Pamene Paulo analemba kalata yake ku tchalitchi cha ku Efeso, anayamba ndi kuwauza kuti anasankhidwa ndi Mulungu ngakhale Iye asanapange dziko! Timasankhidwanso ndi Mulungu. (Aefeso 1:1-15.)
Kukhulupirira kuti timasankhidwa ndi Mulungu ndi mbali yofunika komanso yofunika kwambiri ya chikhulupiriro chathu; ndiponso kuti Mulungu amene watiitana ndi wamphamvu kuchita ndi kumaliza ntchito Iye wayamba mwa ife.
Mulungu ndithudi samaitana ndi kusankha wina "mwangozi". Mulungu anatisankha iye asanapange dziko. Iye anakhululukira machimo athu (v. 7), ndipo tikhoza kukula kwa Iye mwa chisomo chimene Iye watipatsa kwambiri mu nzeru zonse ndi kumvetsetsa (v. 8).
Anasankhidwa ndi Mulungu kuti akhale ndi chiyembekezo chatsopano komanso chabwino
Tchimo limene tinatengera kwa makolo athu lakhala likupweteka ndi kuvutika kwambiri m'dzikoli. Koma ngati titsatira Yesu Kristu, pali chiyembekezo chatsopano ndi chabwino kwa ife amene tinabadwira m'uchimo ndipo tinali akapolo a uchimo.
Tsopano pali chiyembekezo cha kutuluka mu uchimo ndi kulowa m'moyo umene tinagonjetsa tchimo limene linatimanga. Tingabwere m'moyo watsopano kotheratu kumene timachita m'njira imene Yesu akanachita, m'malo mochita chifuniro chathu chimene chimangochititsa mkangano. M'malo mopanga zofuna, tikhoza kuyamikira; m'malo motukwana, tikhoza kudalitsa, ndi zina zotero.
Palibe chiitano chachikulu kwa ife kuposa kuitanidwa kuchokera kumwamba ndi Mulungu Mwini! Komanso palibe moyo waukulu kapena wabwino wokhala ndi moyo kuposa kukhala ndi moyo wa Mulungu. Taganizirani mmene tingakhalire abwino kwambiri kukhala mbali ya ntchito imene Mulungu akugwira mwa anthu Ake m'nthaŵi ino ya chisomo. Munthu aliyense amene akuzindikira chiitano cha Mulungu mumtima mwake ayenera kutsatira ndi mtima wonse chiitano chimenecho ndi chisankho chimene Mulungu watipatsa mwa Kristu.
Anasankhidwa kuti akhale ophunzira a Yesu
Mulungu samafunsa zakale zathu, mmene banja lathu lilili, kapena zimene tingachite patokha. Iye amatiitana kuti tikhale ophunzira a Yesu ndi kukhala ngati Iye. Iye angagwire ntchito mwa ophunzira, awo amene akufuna kutsatira Yesu, ndipo ntchito imeneyo imayamba pamene tisiya moyo wathu wakale ndi kupereka mtima wathu ndi moyo kwa Mulungu. Ntchito imeneyi imapitirira m'moyo wathu wonse ngati tikukhala ngati paulo analemba pa Agalatiya 2:20 kuti: "Ndapachikidwa pamodzi ndi Khristu; salinso ine amene ndili ndi moyo, koma Khristu amakhala mwa ine; ndi moyo umene ndikukhala nawo tsopano m'thupi ndimakhala mwa chikhulupiriro mwa Mwana wa Mulungu, amene anandikonda ndi kudzipereka Yekha chifukwa cha ine." Imeneyi ndi ntchito yaikulu ya Mulungu imene timabwera pamene taperekedwa kotheratu kwa Mulungu ndipo sitikhalanso ndi moyo kwa ife eni.
Mu nthawi ino ya chisomo yomwe tikukhalamo, Mulungu amatipatsa zonse zomwe tikufunikira kuti timutsatire. (1 Petro 1:3-4.) Mulungu amagwira nafe ntchito ndipo amatidzudzula kuti zipatso za Mzimu zikhale moyo mwa ife. (Aefeso 1:5-11; Ahebri 12:11.)
Kusankhidwa kaamba ka chipulumutso chakuya
Kumatenga nthaŵi kuti munthu apulumutsidwe kotheratu ku uchimo. Zimatengera nthawi kuti chikhalidwe chatsopano chodzaza ndi zipatso za Mzimu. Choncho tiyenera kugwiritsa ntchito nthawi ndi mwayi umene Mulungu amatipatsa. Chilichonse chimene Mulungu amatumiza n'chotithandiza kukhala omasuka kwambiri ku uchimo. Timaona moyo wathu pamene tibwera m'mikhalidwe yovuta. Moyo wathu ndi tchimo limene limakhala m'chibadwa cha munthu chimene tinatengera. (1 Petro 1:18-21.) Tikaona moyo wathu, tiyenera kudzichepetsa ndi kuvomereza, osati kudziteteza kapena kuufotokoza kutali. Kokha pamene tivomereza chowonadi chonena za ife eni ndi pamene tingapulumutsidwe kotheratu ku tchimo limeneli, limene liri ufulu waukulu, ufulu waukulu. (Ahebri 7:25.) Ndipo ichi ndi chifukwa chake tingakhale odzaza ndi chimwemwe m'mikhalidwe yonse ya moyo.
Kutumikira Mulungu kuli ndi chiyembekezo chachikulu ndi kopindulitsa! Ndipo n'zotheka kuti aliyense amene amakhulupirira chiitano chawo chakumwamba ndi mphamvu ya Mulungu awasinthe. Mulungu angachite ntchito yaulemerero mwa anthu oterowo amene ali okhulupirika ku chiitano chawo. Musaganize zakale kapena kumene mumachokera, koma khulupirirani mphamvu ndi thandizo limene Mulungu watipatsa kudzera mu uthenga wabwino. Apa ndi pamene pali madalitso onse auzimu mwa Kristu kwa awo amene amamvera Iye! (Ahebri 5:9.)