madalitso ochokera kumwamba
Ngakhale ndikudziwa anthu ambiri omwe amakonda mbalame m'munda mwawo, ndikudziwanso kuti nthawi zambiri chikondi chawo chimabwerezedwa. M'buku la Mafumu, Mulungu analosera kwa mneneri Eliya kuti njala idzagwera Israyeli ndipo anamulamula kuti achoke mumzindawo ndikupita kuchipululu. Ali kumeneko, Mulungu anamulonjeza chinthu chapadera: "Ndalamula akhwangwala kuti akupatseni chakudya kumeneko, ndipo mudzamwa madzi a mumtsinje." (1. Könige 17,4)Pamene Eliya anali pa mtsinje wa Keriti, womwe umatuluka kum'mawa kupita ku Yordano, Malemba amatiuza kuti: “M’mawa ndi madzulo, akhwangwala ankamubweretsera mkate ndi nyama, ndipo anathetsa ludzu lake pa mtsinjewo.” (1. Könige 17,6).
Tangoganizirani izi kwakanthawi. Panthawi ya njala, Eliya anatsogoleredwa ndi Mulungu kuti apite pakati pa chipululu, komwe palibe chomwe chimamera ndipo anali kutali ndi malo aliwonse opezera chakudya—ndipo anauzidwa kuti chakudya chake chichokera kwa khwangwala. Ndikutsimikiza kuti ngakhale Eliya ankaganiza kuti sizingatheke! Koma, monga momwe zinalili nthawi ya wotchi, m'mawa uliwonse ndi madzulo aliwonse gulu la akhwangwala linkamubweretsera chakudya chake. Sindikudabwa kuti Mulungu—pambuyo pa zonse, Iye ndiye Atate wathu—ndiye anabweretsa chakudyachi. Malemba ali ndi nkhani zambiri zokhudza chakudya, monga momwe Eliya ndi akhwangwala amachitira. Mfumu Davide anati, "Ndinali mwana ndipo ndakalamba, ndipo sindinaonepo wolungama atasiyidwa, kapena ana ake akupempha chakudya." (Ps 37,25).
Choncho ndikufuna kukulimbikitsani inu owerenga wokondedwa, kuti muganizire mmene Mulungu wakudalitsirani mosayembekezeka. Kodi chisomo chake chili kuti m'moyo wanu chomwe chili chodabwitsa komanso chodabwitsa? Kodi munazindikira? Kodi chidzalo cha Mulungu mwachipeza kuti pamene simumachiyembekezera? Ndani, monga khwangwala, anakupatsani mkate wakumwamba ndi madzi amoyo? Mudzadabwa mutadziwa!
ndi Joseph Tkach
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