Kodi mphatso zabwino ndi ziti?
Mtumwi Yakobo analemba m’kalata yake kuti: “Mphatso iliyonse yabwino ndi yangwiro imachokera kumwamba, yotsika kwa Atate wa kuunika kwakumwamba, amene sasintha ngati mthunzi wosuntha.” (Jak 1,17).
Ndikayang'ana mphatso za Mulungu, ndimawona kuti Iye amatulutsa moyo. Kuunika, kukongola kwa chilengedwe, kutuluka kwa golide, mitundu yolimba ya kulowa kwa dzuwa pamwamba pa nsonga zazitali za chipale chofewa, zobiriwira zobiriwira za nkhalango, nyanja yamitundumitundu pa dambo lodzaza ndi maluwa. Ndikuwona zinthu zina zambiri zomwe tonsefe tingathe kuzisilira ngati titenga kanthawi kuzichita. Mulungu amatipatsa zinthu zonsezi mochuluka, mosaganizira zomwe mumakhulupirira. Wokhulupirira, wosakhulupirira kuti kuli Mulungu, wosakhulupirira, wosakhulupirira komanso wosakhulupirira, onse akhoza kusangalala ndi mphatso zabwinozi. Mulungu amavumbitsira mvula olungama ndi osalungama. Iye apasa mphaso zenezi kuna anthu onsene.
Ganizirani za maluso odabwitsa omwe anthu ali nawo, kaya ukadaulo, zomangamanga, masewera, nyimbo, zolemba, zaluso - mndandandawo ulibe malire. Mulungu wapatsa munthu aliyense luso. Anthu azikhalidwe zosiyanasiyana adalitsidwa kwambiri. Kodi maluso awa amachokera kuti ngati sichinachokere kwa Atate wa Kuwala, wopereka mphatso zabwino zonse?
Kumbali ina, pali mavuto ambiri ndi chisoni padziko lapansi. Anthu adziyesa okha kuti akopeke ndi chidani, umbombo, nkhanza komanso zinthu zomwe zimabweretsa mavuto akulu. Mmodzi amangoyang'ana padziko lapansi ndi ndale zake kuti awone kukula kwake. Timawona zabwino ndi zoyipa padziko lapansi komanso mwanjira zaumunthu.
Ndi mphatso zabwino ziti zomwe Mulungu amapereka kwa okhulupirira omwe akukumana ndi zabwino ndi zoipa mdziko lino? Awa ndi anthu omwe James akutembenukira kuti awalimbikitse kuti awone ngati chifukwa chapadera chokhalira osangalala akakumana ndi mayesero amitundu yonse.
Chipulumutso
Choyamba, pali mawu a Yesu, akuti aliyense wokhulupirira Mwana wobadwa yekha wa Mulungu adzapulumutsidwa. Kodi adzapulumutsidwa ku chiyani? Iye adzapulumutsidwa ku malipiro a uchimo, omwe ndi imfa yosatha. Momwemonso, Yesu analankhula za wokhometsa msonkho amene anaima m’kachisi akudziguguda pachifuwa nati, “Mulungu, mundichitire chifundo ine wochimwa!” Ndikukuuzani, munthu uyu anatsikira kunyumba kwake wolungama.Lk 18,1314).
Chitsimikizo cha kukhululukidwa
Tsoka ilo, chifukwa cha ntchito zathu zolakwika, timalimbana ndi moyo wolemedwa ndi liwongo. Anthu ambiri amayesetsa kulungamitsa zolakwa zawo, koma zimakhalabe.
Pali zifukwa zambiri zomwe zolakwa zathu zakale zimativutitsira. Ndicho chifukwa chake anthu ena amapita kwa akatswiri a zamaganizo kukafunafuna mayankho. Palibe uphungu wa anthu womwe ungachite zomwe mwazi wokhetsedwa wa Yesu umatipangitsa kukhala zotheka. Kudzera mwa Yesu kokha ndi pomwe tingakhale ndi chitsimikizo chakuti chilichonse chakhululukidwa—m'mbuyomu, pano, komanso mtsogolo. Mwa Khristu mokha ndi momwe timamasukira. Monga momwe Paulo ananenera, palibe kutsutsidwa kwa iwo omwe ali mwa Khristu. (Röm 8,1).
Ndiponso, tili ndi chitsimikizo chakuti ngati tichimwanso ndi “kuvomereza machimo athu, Iye ali wokhulupirika ndi wolungama, ndipo adzatikhululukira machimo athu, nadzatiyeretsa ku chosalungama chilichonse.” (1. Joh 1,9).
Mzimu Woyera
Yesu ananenanso kuti Atate wa kuunika ndi wopereka mphatso zabwino adzatipatsa mphatso ya Mzimu Woyera—zambiri kuposa zomwe makolo athu aumunthu angatichitire. Anatsimikizira ophunzira ake kuti ngakhale kuti anali kuchoka, lonjezo la Atate wake, monga momwe zalembedwera mu Joel 3,1 zinaloseredwa, zomwe zinachitika pa tsiku la Pentekosite zikanadzachitika. Mzimu Woyera unatsikira pa iwo ndipo wakhala mwa Akhristu onse okhulupirira kuyambira pamenepo.
Tikalandira Khristu ndi kulandira Mzimu Woyera, sitinalandire mzimu wa mantha, koma mzimu wa mphamvu, chikondi, ndi kudziletsa. (2. Tim 1,7)Mphamvu imeneyi imatithandiza kukana ziwopsezo za choipa, kuchitsutsa, motero chimatithawa.
Chikondi
Galater 5,22-23 Limafotokoza zipatso zomwe Mzimu Woyera amabala mwa ife. Pali mbali zisanu ndi zinayi za chipatso ichi, kuyambira ndi kukhazikika mu chikondi. Chifukwa Mulungu anatikonda poyamba, tapatsidwa mphamvu “yokonda Ambuye Mulungu wathu ndi mtima wathu wonse ndi mnansi wathu monga momwe timadzikondera tokha.” Chikondi n’chofunika kwambiri moti Paulo, mu 1. Korinther 13 Iye analemba tanthauzo la zimenezi ndipo anafotokoza zimene tingakhale nazo kudzera mwa izo. Anamaliza ndi kunena kuti pali zinthu zitatu zomwe zatsala - chikhulupiriro, chiyembekezo, ndi chikondi, koma chikondi ndicho chachikulu mwa zonsezi.
Maganizo abwino
Izi zimatilola kukhala ngati ana a Mulungu wamoyo ndikuyembekeza chipulumutso, chiombolo, ndi moyo wosatha. Pakakhala zovuta titha kusokonezeka mpaka kutaya chiyembekezo, koma ngati tidikira pa Ambuye, Iye adzatithandizira kupyola.
Pambuyo pa zaka zoposa makumi asanu ndi awiri zomwe ndakhala ndi mwayi wokhala ndi moyo wodala monga Mkristu wodzipereka, nditha kunena mawu a Mfumu Davide akuti: “Wolungama adzavutika kwambiri, koma Ambuye adzampulumutsa ku zonsezi.” (Ps 34,20)Panali nthawi zina pamene sindinkadziwa kupemphera, choncho ndinkafunika kudikira chete, ndipo nditayang'ana m'mbuyo, ndinkatha kuona kuti sindinali ndekha. Ngakhale pamene ndinkakayikira ngati Mulungu alipo, Iye anadikira moleza mtima kuti andithandize kutuluka muvutoli ndikundipangitsa kuyang'ana mmwamba kuti ndione ukulu wa ulemerero Wake ndi chilengedwe Chake. Pa nthawi ina yotereyi, Iye anafunsa Yobu kuti, "Unali kuti pamene ndinkayika maziko a dziko lapansi?" (Hiob 38,4).
Mtendere
Yesu anatinso: “Mtendere ndikusiyirani inu; mtendere wanga ndikupatsani. […] Mitima yanu isavutike ndipo musachite mantha.” (Joh 14,27)Mu nthawi zathu zovuta kwambiri, amatipatsa mtendere umene umaposa kumvetsetsa konse.
Chiyembekezo
Kuonjezera apo, amatipatsa moyo wosatha ngati mphatso yathu yapamwamba kwambiri, ndi chiyembekezo chosangalatsa chokhala naye kwamuyaya, komwe sikudzakhalanso kuvutika kapena kupweteka, komanso komwe misozi yonse idzachotsedwa. (Offb 21,4).
Chipulumutso, kukhululuka, mtendere, chiyembekezo, chikondi, ndi malingaliro wamba ndi zina mwa mphatso zabwino zolonjezedwa kwa wokhulupirira. Ndinu weniweni. Yesu ndi weniweni kuposa aliyense wa iwo. Ndiye chipulumutso chathu, chikhululukiro chathu, mtendere wathu, chiyembekezo chathu, chikondi chathu, ndi kulingalira kwathu - mphatso yabwino kwambiri ndi yangwiro yochokera kwa Atate.
Anthu omwe sakhulupirira, kaya sakhulupirira kuti kuli Mulungu, sakhulupirira kapena anthu azikhulupiriro zosiyana, ayeneranso kusangalala ndi mphatso zabwinozi. Povomereza chipulumutso kudzera muimfa ndi kuuka kwa Yesu Khristu ndikukhulupirira kuti Mulungu adzawapatsa Mzimu Woyera, adzakhala ndi moyo watsopano komanso ubale wapamtima ndi Mulungu wa Utatu, yemwe amapereka mphatso zonse zabwino. Muli ndi chisankho.
Wolemba Eben D. Jacobs
