Chikondi chosayerekezeka cha Mulungu

Kodi n’chiyani chingatitonthoze kuposa kuona chikondi chopanda malire cha Mulungu? Nkhani yabwino ndi yakuti: Mutha kuona chikondi cha Mulungu chonse! Ngakhale kuti mwalephera, mosasamala kanthu za zakale zanu, zomwe mwachita, kapena amene munali kale. Chikondi chake chosatha chikuwonekera m’mawu a Mtumwi Paulo akuti: “Koma Mulungu atsimikiza chikondi chake kwa ife mmenemo, kuti pokhala ife chikhalire ochimwa, Khristu adatifera.” (Röm 5,8)Kodi mukumvetsa kuzama kwa uthengawu? Mulungu amakukondani momwe mulili!

Uchimo umatsogolera ku kutalikirana kwambiri ndi Mulungu ndipo uli ndi ziyambukiro zowononga pa maunansi athu, ponse paŵiri ndi Mulungu ndiponso ndi anthu anzathu. Zimazikidwa pa kudzikonda, kumene kumatichititsa kuika zokhumba zathu pamwamba pa unansi wathu ndi Mulungu ndi ena. Ngakhale kuti ndife ochimwa, chikondi cha Mulungu pa ife chimaposa dyera. Kupyolera mu chisomo chake, Iye amatipatsa chipulumutso ku zotsatira za tchimo – imfa. Chipulumutso ichi, chiyanjanitso ndi Mulungu, ndi chisomo chosayenerera kotero kuti palibe mphatso yoposa imeneyi. Ife tikuzilandira izo mwa Yesu Khristu.

Mulungu amatambasula dzanja lake kwa ife kudzera mwa Yesu Khristu. Amadziulula yekha m'mitima mwathu, amatitsutsa za uchimo wathu, ndipo amatithandiza kukumana naye m'chikhulupiriro. Koma pamapeto pake, chisankho chili ndi ife ngati tilandira chipulumutso chake ndi chikondi chake: "Pakuti mmenemo chilungamo cha Mulungu chawululidwa—chilungamo chochokera m'chikhulupiriro kuyambira pachiyambi mpaka kumapeto; monga kwalembedwa, 'Wolungama adzakhala ndi moyo ndi chikhulupiriro.'" (Röm 1,17).
Tikhoza kusankha kulowa mu moyo wapamwamba uwu, womwe udzapitirira kukula mu chikondi ndi chikhulupiriro, kuyesetsa mosalekeza kupita ku tsiku laulemerero la kuuka kwa akufa pamene tidzasandulika kukhala matupi auzimu osavunda: “Limafesedwa thupi lachibadwidwe, liukitsidwa thupi lauzimu. Ngati pali thupi lachibadwidwe, palinso thupi lauzimu.” (1. Kor 15,44).

Kapena tingasankhe kukana zomwe Mulungu watipatsa, kupitiriza miyoyo yathu, njira zathu, kutsata zolinga zathu zodzikonda ndi zosangalatsa, zomwe pamapeto pake zidzabweretsa imfa. Koma Mulungu amakonda anthu amene adawalenga: "Ambuye sazengereza kukwaniritsa lonjezo lake, monga ena aganizira kuti kuzengereza; koma aleza mtima ndi inu, wosafuna kuti ena awonongeke, koma kuti onse afike kukulapa." (2. Petrus 3,9).

Kuyanjananso ndi Mulungu kumayimira chiyembekezo chachikulu kwa anthu, ndipo motero kwa inu nokha. Tikasankha kulandira mphatso ya Mulungu, kusiya machimo athu mwa kulapa ndi kubwerera kwa Iye mwa chikhulupiriro, Iye amatilungamitsa kudzera m'mwazi wa Yesu ndipo amatiyeretsa kudzera mwa Mzimu Wake. Kutembenuka kumeneku ndi chochitika chachikulu, chosintha moyo chomwe chimatitsogolera ku njira yatsopano: njira yachikondi ndi kumvera, osatinso yadyera ndi ubale wosweka: "Ngati tikunena kuti tili ndi chiyanjano naye pamene tikuyenda mumdima, timanama ndipo sitichita chowonadi." (1. Joh 1,6-7).

Timabadwanso mwatsopano kudzera mu chikondi cha Mulungu chovumbulutsidwa mwa Yesu Khristu – chophiphiritsidwa ndi ubatizo. Kuyambira tsopano sitikhalanso ndi zilakolako zadyera, koma mogwirizana ndi chifaniziro cha Khristu ndi chifuniro chabwino cha Mulungu. Moyo wosafa, wamuyaya m’banja la Mulungu ndi cholowa chathu, chimene tidzachilandira Mpulumutsi wathu akadzabweranso. Ndi chiyani chomwe chingakhale chotonthoza kwambiri kuposa kukhala ndi chikondi cha Mulungu chonse? Musazengereze kutenga njira iyi. Mukuyembekezera chiyani?

ndi Joseph Tkach

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