ake?
Kodi n'chiyani chinali chofunika kwambiri kwa Paulo pa moyo wake?
Pamene Paulo akulembera Akorinto, "Tsatirani chitsanzo changa, pamene ndikutsatira chitsanzo cha Khristu" (1 Akorinto 11:1, NCV), ndi chitsanzo chotani chimene tiyenera kutsatira? Kuti tidziwe yankho la zimenezi, tiyenera kudziwa zimene zinali zofunika kwambiri pa moyo wake. Ndipo chinali chakuti ankakonda kwambiri Yesu Khristu kuposa china chilichonse. Ndicho chifukwa chake anakhala ndi kutumikira. Sichinali cholinga cha Paulo kuti pakhale "ngwazi" zochepa chabe - anthu ochepa apadera omwe ali ndi moyo wapadera komanso utumiki wapadera - pamene aliyense anali chabe "Mkhristu wokhazikika".
Pamene anali m'ndende, analemba kalata kwa Afilipi. Kumeneko anafotokoza, pakati pa zinthu zina, chinthu chofunika kwambiri pa moyo wake chinali chiyani: "Ndikuyembekezera ndikuyembekeza ... kusonyeza ukulu wa Khristu m'moyo wanga." Afilipi 1:20 (NCV). Izi ndi zomwe tingaphunzire kwa iye ndipo apa tikhoza kutsatira chitsanzo chake!
"Ndasiya zina zonse ... zonse ndikufuna ndi Khristu"
"Koma Khristu wandisonyeza kuti zimene poyamba ndinkaganiza kuti n'zamtengo wapatali n'zopanda pake. ... Ndasiya zina zonse ndikuziwerengera zonse ngati zinyalala. Zonse chimene ndikufuna ndi Khristu." Afilipi 3:7-8 (CEV). "Sindinakwaniritsebe cholinga changa, ndipo sindili wangwiro. Koma Khristu wandigwira. Choncho ndimapitirizabe kuthamanga ndipo ndimavutika kuti ndigwire mphotoyo." Afilipi 3:12 (CEV). Umu ndi mmene Mkristu aliyense ayenera kutsatira Paulo.
"Nthawi zonse khalani odzaza ndi chimwemwe mwa Ambuye. Ndikunenanso—kondwerani! Musadandaule ndi chilichonse; m'malo mwake, pempherani za chirichonse. Muuzeni Mulungu zimene mukufuna, ndipo muthokoze chifukwa cha zonse zimene wachita. Mukatero mudzakhala ndi mtendere wa Mulungu, umene umaposa chilichonse chimene tingamvetse. Mtendere wake udzasunga mitima ndi maganizo anu pamene mukukhala mwa Khristu Yesu." Afilipi 4:4, 6-7 (NLT). Kodi ichi sichiri chitsanzo choyenera kutsatira?
"Ndaphunzira kukhala wokhutira mosasamala kanthu za mikhalidwe." Afilipi 4:11 (NIV). Zimenezo zinalembedwa ndi munthu wokhala m'ndende. Kodi sitingatsatire Paulo m'zimenezi kotero kuti tiphunzire chinthu chimodzimodzicho m'mikhalidwe yathu?
Kusirira kapena kutsatira?
M'masewera timaona kuti n'zosavuta kwambiri kukhala pambali ndi kusirira anthu amene aphunzitsa mwakhama ndipo apereka nsembe zonse chifukwa cha masewera awo. Koma si tanthauzo la Chikhristu konse lomwe timasirira oyera mtima ochepa omwe timawaona ngati "ngwazi". Mtumwi Paulo wafotokoza momveka bwino zimenezi. Chikhristu ndi kukonda Yesu Khristu ndi mtima wanu wonse. Chikristu chimatanthauza kuti timatsatira Yesu, kukhala mogwirizana ndi Mawu Ake, ndi kutsatira amuna ndi akazi oyera a Mulungu amene anakhalako ife tisanafike. Iyenera kudzaza malingaliro athu onse, mawu, ndi zochita - tsiku lililonse, kulikonse kumene tili.
Ndiyeno sitimangosirira Paulo, koma timamuona ngati chitsanzo chimene tingatsatire.