M'masiku a Yesu, anthu sanaone ulemerero wakunja m'moyo wa Yesu. Koma ngati chitseko cha mtima Wake chikanatsegulidwa mwadzidzidzi, iwo akanaona ulemerero waukulu umene unali mkati mwake.
Kodi anthu angaone chiyani ngati mwadzidzidzi angayang'ane m' mitima yathu, m' moyo wathu woganiza?
Makoma a mtima wanu
Kodi mitima ya adani anu ingakhale yofeŵa ngati iwo akanayang'ana m'chipinda chopempherera cha mtima wanu ndi kuwona maina awo olembedwa kumeneko mwachikondi ndi mosamala? Kapena kodi akanangopeza maina a ziŵalo za banja lanu ndi ena oŵerengeka olembedwa kumeneko? Kodi iwo akayang'ana m'chipinda chamdima ndi chozizira, kapena kodi akanaona ndi kumva mtendere wakumwamba wodalitsika?
Kodi angaone makoma a mtima wanu ataphimbidwa ndi mafano a mitundu yonse monga momwe akulu a Isiraeli anachitira pamene tikuwerenga pa Ezekieli 8:10 ndi Ezekieli 14:3? Kapena kodi akanaona makoma ataphimbidwa ndi malamulo a chikondi ndi chilungamo, olembedwa ndi dzanja la Yesu mwiniyo, ndipo kodi akanaona Atate ndi Mwana atakhala pambali panu akuyanjana nanu? (Ahebri 10:16; Yohane 14:23; Chivumbulutso 3:20.)
Koposa zonse, tetezani mtima wanu
Tsoka ilo, pali anthu ambiri omwe ali ndi mitima yamdima komanso yoopsa. Mitundu yonse ya zinthu zoyipa zimatuluka pamene iwo amasiya chitseko cha mitima yawo yotseguka pang'ono chabe. Zili ngati kuti mkati mwake muli njoka zaululu zimene zimatuluka pakhomo ndi kupopera poizoni wawo wakupha paliponse. Zingakhale bwino ngati mitima yotereyi inali ndi zizindikiro zazikulu zochenjeza kunja, kuchenjeza aliyense kuti akhale kutali, chifukwa ndizoopsa kwambiri kwa aliyense amene akubwera pafupi ndi mtima wotere.
Malo a mtendere
Koma nkhani yabwino ndi yakuti mitima yathu sikufunika kukhala kapena kukhalabe chonchi. M'malomwake, tiyenera kuchita zimene tikuuzidwa pa Miyambo 4:23: "Koposa zonse, tetezani mtima wanu, pakuti zonse zimene mumachita zimachokera kumeneko." M'matembenuzidwe ena amalembedwa motere: "Samalani momwe mukuganizira; moyo wanu waumbidwa ndi maganizo anu."
Inde, Mulungu angachite zinthu zazikulu ndi munthu. Angatipulumutse. Angatipangitse kukhala atsopano. Angatisinthe. Iye angayeretse mitima yathu ndi kudzaza mitima yathu ndi zinthu zamtengo wapatali koposa. Mitima yathu ingakhale nyumba ya mtendere pakati pa dziko losakhazikikali lomwe liri lodzala ndi nkhawa. Mtima wathu ukhoza kukhala malo amene palibe mphamvu padziko lapansi imene ingalowe kapena kuwononga motsutsana ndi chifuniro chathu.