"Ndinali kumeneko pamene Ambuye anaika kumwamba m'malo ndi kutambasula thambo pamwamba pa nyanja. Ine ndinali ndi Iye pamene Iye anaika mitambo m'mlengalenga ndi kulenga akasupe amene amadzaza nyanja. Ine ndinali kumeneko pamene Iye anaika malire nyanja kuti izo kumvera Iye, ndi pamene Iye anayala maziko kuthandiza dziko lapansi. Ine ndinali pafupi ndi Ambuye, kumuthandiza Iye kukonzekera ndi kumanga. Ndinam'sangalatsa tsiku lililonse, ndipo ndinali wokondwa pambali Pake. Ndinasangalala ndi dziko Lake ndipo ndinasangalala ndi anthu ake." Miyambo 8:27-31 (CEV).
Chikondi cha Yesu kwa ife
Pamene Yesu anali m'malo aulemerero awa, kumwamba, Iye anaona zoipa padziko lapansi zikungoipiraipirabe pambuyo pa kugwa (kumene munthu anayamba kuchimwa m'Munda wa Edene), ndipo Iye anamva kufunika kwakukulu mumtima Mwake: "Ndikadapita kukathandiza anthu awa!" Pakati pa chimwemwe Chake ndi chimwemwe ndi ulemerero, Iye anali ndi chikondi ichi kwa anthu. Iye anafuna kukhala Mpulumutsi wawo ndi kuwasonyeza njira yopita kwa Mulungu. Ichi chinali kulakalaka Kwake.
Kodi si chikondi chimenecho, kuti ngakhale pamene Iye anali nacho chabwino kwambiri, Iye anasankha kubadwa m'dziko ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu ngati chathu? Mwa kunena kuti Ayi ku mayesero onse ochimwa omwe anabwera kuchokera ku chikhalidwe Chake chaumunthu, Iye anatsegula njira yobwerera kwa Mulungu ndi ufumu Wake; njira yogawana nafe ulemerero Wake wonse.
Kodi si chikondi chimenecho? Kukhala tsiku lililonse la moyo Wake pano padziko lapansi popanda kugonjera ku uchimo ngakhale kamodzi? Tsiku lililonse Iye anali pangozi yeniyeni ya kugonjera ku chiyeso ndi kutaya zimene Iye anasiya kumwamba. Chimenecho ndicho chikondi chimene Yesu ali nachokwa inu ndi ine!
Pamene timvetsetsa chikondi chimene Yesu ali nachokwa ife, kodi sichiyenera kukhala chofunikira kwa ife nthaŵi zonse kufuna kumkonda Iye? Koma zachilendo zokwanira, izi si momwe zilili. Chotero, Yesu akuti, "Ndimvereni Tsopano, Ana anga! Odala ndi iwo amene amatsatira njira Zanga." Mukanaganiza kuti aliyense angafune kutsatira njira zimenezi. Koma timaipitsidwa kwambiri ndi uchimo moti sitili choncho. N'chifukwa chake tiyenera kumva mawu amenewa. Ndicho chifukwa chake tiyenera kuyang'anira zitseko za mitima yathu, ndipo kwenikweni kukhala ndi kulakalaka kukhala pafupi ndi Iye ndi kumva mawu Ake.
Anaona kupanda chimwemwe ndi kuvutika kwanga
Khirisimasi ndi nthawi yoganizira chifukwa chake Yesu anabwera. Taganizirani za chikondi chimene chinali kumbuyo kwa kubwera Kwake! Iye ndi Mpulumutsi wanga! Amandikonda.
Iye anaona kupanda chimwemwe kwanga ndi kuvutika, osati kokha kuvutika kwa mtundu wa anthu. Ayi, wanga kwambiri. Iye anaona mmene ndimayesedwera mosavuta kuchimwa, mmene zimafunikira pang'ono ndisanatuluke m'chikondi.
Mwana akabadwa, timasangalala kwambiri chifukwa ndi moyo watsopano. Koma mwanayo alinso ndi chikhalidwe chaumunthu chakugwa- chikhalidwe chaumunthu chomwe tinapeza pambuyo pa kugwa kwa munthu woyamba m'Munda wa Edeni, ndipo m'mene chikhalidwe chathu chikuonetsa kutipalibe moyo wabwino. Ndicho chifukwa chake anthu amakula mosavuta kukhala odzikonda ndi oipa, ndipo amangofuna ulemerero ndi ukulu okha. Zoipa zonse zimene zachitika m'dzikoli zachitika kudzera m'matupi a anthu amene analengedwa kuti akhale ngati Atate Mwini, koma Satana analanda chikhalidwe chawo kudzera m'zilakolako ndi zilakolako ndi mzimu wa nthawiyo.
Khalani m'chikondi choyaka moto
"[Ndikupemphera] kuti Adzakupatsani, monga mwa chuma cha ulemerero Wake, kuti mulimbikitsidwe ndi mphamvu kudzera mwa Mzimu Wake mwa munthu wamkati, kuti Khristu akhale m'mitima yanu mwa chikhulupiriro; kuti inu, pokhala mizu ndi maziko m'chikondi, akhoza kumvetsa ndi oyera mtima onse chimene chiri m'lifupi ndi kutalika ndi kuya ndi kutalika – kudziwa chikondi cha Khristu chimene chipambanachidziwitso; kuti mudzazidwe ndi kukwanirakonse kwa Mulungu." Aefeso 3:16-19.
Pamene Paulo akulankhula za kukhala "wozika mizu ndi wozikidwa pa chikondi", izi zikutanthauza choyamba kuti ifenso tili ndi chikondi choyaka moto kwa Khristu pobwezera. Sitingakhale okhulupirika moyo wathu wonse popanda kutopa kapena kutuluka m'chikondi ngati tilibe chikondi choyaka moto chimenechi kwa Yesu. Ndiyeno tingadutse m'moyo popanda kutopa mumzimu wathu chifukwa cha makhalidweovuta kapena mmene anthu ena alili.
Ngati tikupeza "kutopa" ndiye kuti chinachake chozizira chimabwera ndipo sitisamalanso, ndipo chikondi chathu kwa ena ndi Mulungu chimazizira. Cholinga chake n'chakuti nthawi zonse tiyenera kukhalabe m'chikondi choyaka moto chimenechi ndi kuti chiyenera kukula.
Davide anati: "Ndidzakukondani, inu Ambuye, mphamvu zanga." —Salimo 18:1. Ngakhale ngati tili otanganitsidwa ndi zinthu zambiri, Paulo akunena kuti timaitanidwa kukhala ndi chiyanjano ndi Iye, Mwana wa Mulungu. Unansi wachikondi umenewu umatipatsa nyonga ya kugwira nkhondo zathu, ndipo tingakhale odzala ndi chimwemwe pamaso pa Ambuye. Chimwemwe chathu sichidzatha ngati tidzisunga m'chikondi chimenechi.