Zosankha zathu zimakhala ndi zotsatirapo zake
Pali zosankha zambiri zimene tiyenera kupanga tsiku lililonse: zovala zoti tivale, chakudya choti tidye, zonena, zimene tingaganize, zimene tingakhulupirire, mmene tingachitire zinthu... Tsiku lililonse timakhala ndi zosankha zambiri zoti tipange. Ndipo chisankho chilichonse chimakhudza mbali ina ya moyo wanga. Zina ndi zofunika kwambiri kuposa zina. Kodi ndikudziwa kuti zina mwa zosankha zanga zingachititse moyo kapena imfa yauzimu?
“Lero kumwamba ndi dziko lapansi zikhale mboni zodzakutsutsani pakuti ndaika pamaso panu moyo ndi imfa, madalitso ndi matemberero. Tsopano sankhani moyo kuti inu ndi ana anu mukhale ndi moyo. Ndi kuti mukonde Yehova Mulungu wanu, kumvera mawu ake, ndi kukhulupirirka kwa Iye. Pakuti Yehova ndiye moyo wanu, ndipo mudzakhala zaka zambiri m'dziko limene analumbira kulipereka kwa makolo anu Abraham, Isake ndi Yakobo.…” Deuteronomo 30:19–20.
Zingaoneke zosatheka kuti chinachake chimene ndikuganiza lero chinganditsogolere ku imfa kapena ku moyo, koma monga timawerengera pa Yakobo 1:15, “…chilakolako chikakula chimabala tchimo; ndipo tchimo likakhwima limabereka imfa." Izi zikutanthauza kuti sizichitika nthawi yomweyo, koma zimayambitsa njira imene m’kupita kwa nthawi imatsogolera ku imfa. Choncho, ndikofunika kwambiri kuti ndikhale maso ndi kuzindikira maganizo amenewo amene pamapeto pake angawononge moyo wanga wonse.
Zosankha pa moyo wa tsiku ndi tsiku
Koma kodi zimenezi zimachitika bwanji m’moyo weniweni? Nanga bwanji ngati munthu andichitira zinthu mopanda chilungamo, zimene sindinayenere, mwinanso kundichititsa manyazi pamaso pa anthu? Zandipweteka kwambiri ndipo sindingathe kuzimvetsa. Kodi ndiyenera kuzilandira bwanji zimenezi? Kodi ndikuona kuti Mulungu akundipatsa chisankho pakati pa moyo ndi imfa pa nkhani imeneyi? Ndipo kuti ineyo ndiyenera kusankha njira imene ndikufuna kutsatira? Ngati ndisankha kukonda Ambuye Mulungu wanga, kumvera mawu ake ndi kum’mamatira, ndiye kuti ndidzadziwadi kuti Mulungu adzandipatsa moyo ndi mphamvu mumzimu mwanga—mtendere ndi moyo mokwanira koposa! (Yohane 10:10.)
Koma mu Deuteronomo 30:17–18, Mulungu akutichenjezanso zimene zidzachitike ngati titasankha mwanjira ina: “Koma ngati mtima wanu udzatembenuka, inu n'kukhala osandimvera, ndipo ngati mudzatengeka ndi kupita kukagwadira milungu ina ndi kuyipembedza, lero ndikulengeza kwa inu kuti mudzawonongeka ndithu. Simudzakhala nthawi yaitali mudziko limene mukulowamo pamene mukuwoloka Yorodani kuti mulitenge..”
Milungu ina imeneyi ingakhale zinthu zambiri, koma pa nkhaniyi ingakhale monga mbiri yanga, kunyada kwanga, ndiponso mmene ndakhumudwira. Kukhumudwa ndi kuwawidwa mtima chifukwa chakuti kunyada kwanga kwakhudzidwa ndi tchimo ndipo zimasemphana ndi chifuniro cha Mulungu. Ngati ndisankha kugonjera maganizo amenewo m’malo momvera Mulungu, ndiye kuti ndikutumikira mulungu wina, fano.
Choncho, ngati ndilola zowawa ndi ululu kulamulira maganizo ndi mtima wanga, ngati sindikufuna kusiya zonsezo, ndiye kuti chimenechi ndi chiyambi cha imfa yauzimu yapang’onopang’ono komanso yopweteka. Imfa imeneyi imapweteka osati ine ndekha, komanso anthu ondizungulira amene amaiona. Tikamanena za imfa, tikutanthauza kufa kwa mzimu wathu pa zinthu za Mulungu, moti sizikhalanso zosangalatsa kapena zofunika kwa ine. M’malo mwake, ndimakhala wamoyo kwambiri pa zinthu za m’dziko lino—zimenezi zimanditsogolera, zimandisangalatsa, ndipo zimatenga maganizo ndi mphamvu zanga. Ndikhozabe kuoneka ngati munthu wabwino kunja, koma chinachake mu mzimu wanga chafa, ndipo anthu a Mulungu adzaona zimenezi.
Kodi n’koyenera? Kodi n’koyenera kulola kuti kukhumudwa ndi kukwiya kumeneku kubweretse kusasangalala kwakukulu chonchi m’moyo wanga? Kodi n’koyenera kumangokhalira kuganiza zinthu zoipa zonsezi zokhudza anthu ena: “Angayerekeze bwanji? N’chifukwa chiyani anachita zimenezo…?”
Kapena kodi ndingapereke zonsezi ndi moyo wanga wonse m’manja mwa Mulungu, kumukonda ndi kumukhulupirira kotheratu, kotero kuti ndikhale pafupi Naye m’nthawi zovutazi, pakuti Iye ndiye moyo wanga ndipo adzandipatsa moyo! Pamene sindikumvetsa, kodi ndingabweretse zonsezi kwa Iye ndi kupereka zowawa zonsezo ndi katundu wolemetsa wonseyi? Kuzisiya pamapazi Ake ndi kusankha kupita njira ina yopita ku moyo? Kenako Iye adzatsanulira madalitso Ake pa ine mochuluka kwambiri moti ndidzadabwa kuti n’chifukwa chiyani zinali zovuta kuchita zimenezi poyamba!
Sankhani moyo!
Iye walonjeza kuti zimene amafuna kwa ife sizili zovuta kwambiri kapena kutali kwambiri ndi ife, ngakhale zitaoneka zovuta kapena zosatheka bwanji: “Tsono zimene ndikukulamulirani leroli sizovuta kapena zapatali. Sizili kumwamba, kuti muzichita kuti "Kodi ndani akwere kumwamba kuti akazitenge ndi kudzatilalikira kuti timvere?" Komanso sizili pa tsidya la nyanja, kuti muzichita kunfunsa kuti, "Kodi ndani adzawoloke nyanja kuti akatenge ndi kudzatilalikira kuti timvere?" Ayi, mawu ali pafupi ndi inu,; ali m'kamwa mwanu ndi mu mtima mwanu kuti muwamvere.” Deuteronomo 30:11–14
Ndi nkhani yongoti uchite zimenezi, podzipereka kwathunthu kwa Iye! Kusankha zimenezi! Ine ndikusankha moyo! Ine ndikusankha tsogolo lodzaza ndi chiyembekezo! Ine ndikusankha kudalitsa amene amanditemberera, kuchitira zabwino amene amadana nane, ndipo ndikusankha kuwapempherera amene amanena zoipa za ine.
Ndimasankha kuchita zimenezi kuti ndipeze moyo, moyo wochuluka koposa, chifukwa ndimakana kufa, koma ndasankha kukhala ndi moyo ndi kulengeza zimene Ambuye wachita! (Masalimo 118:17.)