Kodi munayamba mwaganizapo, mukabwera m'mikhalidwe yovuta, "N'chifukwa chiyani izi zikuchitika?" Mukhoza kuda nkhawa kapena kuvutika maganizo mosavuta, kapena kudzimvera chisoni. Kodi munayamba mwaganizapo za izo kuti kwenikweni chifukwa Mulungu ali ndi chisamaliro ndi chikondi kwa inu kuti Iye amatumiza zinthu izi kukuyesani – kotero kuti mukhoza kuona tchimo lanu ndi kusinthidwa?
Mayesero ndi mwayi!
Pamafunika ntchito yambiri kuchokera kumbali ya Mulungu kuti tidzione tokha. Mwachibadwa tili odzala ndi kunyada, kutalika, ndipo timangofunafuna kudzikondweretsa tokha. Mulungu amafuna kuti tikhale ofatsa ndi odzichepetsa mtima monga momwe Yesu analili. Sikuti nthawi zonse timaona mmene uchimo wathu umakhudzira anthu amene timakhala nawo tikamanena kapena kuchita zinthu. Ndi chisomo chachikulu chotani nanga chochokera kwa Mulungu kuti Iye amatitsogolera m'mikhalidwe imene tingaione!
Kaŵirikaŵiri Mulungu amatumiza mikhalidwe kapena anthu kukapanga ziyeso zimenezo. N'chifukwa chake nthawi zambiri sitizindikira kuti mayesero amenewa amachokera kwa Mulungu. Ngozi ndi yakuti kenako timayamba kukhulupirira mmene tikumvera. Tikhoza kumva kuchitiridwa nkhanza, kusamvetsetsedwa, miseche kapena kunyalanyazidwa, ndi kukhumudwa kapena ngakhale kuwawa, kuimba mlandu anthu kapena mikhalidwe yathu chifukwa cha "mavuto" athu. (Ahebri 12:15.) Malingaliro athu angakhale amphamvu kwambiri. Satana safuna kuti tione chisomo cha Mulungu pa ife, choncho amalimbikitsa maganizo oipa amenewa.
Mulungu amafuna kuti tikhale mtengo wobala zipatso, kusonyeza zipatso za Mzimu. Tiyenera kuphunzira kuona mayesero monga mwayi wogonjetsa tchimo m'chilengedwe chathu, ndi kusintha kukhala ngati Khristu! Chimenecho ndicho chifuno cha Mulungu pamene Iye atiyesa, mosasamala kanthu za amene kapena zimene Iye amagwiritsira ntchito pochita zimenezo. Musamvere "malangizo" ochokera ku malingaliro anu aumunthu ndi malingaliro, kuti mutaye mwayi umenewu wosintha. M'malo mwake mvetserani Mzimu, amene adzakutsogolerani ku choonadi.
Pezani chitonthozo chanu mwa Mulungu
M'mayesero n'kwachibadwa kwambiri kulankhula ndi ena za iwo, kudziteteza, ndi kufunafuna chitonthozo kwa anthu ena. Koma m'malo mwake tengani Davide monga chitsanzo. Mu Salimo 38 na 39 ŵakalemba kuti ŵabwezi na ŵabali ŵa Davide ŵakamutekana, ndipo ŵakakhumbanga kumupha. Iwo anali kuyembekezera kuti iye alakwitse kuti afike kwa iye. Koma Davide ananena kuti pa zonsezi, anali ngati munthu wogontha amene sanamve, sanalankhule, ndipo sanachitepo kanthu. "Chifukwa anali Inu amene munachita izo," iye anati. (Salimo 39:9.) Iye anaona kuti inali nthaŵi ya kuyesedwa imene inachokera kwa Mulungu, ndipo anapeza chitonthozo chake ndi chiyembekezo mwa Mulungu.
"... chitani chipulumutso chanu ndi mantha ndi kunjenjemera, pakuti ndi Mulungu amene amagwira ntchito mwa inu kufuna ndi kuchita kuti akwaniritse chifuno chake chabwino. Chitani zonse popanda kudandaula kapena kukangana." Afilipi 2:12-14.
Chilimbikitso chimenechi chochokera kwa Paulo n'chofunika chotani nanga! N'kofunika kwambiri kuti tione zimene zili m'chibadwa chathu chaumunthu chochimwa kuti tiyeretsedwe. Timafunikira thandizo kuti tidziwone tokha. Davide anapemphera pa Salmo 13:3: "Yang'anani pa ine ndi kuyankha, Ambuye Mulungu wanga. Perekani kuunika kwa maso anga, apo ayi ndidzagona mu imfa." Kodi kugona kumeneko ndi chiyani? N'zakuti timasangalala ndi mmene tilili, sitimaganizira mozama zinthu, ndipo tilibe chifukwa pa ife eni.
Mulungu amatitumizira "kuwala", Iye amatisonyeza choonadi za ife eni, mmene ife kwenikweni mkati. Ndipo ngati timakonda choonadi, tikhoza kupeza zipatso za Mzimu, zipatso za chilungamo. N'zolungama kuti tidzichepetse pansi pa dzanja lamphamvu la Mulungu. (1 Petro 5:6-7.) Davide analemba kuti Mulungu wakhala wabwino kwa iye, ndi kuti Iye anali wachifundo. Kodi tingaone mayesero athu mofananamo? Davide anali munthu wolabadira mtima wa Mulungu.
Zinthu zonse zimagwira ntchito limodzi kuti zinthu zitiyende bwino, ngati timakonda Mulungu. (Aroma 8:28.) Chedwa kulankhula, ndipo fulumirani kumva kuchokera kwa Mulungu, ndipo mudzalandira chitonthozo chanu kuchokera kwa Mulungu osati anthu. Chitonthozo chimenecho ndi mawu a Mulungu amene abzalidwa mumtima mwanu, amene amatha kupulumutsa moyo wanu. (Yakobo 1:19-21.) Liwu limenelo ndi kudula pakati pa moyo ndi mzimu, pakati pa mfundo ndi mafuta. Limavumbula malingaliro athu amkati ndi zikhumbo zathu. (Ahebri 4:12.) Zimapereka moyo ngati timvera zimene timamva.
Pali njira imene tiyenera kupitiriza kuti tibwere ku moyo wa Khristu, ku zipatso za Mzimu. Choncho, zalembedwa kuti, "Anzanga, musadabwe ndi vuto lowopsya lomwe tsopano limabwera kudzakuyesani. Musaganize kuti chinachake chachilendo chikukuchitikirani. Koma khalani osangalala kuti mukuchita nawo mavuto a Khristu kuti mukhale osangalala komanso odzaza ndi chimwemwe Khristu akadzabweranso mu ulemerero." 1 Petro 4:12-13 . Paulo amatcha mayesero athu ndi mavuto kuwala ndi chabe kwa kamphindi - zomwe zili ngati tiwawona chifukwa cha zomwe zili.
Choncho sitiyenera kudzifunsa kapena kudzifunsa kuti, "N'chifukwa chiyani zimenezi zikundichitikira?"