"Mumakolola zimene mwafesa" ndi mwambi wodziwika bwino, koma unalembedwanso m'Baibulo.
Mulungu anauza anthu a ku Isiraeli kuti: "Lero ndikukupatsani kusankha njira ziwiri. Mukhoza kusankha moyo kapena imfa. Chisankha choyamba chidzabweretsa dalitso. Chisankha china chidzabweretsa temberero. Choncho sankhani moyo! Pamenepo inu ndi ana anu mudzakhala ndi moyo." Deuteronomo 30:19.
Moyo uli ndi zosankha zambiri. Zalembedwa mu Miyambo kuti "tcherani khutu ku njira yomwe mwasankha kutsatira ... ndi kusiya zoipa." Miyambo 4:26-27. Tiyenera kuganizira zosankha zathu komanso zotsatira za zosankha zathu. Iwo angatsogolere ku chiwonongeko, kapena ku moyo wosatha.
"Musapusitsidwe, Mulungu sangathe kuchitiridwa mwachipongwe: chilichonse chimene mwafesa, ndicho chimene mumakolola. Ngati mufesa mogwirizana ndi chikhalidwe chanu chaumunthu chochimwa, kuchokera ku chikhalidwe chimenecho mudzakolola kudziwononga. Koma mukafesa monga mwa Mzimu, kuchokera mwa Mzimu mudzakolola moyo wosatha." Agalatiya 6:7-8.
Mukayesedwa, muyenera kusankha
Chilichonse m'moyo chimapita ndendende monga momwe chalembedwera m'Mawu a Mulungu. Palibe zosiyana. Limeneli ndi lamulo la moyo limene limagwira ntchito kwa aliyense, kaya amakhulupirira Mulungu kapena ayi. Mudzakolola zimene mwafesa. Ziphuphu zonse zimene zili m'dzikoli zimachokera ku zilakolako zathu zauchimo. (2 Petro 1:4.) Yakobo akufunsa kuti, "N'chifukwa chiyani mukulimbana ndi kukangana? Kodi si chifukwa chakuti mwadzala ndi zilakolako zadyera zimene zimamenyera nkhondo kulamulira thupi lanu?" Yakobo 4:1.
Uchimo wonse umayamba m'moyo wathu woganiza. Pamene chiyeso chibwera monga lingaliro ndipo ndikugwirizana nacho, chimatsogolera ku uchimo: ndipo pamene uchimo wakula (pamene uchimo ukuchitidwa) umatsogolera ku imfa. (Yakobo 1:14-15.) Imfa imeneyi ndi imfa yauzimu, yomwe ndi chifukwa cha uchimo. Apa ndi pamene chikumbumtima cha munthu chimakhala cholimba ndipo munthu sangaone kusiyana pakati pa zabwino ndi zoipa. Munthu amakhala mu uchimo.
Zalembedwa kuti Mose anakana kusangalala ndi uchimo. (Ahebri 11:25.) "Chimwemwe" cha uchimo chimakhala kwa kanthawi kochepa chabe, ndipo chimene anthu saganiza n'chakuti pambuyo pa "chisangalalo" cha uchimo, chiwonongeko chidzatsatira. Chiwonongeko chimenechi chingakhale mavuto mu ukwati wawo ndi chisudzulo. Zingakhale zovuta zachuma. Ikhoza kukhala m'moyo wa munthu woganiza ndi zithunzi za khalidwe lakale lauchimo. Munthu akhoza kudzazidwa ndi malingaliro a chisoni, nkhawa, kukayikira, kusayamika, kuwawidwa mtima, kusakhutira ndi mitundu yonse ya kukumbukira zoipa. Koma Yesu angatimasule ku zonsezi! (Yohane 8:34-36.)
Mawu a Mulungu ndiwo yankho
Tiyenera kukolola zimene tafesa. Ngati nthawi zonse sitinasankhe chinthu choyenera, ndiye kuti padzakhala kukolola kwa malingaliro oipa omwe amabwera m'maganizo mwathu. Koma tingawagonjetse mwa kuyamba nkhondo yolimbana ndi malingaliro oipa ameneŵa mmodzi ndi mmodzi. Tiyenera kutenga lingaliro lirilonse ndi kuliyerekezera ndi zimene Mawu a Mulungu amanena ponena za icho. Ndipo pamene sizili mogwirizana ndi Mawu a Mulungu, tiyenera kumvera Mawu a Mulungu ndi kunena kuti 'kayi' ku malingaliro oipa ameneŵa. (2 Akorinto 10:3-5.) Paulo analemba mwachitsanzo mogwirizana ndi nkhaŵa kuti atenge nthaŵi ndi kulingalira za chirichonse chimene chiri chowona, cholemekezeka, chabwino, choyera, chokongola, ndi cholemekezeka. (Afilipi 4:8.) Ndiyeno m'kupita kwa nthaŵi malingaliro oipa ameneŵa adzatha.
Zalembedwa za kunyengedwa ndi uchimo ndi kukhala wolimba mtima. (Ahebri 3:13.) Uchimo ungatinyenge. Satana angachititse chinthu kuoneka chokongola kwambiri. Ingoyang'anani mozungulira ndipo mudzawona zotsatira za chinyengo chotere. Mudzaona zotsatira za uchimo.
Sankhani moyo!
Bwanji osasankha moyo ndi kupeŵa kuvutika ndi chisoni chosafunikira chonsechi? Bwanji osafesa monga mwa Mzimu ndi kututa moyo wosatha! Paulo analemba mu Aroma kuti ngati maganizo athu akulamulidwa ndi Mzimu, tidzakhala ndi moyo ndi mtendere. (Aroma 8:6.) Ngati tiyenda mu Mzimu, sitidzachita zimene chibadwa chathu chaumunthu chochimwa chimafuna. (Agalatiya 5:16-17.)
Pali nkhondo m'moyo wathu woganiza. Mzimu umafuna zosiyana ndi zomwe chikhalidwe chathu chaumunthu chikufuna ndipo chikhalidwe chathu chaumunthu chimafuna zosiyana ndi zomwe Mzimu akufuna. Iwo amatsutsana wina ndi mnzake. Koma mwa mphamvu ya Mzimu wosatha, tingagonjetse zikhumbo zimenezo za chibadwa chathu chaumunthu chochimwa! Paulo analemba kuti ngati tigonja ku ntchito za chibadwa chathu chaumunthu chochimwa, sitidzaloŵa ufumu wa Mulungu. Ufumu umenewo uli ndi chilungamo ndi mtendere ndi chimwemwe mwa Mzimu Woyera, zomwe ndi zipatso za moyo umene timagonjetsa uchimo.
Paulo anatchulanso zipatso za Mzimu. "... chikondi, chimwemwe, mtendere, kuleza mtima, kukoma mtima, ubwino, kukhulupirika, kufatsa, kudziletsa ..." Agalatiya 5:22-23. Ndipo anauza Timoteyo kuti athawa zinthu za m'dzikoli n'kulimbana ndi nkhondo ya chikhulupiriro n'kupambana moyo wosatha. (1 Timoteyo 6:11-12.) Yesu nayenso anamenya nkhondo imeneyi. Anaphunzira kumvera kuchokera ku zomwe Iye anavutika nazo pa nkhondoyi, ndipo zotsatira zake zinali zakuti Iye anapangidwa kukhala wangwiro. (Ahebri 5:8-9.) Kukhuta konse kwa Mulungu kunabwera kudzakhala mu mzimu Wake. Ndipo tsopano tikhoza kumutsatira Iye pa njira yomweyi. Ndi nkhondo yoyenera kumenyana. Choncho, m'mikhalidwe yanu ya tsiku ndi tsiku, sankhani moyo! Simudzapepesa.