"Yesu anati kwa iye, 'Ine ndine njira, choonadi, ndi moyo. Palibe amene amafika kwa Atate osadzera mwa Ine.'" Yohane 14:6.
Yesu ndi njira. Njira yopita kwa Atate. Njira ya moyo. Njira yopita ku chipulumutso. Yesu anakhala padziko lapansi kuti atisonyeze njira. Kumutsatira Iye pa njira imeneyi kumatanthauza kuti tiyenera kuyenda monga Iye anayenda. Tiyenera kutsatira mapazi Ake, kukhala monga Iye anakhala. Njira imatanthauza kuti tikupita patsogolo. Pamene ife kutsatira Iye, ife tifika kumene Iye ali tsopano.
Yesu amatcha njira imeneyi "njira yopapatiza".
"Lowani pachipata chopapatiza. Chipata chotsogolera ku chiwonongeko n'chachikulu ndipo msewu wake ndi waukulu, choncho anthu ambiri amalowa mmenemo. Koma chipata chomwe chimatsogolera ku moyo ndi chopapatiza ndipo msewu ndi wovuta, choncho ndi anthu ochepa omwe amaupeza." Mateyu 7:13-14.
Kulowa m'njira yopapatiza
Kodi chipata chimenechi timachipeza motani, khomo lolowera m'njira yopapatiza imeneyi? Si chifukwa chakuti ndife anthu apadera, kapena kuti tinachita chinthu chapadera kuti tipeze. Chiri kokha chifukwa chakuti Mulungu, m'chikondi Chake ndi chifundo, amaika chikhumbo cha zabwino m'mitima yathu ndi kutikokera ndi kutitsogolera m'njira yoyenera.
Koma tikaona chipata chopapatiza chimenechi, pali chinachake chimene tiyenera kuchita tisanadutse pachipata chopapatiza n'kuyamba kuyenda m'njira yopapatiza imene imatsogolera ku moyo. Paulo akufotokoza izi mu Afilipi 3:7-8: "Koma zinthu zimene zinali zopindulitsa kwa ine, ndinasiya Khristu. Inde moona, ndipo ndine wokonzeka kusiya zinthu zonse chifukwa cha kudziwa Khristu Yesu Ambuye wanga, amene ali woposa onse: amene ndataya zinthu zonse, ndipo kwa ine iwo ndi ochepa kuposa kanthu, kuti ndikhale ndi Khristu monga mphoto yanga."
Mulungu akutisonyeza zinthu zimene zikutilepheretsa kuyenda m'njira imeneyi. Izi ndi zinthu zimene tiyenera kusiya. Malingaliro athu ndi malingaliro athu. Kukhulupirira kwathu maluso athu. Maubwenzi omwe amatilepheretsa. Udindo. Ulemu. Kunyada. Tiyenera kuwaona ngati ochepa kuposa palibe ndi kuwasiya kunja kwa chipata; palibe malo kwa iwo pa njira yopapatiza. Ngati tingathe kutsegula maso athu kuti tione, monga momwe Paulo anaonera, phindu la zomwe zili "kukhala ndi Khristu monga mphoto yathu", ndiye kuti tikhoza kuona momwe zingathere kusiya zina zonse.
Kuyenda pa njira yopapatiza
Tsopano popeza talowa m'njira, ndi nthawi yoyenda pa izo. Tiyenera kukhala ochita osati akumva okha (Yakobo 1:22). Njira yopapatiza ndi njira yochitirapo kanthu. Yesu akutisonyeza mmene Iye anayendera pa njira imeneyi pamene Iye anali padziko lapansi, njira imene tiyenera kutsatira: "Pamenepo ndinati, 'Taonani, ndabwera kudzachita chifuniro chanu, Inu Mulungu— monga momwe zalembedwera za ine m'Malemba.'" Ahebri 10:7.
M'mawu ena, kuyenda m'njira yopapatiza kumatanthauza kuti timasiya kotheratu chifuniro chathu. Malingaliro athu ponena za mmene moyo wathu uyenera kukhalira, zikhumbo zathu. Zimatanthauza kuti tiyenera kugonjetsa tchimo m'chibadwa chathu chaumunthu chochimwa, zinthu zimene zili zachibadwa kwa ife, kuti tichite chifuniro cha Mulungu. Izi zikuphatikizapo zinthu monga ulesi, kudzifunafuna, kukonda ndalama, kufuna kukhala zofunika, kuwawa, kukayikira koipa, kunyada, ndi zina zotero.
Tsopano tikhoza kuona chifukwa chake amatchedwa njira yopapatiza. Pali ochepa amene ali ofunitsitsa kuyenda panjira imeneyi, chifukwa kusiya chifuniro chathu kumatipangitsa kuvutika. Koma kuyenda m'njira yopapatiza si moyo wolemera. Kwenikweni pali ufulu waukulu pa njira yopapatiza. Kumasuka ku kukhala kapolo wa uchimo kumene nthaŵi zonse tinangofunika kugonja pamene tinayesedwa! "Choncho, popeza Khristu anavutika chifukwa cha ife m'thupi, dzikonzekeretseninso ndi maganizo amodzimodzi, pakuti iye amene wavutika m'thupi waleka kuchita tchimo [anaima ndi uchimo], kuti asakhalenso ndi moyo nthawi yake yonse m'thupi chifukwa cha zilakolako za anthu, koma chifukwa cha chifuniro cha Mulungu." 1 Petro 4:1-2.
Kuvutika m'thupi kumatanthauza kuvutika komwe kumachitika pamene mukukana zilakolako zauchimo ndi zokhumba zochokera ku chikhalidwe chanu chaumunthu chochimwa (chotchedwanso thupi). Ndi kuvutika kwamkati (m'malo mwa thupi, kunja) komwe kumachitika pamene simukuchita zomwe zilakolako zanu ndi zokhumba zanu zimafuna.
Yesu ndi njira – ife kudziwa Iye
Ndipo kodi zotsatira za kuyenda panjira imeneyi n'zotani? Chotulukapo chake nchakuti timadziŵa Yesu monga bwenzi lathu laumwini ndi mbale wathu! "...kuti ndim'dziŵe iye ndi mphamvu ya chiukiriro chake, ndi kugawana mavuto ake, kukhala ngati iye mu imfa yake." Afilipi 3:10.
Sitidzam'dziŵa Iye yekha, koma tidzakhala otsimikiza kwambiri kuti nthaŵi yathu padziko lapansi ikadzatha ndipo tidzapita ku umuyaya, Iye adzatidziŵa! "Si aliyense amene amandiuza kuti, 'Ambuye, Ambuye,' adzalowa mu ufumu wakumwamba. Okhawo amene amachita chifuniro cha Atate wanga wakumwamba ndi amene adzalowe." —Mateyu 7:21.
Chilichonse chimene chimatichitikira chingagwire ntchito limodzi kuti zinthu zitiyendere bwino. Chilichonse chimene chimatiyesa kuchimwa ndi mwayi wogonjetsa tchimo limenelo ndi kukhala omasuka kwambiri. "... pakuti iye amene wavutika m'thupi waleka ku uchimo [waima ndi uchimo]..." Ndipo pamene tikukhala omasuka kwambiri ku chikhalidwe chathu chochimwa, thupi lathu, moyo wa Khristu - chipatso cha Mzimu - chimakula. Ichi ndi cholinga cha Mulungu kwa ife – kuti tisinthe kukhala ngati Khristu. (Aroma 8:28-29.)
Njira ndi moyo umene Yesu anakhalamo. Ngati ife kutsatira Iye pa njira imeneyi ndi kukhala ndi moyo wa kuchita chifuniro cha Mulungu m'malo mwathu, ndiye pamene ife kulowa ufumu wa kumwamba ndi kupeza kukumana Naye maso ndi maso, tidzakhala ngati Iye, ndi kuona Iye monga Iye ali. (1 Yohane 3:2-3.)
"Wodala ndi munthu amene amapirira mayesero, chifukwa akadzadutsa mayeso adzalandira korona wa moyo umene Iye walonjeza kwa amene amamukonda." Yakobo 1:12.