Kalonga wa Mtendere

735 kalonga wamtendereYesu Kristu atabadwa, khamu la angelo linalengeza kuti: “Ulemerero ukhale kwa Mulungu Kumwambamwamba, ndi mtendere padziko lapansi mwa anthu amene iye akondwera nawo.” ( Luka 2,14). Monga olandira mtendere wa Mulungu, Akristu ndi oitanidwa mwapadera m’dziko lino lachiwawa ndi ladyera. Mzimu wa Mulungu umatsogolera Akhristu ku moyo wamtendere, wokondana, wopatsa komanso wachikondi. Mosiyana ndi zimenezi, dziko lotizinga limapitirizabe kusagwirizana ndi kusalolera, kaya ndi ndale, fuko, chipembedzo, kapena chikhalidwe. Ngakhale pakadali pano, madera onse akuwopsezedwa ndi mkwiyo ndi chidani komanso zotsatira zake. Yesu anali kufotokoza kusiyana kwakukulu kumeneku kumene kumadziwika ndi ophunzira ake pamene anawauza kuti: “Ine ndidzakutumizani ngati nkhosa pakati pa mimbulu.” ( Mateyu. 10,16).

Anthu a m’dzikoli, amene alemedwa ndi maganizo ndi zochita zawo, sangapeze njira ya mtendere. Njira ya dziko ndi njira ya kudzikonda, umbombo, kaduka ndi chidani. Koma Yesu anauza ophunzira ake kuti: “Mtendere ndikusiyirani inu, mtendere wanga ndikupatsani. Ine sindikupatsani inu monga dziko lipatsa. Mtima wanu usavutike ndipo musachite mantha.” ( Yoh4,27).

Akhristu ayenera kukhala akhama pamaso pa Mulungu, “kulondola chimene chimabweretsa mtendere.” ( Aroma 14,19) ndi “kulondola mtendere ndi anthu onse, ndi chiyeretso.” ( Ahebri 1 Akor2,14). Iwo ali ogawana nawo chimwemwe chonse ndi mtendere: “Mulungu wa chiyembekezo adzaze inu ndi chimwemwe chonse ndi mtendere, ndi kukhulupirira kuti mukachuluke ndi chiyembekezo mwa mphamvu ya Mzimu Woyera” ( Aroma 15,13).

Mtendere ndi “mtendere umene umaposa kuganiza mozama kulikonse.” (Afilipi 4,7), umaposa kulekana, mikangano, malingaliro odzipatula, ndi mzimu wa tsankho umene anthu amachita. M’malo mwake mtendere umenewu umatsogolera ku chigwirizano ndi lingaliro la chifuno chofanana ndi tsogolo— “umodzi wa mzimu mwa chomangira cha mtendere” ( Aefeso. 4,3).

Zikutanthauza kuti timakhululukira anthu amene amatilakwira. Zikutanthauza kuti timachitira chifundo anthu ovutika. Limanenanso kuti kukoma mtima, kuona mtima, kuwolowa manja, kudzichepetsa ndi kuleza mtima, zonse zochirikizidwa ndi chikondi, zidzasonyeza ubale wathu ndi anthu ena. Yakobe wakalemba kuti: “Kweni cipambi ca urunji cikufesa mu mtende kwa awo ŵakucita mtende.” ( Yakobe 3,18). Mtendere woterewu umatipatsanso chitsimikiziro ndi chitetezo pamene tikukumana ndi nkhondo, mliri kapena masoka, ndipo umatipatsa bata ndi mtendere pakati pa zovuta. Akristu sanyalanyaza mavuto a moyo. Ayenera kudutsa mu nthawi ya masautso ndi zowawa monga wina aliyense. Tili ndi chichirikizo chaumulungu ndi chitsimikiziro chakuti Iye adzatichirikiza: “Koma tidziŵa kuti iwo akonda Mulungu zinthu zonse zichitira ubwino, kwa iwo amene aitanidwa monga mwa kutsimikiza mtima kwake.” ( Aroma 8,28). Ngakhale pamene mikhalidwe yathu yakuthupi ili yakuda ndi yamdima, mtendere wa Mulungu umene uli mkati mwathu umatithandiza kukhala okhazikika, otsimikizirika ndi olimba, otsimikiza ndi chiyembekezo cha kubweranso kwa Yesu Kristu ku dziko lapansi pamene mtendere Wake udzakhudza dziko lonse lapansi.

Pamene tikuyembekezera tsiku laulemerero limenelo, tiyeni tikumbukire mawu a mtumwi Paulo akuti: «Mtendere wa Kristu, umene munaitanidwako m’thupi limodzi, uchite ufumu m’mitima yanu; ndi kuyamika” (Akolose 3,15). Chiyambi cha mtendere ndicho chikondi chimene chimachokera kwa Mulungu! Kalonga wa Mtendere - Yesu Khristu ndi kumene timapeza mtendere umenewo. Yesu ndiye amakhala mwa inu ndi mtendere wake. Muli ndi mtendere mwa Khristu mwa chikhulupiriro cha Yesu Khristu. Mumanyamulidwa ndi mtendere wake ndipo mupititsa mtendere wake kwa anthu onse.

ndi Joseph Tkach