Chikondi chopanda malire cha Mulungu
Nyimbo ya Beatles 'Can't Buy Me Love' inali ndi mizere: 'Ndikugulira mphete ya diamondi bwenzi langa ngati zingakusangalatseni, ndikupatsani chilichonse ngati mungamve bwino. Sindidera nkhawa kwambiri zandalama chifukwa ndalama sizingandigulire chikondi”.
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 si chinthu chomwe tingagule ndi zomwe takwanitsa. Iye amatikonda mopanda malire chifukwa Mulungu, mwa iye mwini, ndiye chikondi: "Mulungu ndiye chikondi, ndipo iye amene akhala m'chikondi akhala mwa Mulungu, ndipo Mulungu akhala mwa iye." (1. Joh 4,16)Tingathe kudalira chikondi chimene Mulungu ali nacho pa ife.
Kodi tikudziwa bwanji izi? “Umu ndi momwe Mulungu adawonetsera chikondi chake pakati pathu: Iye anatumiza Mwana wake wobadwa yekha kudziko lapansi, kuti tikhale ndi moyo kudzera mwa Iye. Chikondi ndi ichi: osati kuti ife tinakonda Mulungu, koma kuti Iye anatikonda ife, ndipo anatuma Mwana wake akhale nsembe yotetezera machimo athu.” (1. Joh 4,9-10)N’chifukwa chiyani tingadalire izi? Chifukwa “chisomo chake chimakhala kosatha.” (Ps 107,1).
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 udindo: “Okondedwa, popeza Mulungu anatikonda kwambiri, ifenso tiyenera kukondana.” (1. Joh 4,11)Tiyenera kukondana, osati chifukwa cha udindo kapena kukakamizidwa; sitingathe kugula chikondi. Timakonda chifukwa cha chikondi chimene Mulungu watisonyeza: “Timakonda chifukwa Iye ndiye anayamba kutikonda.” (1. Joh 4,19)Yohane anapitiliza kunena kuti: “Aliyense amene anena kuti amakonda Mulungu koma amadana ndi mbale wake kapena mlongo wake ndi wabodza; pakuti iye amene sakonda mbale wake kapena mlongo wake, amene wamuwona, sakhoza kukonda Mulungu amene sanamuone. Ndipo anatilamula izi: Iye amene akonda Mulungu ayeneranso kukonda mbale wake ndi mlongo wake.” (1. Joh 4,20-21).
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.
N’zoona kuti sitingathe kugula chikondi! Yesu anatilimbikitsa kupereka chikondi ngati mphatso: “Lamulo langa ndi ili: Kondanani wina ndi mnzake.” (Joh 15,17)Chifukwa chiyani? Tingathandize ena kuona chikondi cha Mulungu mwa kuwathandiza pa zosowa zawo, kuwamvetsera, ndi kuwathandiza m'mapemphero athu. Chikondi chimene timachitirana chimaonetsa chikondi cha Mulungu kwa ife. Chimatigwirizanitsa ndi kulimbitsa ubale wathu, madera athu, ndi mipingo yathu. Chimatithandiza kumvetsetsa, kuthandizana, ndi kulimbikitsana. Kudzera mu chikondi, dziko lotizungulira limakhala malo abwino chifukwa lili ndi mphamvu zokhudza mitima, kusintha miyoyo, ndi kubweretsa machiritso. Mwa kunyamula chikondi cha Mulungu padziko lapansi, timakhala akazembe ake ndikuthandizira kumanga ufumu wake padziko lapansi.
ndi Barry Robinson
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