Chikondi chopanda malire cha Mulungu

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Zimenezi n’zoona kuti ndalama sizingatigulire chikondi. Ngakhale kuti ungatithandize kuchita zinthu zambirimbiri, sungathe kupeza zinthu zofunika kwambiri pamoyo. Kupatula apo, ndalama zimatha kugula bedi, koma osati tulo tomwe timafunikira kwambiri. Mankhwala akugulitsidwa, koma thanzi lenileni silinakhudzidwe. Zodzoladzola zimatha kusintha momwe timawonekera, koma kukongola kwenikweni kumachokera mkati ndipo sikungagulidwe.

Chikondi cha Mulungu pa ife sichinthu chomwe tingagule pochita zinthu. Iye amatikonda kotheratu chifukwa chakuti mkati mwake muli chikondi: “Mulungu ndiye chikondi; ndipo iye amene akhala m’chikondi akhala mwa Mulungu, ndi Mulungu mwa iye.”1. Johannes 4,16). Tikhoza kudalira chikondi chimene Mulungu ali nacho pa ife.

Kodi tikudziwa bwanji? “Umu ndi mmene Mulungu anasonyezera chikondi chake mwa ife: Anatumiza Mwana wake wobadwa yekha m’dziko kuti tikhale ndi moyo kudzera mwa iye. Ichi ndi chikondi: sikuti ife tinakonda Mulungu, koma kuti Iye anatikonda ife, ndipo anatumiza Mwana wake akhale chiombolo chifukwa cha machimo athu.”1. Johannes 4,9-10). N’chifukwa chiyani tingadalire zimenezi? Chifukwa “chisomo chake chikhala kosatha” ( Salmo 107,1 New Life Bible).

Chikondi cha Mulungu chimaonekera m’njira zosawerengeka pa moyo wathu. Iye amatisamalira, amatitsogolera, amatitonthoza komanso amatipatsa mphamvu tikakumana ndi mavuto. Chikondi chake chili pamtima pa kulumikizana kwathu ndi iye komanso ubale wathu ndi ena. Ndilo mbali yochirikiza imene chikhulupiriro chathu ndi chiyembekezo chathu zazikidwapo.

Kudziwa ndi kudalira chikondi chimene Mulungu ali nacho pa ife kumabweretsa thayo: “Okondedwa, popeza Mulungu anatikonda ife kotero, ifenso tikondane wina ndi mnzake.”1. Johannes 4,11). Tiyenera kukondana wina ndi mzake, osati chifukwa cha ntchito kapena mokakamiza; sitingathe kugulirana chikondi. Timakonda chifukwa cha chikondi chimene Mulungu anatisonyeza: “Timakonda chifukwa Iye anayamba kutikonda.”1. Johannes 4,19). Yohane anapitiriza kuti: “Aliyense wonena kuti amakonda Mulungu koma amadana ndi mbale kapena mlongo wake ndi wabodza. Pakuti amene sakonda mbale wake amene wamuona, sakhoza kukonda Mulungu amene sanamuona. Ndipo anatipatsa lamulo ili: Aliyense amene amakonda Mulungu ayenera kukondanso mbale wake ndi mlongo wake.”1. Johannes 4,20-21 ndi).

M’pofunika kuzindikira kuti kukhoza kwathu kupereka ndi kulandira chikondi kumadalira pa unansi wathu ndi Mulungu. Tikamalumikizana kwambiri ndi iye ndi kuona chikondi chake, m’pamenenso tingapatsire ena chikondicho. Choncho, n’kofunika kwambiri kukulitsa unansi wathu ndi iye ndi kulola kuti chikondi chake chiwonjezereke m’miyoyo yathu.

Ndizowona, sitingagule chikondi! Yesu anatilimbikitsa kuti tizipereka chikondi monga mphatso: “Lamulo langa ndi ili: Mukondane wina ndi mnzake.” ( Yoh5,17). Chifukwa chiyani? Tikhoza kuthandiza anthu ena kuona chikondi cha Mulungu potumikira zosoŵa zawo, kuwamvetsera, ndi kuwathandiza m’mapemphero athu. Chikondi chimene timasonyezana chimasonyeza chikondi cha Mulungu kwa ife. Zimatibweretsa pamodzi ndikulimbitsa ubale wathu, madera athu ndi mipingo yathu. Imatithandiza kumvetsetsana, kuthandizana ndi kulimbikitsana. Chikondi chimapangitsa dziko lotizinga kukhala malo abwinoko chifukwa chakuti lili ndi mphamvu yokhudza mitima, kusintha miyoyo, ndi kuchiritsa. Pamene titengera chikondi cha Mulungu ku dziko lapansi, timakhala akazembe ake ndi kuthandiza kumanga ufumu wake padziko lapansi.

ndi Barry Robinson

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