Ngati ndikukhala monga momwe Mawu a Mulungu amanenera, amalonjeza kuti ndikhoza kupeza zipatso zambiri za Mzimu monga chikondi, ubwino, kukoma mtima, kuleza mtima etc., ndikusintha kukhala munthu yemwe amakondweretsa bwino Mulungu. Izi n'zimene zimapangitsa moyo wachikristu kukhala wapadera kwambiri!
Mwachitsanzo, ndikufuna kukhala wachikondi kwambiri, kuti ndizikonda aliyense popanda kukhala ndi zofuna zilizonse kwa iwo. Ndikufuna kukhala ndi chikondi chaumulungu chomwe sichikhala chachikulu kapena chochepa chifukwa cha momwe munthu alili kapena momwe amachitira.
Mavuto athu ang'onoang'ono
"Choncho sitigonja. Thupi lathu lakuthupi likukula ndi kufooka, koma mzimu wathu mkati mwathu umapangidwa kukhala watsopano tsiku lililonse. Tili ndi mavuto ang'onoang'ono kwa kanthawi tsopano, koma akutithandiza kupeza ulemerero wosatha umene uli waukulu kwambiri kuposa mavuto." 2 Akorinto 4:16-17 (NCV).
Mavuto anga ang'onoang'ono - nyengo zomwe ndimadutsa tsiku lililonse - zimandibweretsera "ulemerero wosatha". Ndi pamene ndimapitiriza kunena kuti Ayi ku chifuniro changa m'mikhalidwe yamtunduwu kuti zinthu zodabwitsa zimachitika. Ndi pamene chinachake chatsopano chinalengedwa mwa ine, chomwe sichinalipo kale! Umu ndi momwe ndimapezera zambiri za chipatso cha Mzimu, zambiri za moyo wa Khristu. Umu ndi mmene ndimapezera chikondi chaumulungu chimene ndimalakalaka.
Mwa kunena kuti Ayi ku chifuniro changa pamene chikutsutsana ndi chifuniro cha Mulungu, ndimasintha pang'onopang'ono koma motsimikiza kuchokera kwa munthu wodzikonda, wochimwa ndi wonyada kupita kwa munthu yemwe, sitepe ndi sitepe, kuyesedwa ndi mayesero, akukhala chinthu chatsopano - kumene chikhalidwe changa chikukhala chaumulungu kwambiri, monga momwe akulonjezera mu 2 Petro 1:4.
Kumenya nkhondo yolimbana ndi uchimo
Koma kusankha kukhala ndi moyo umenewu si njira yosavuta yoloŵa kumwamba. Ndi nkhondo! Nthawi zina zimakhala zovuta kukhala womvera komanso kusalolanso kuti zilakolako zanga zauchimo zikhale ndi moyo. Ndikachita zimene ndikufuna ndekha, m'malo mondichitira chifuniro cha Mulungu, Mulungu sangachite chilichonse mwa ine kapena kudzera mwa ine.
Nthawi zina zimakhala zovuta kulola Mulungu kuchita "ntchito" imeneyi mwa ine, chifukwa ndimayesedwa ndi chinachake chomwe chikhalidwe changa chochimwa chimafuna - zokhumba zanga ndi zilakolako. Koma ndikunena kuti Ayi ku "zilakolako" zimenezi zomwe zimabwera ndi kudziwa kuti Mulungu adzandithandiza kugonjetsa ngati sindigonja. Malinga ngati ndipitiriza kunena kuti Ayi, sindinachimwe ndipo Satana alibe mphamvu pa ine!
Ndimadzuka m'mawa ndikuganiza kuti, "Lero sindidzalola nsanje kapena kudandaula kapena mkwiyo kapena zipolowe kulowa mumtima mwanga." Ndimayamba tsiku langa ndi chikhulupiriro chakuti mawu a Mulungu ndi oona, ndiponso kuti tchimo mwa ine silidzaloledwa kukhala ndi moyo. Moyo wa Khristu ndi zipatso za Mzimu zidzasonyeza mwa ine! "Kudzikonda kwanga kwakale kwapachikidwa ndi Khristu. Si ine amene ndimakhala, koma Khristu amakhala mwa ine. Chotero ndimakhala m'thupi la padziko lapansi limeneli mwa kukhulupirira Mwana wa Mulungu." Agalatiya 2:20 (NLT).
Ndikusintha
Sindingathe kuona nthawi zonse pamene ndikusintha. Mu mphindi nthawi zina zimakhala zovuta kuona ndendende zomwe zasintha, koma ndimapita sitepe ndi sitepe, ndi chikhulupiriro kuti ndikusinthidwa . Mwadzidzidzi, ndikuona kuti ndingakonde kumene sindinkakonda kale. Kapena, ndikuwona kuti ndine woleza mtima kumene ndinali wosaleza mtima ndi wokhumudwa kale. Sindikhumudwanso mosavuta, kumene kale, pa ndemanga yaing'ono kwambiri ndinkakhumudwa ndi kukwiya.
Tsiku lina machimo awa omwe ali mbali yaikulu kwambiri ya amene ndili monga munthu, adzakhala akufa chifukwa sindimawapatsa chakudya - sindikuvomereza mwadala. Chinthu chimene sichipeza chakudya sichingakhale ndi moyo kwa nthaŵi yaitali!
Zimathandizadi!
Ndikukumbukira kuti mnzanga wina wabwino ananena nthawi ina kuti: "Pitani! Zimagwira ntchito, zimagwira ntchito kwenikweni! Musataye mtima, musataye chikhulupiriro! Khalani mu nkhondo ndipo mudzapeza mphoto!" Ndikayamba kutopa, mwachitsanzo, kapena ndikutanganidwa kwambiri (ndi kukokedwa pansi) ndi zinthu zazing'ono pano padziko lapansi, ndimakumbukira mawu awa omwe amandikumbutsa kuti nkhondoyi si yopanda pake. Pali cholinga, ndi chifukwa chimene ndikulimbana kuti ndigonjetse tchimo mwa ine!
Ndine wokondwa kwambiri kuti ndasankha kukhala ndi moyo umenewu wa wophunzira. Ndidakali ndi njira yaitali yopita. Ndili ndi zambiri zoti ndiphunzire. Koma ndasankha kutsatira Yesu, ndipo sipadzakhala kubwerera! Ndikuyamba kusintha - Ndikuyamba kupeza zipatso za Mzimu zomwe ndimalakalaka.
Tsiku lililonse, ndinganene kuti sindine munthu yemweyo amene ndinali dzulo! Ndanena kuti Ayi ku chifuniro changa chomwe chimatsutsana ndi chifuniro cha Mulungu ndipo ndatenga mtanda wanga, monga momwe Yesu akuuza omwe akufuna kumutsatira Iye. Moyo wosatha ndi zipatso za Spirt - ndicho cholinga changa! Pamene tipita mwa chikhulupiriro mu nkhondo imeneyi yolimbana ndi tchimo mkati pathu, Mulungu ali nafe, ndipo Iye adzaonetsetsa ife kugonjetsa!