Nkhani ya malo ndi nthawi

Pa 12. Mu Epulo 1961 dziko lapansi lidayima ndikuyang'ana ku Russia: Yuri Gagarin ayenera kukhala munthu woyamba mumlengalenga, ndiyenera kunena chifukwa Israeli adagonjetsa Russia pampikisano wamlengalenga. Kuti timvetse mfundo yopenga imeneyi tiyenera kubwerera m’mbuyo pafupifupi zaka 2000. Kuli tauni yaing’ono yotchedwa Betelehemu, imene panthaŵiyo inkafuna kudzaza anthu odzaona malo. Mwamuna wotopa anayang’ana malo ogona ake ndi mkazi wake m’malo onse ogona molephera. Atafufuza kwa nthaŵi yaitali, mwini nyumba wa alendo waubwenzi analola Josef ndi mkazi wake amene anali ndi pakati kwambiri kugona m’khola pafupi ndi nyamazo. Usiku umenewo mwana wawo Yesu anabadwa. Kamodzi pachaka pa Khrisimasi dziko limakumbukira chochitika chachikulu ichi - osati kubadwa kwa astronaut woyamba, koma kubadwa kwa yemwe adzapulumutsa anthu onse.

Kubadwa kwa Yesu ndi chimodzi mwa zikondwerero zambiri zimene zimachitika chaka chilichonse ndipo zimachitika pa zifukwa zolakwika. Mitengo imakongoletsedwa, tinthu tating’ono tating’ono taikidwa, ana ovekedwa zofunda amaimira chochitika chapadera m’seŵero la kubadwa kwa Yesu ndipo kwa masiku oŵerengeka Mulungu amadziŵika kuti iye alidi. Pambuyo pake, chokongoletseracho chidzanyamulidwa bwino kuti chitulutsidwenso chaka chamawa, koma maganizo athu onena za Mulungu adzachotsedwanso pamodzi ndi phiri lalikululi la zinthu. M'malingaliro anga, izi zimangochitika chifukwa sitingamvetsetse tanthauzo la kubadwa kwa Yesu - Mulungu amakhala munthu wathunthu ndipo nthawi yomweyo ndi Mulungu wathunthu.

Chaputala choyamba cha Uthenga Wabwino wa Yohane chimatiuza kuti Khristu, amene anakhala pakati pa anthu, ndiye amene analenga chilengedwe chonse mu kukongola kwake konse kosayerekezeka. Nyenyezi zomwe zimawala mumlengalenga usiku, zaka zambiri zowala kutali ndi ife, zinalengedwa ndi iye. Dzuwa lowala, loyikidwa pamtunda woyenera kutipatsa kutentha kokwanira kuti dziko lathu likhale bwino, linayikidwa ndi iye pamtunda woyenera. Kulowa kwa dzuwa kokongola komwe timakusangalala nako paulendo wautali m'mphepete mwa nyanja kunapangidwa modabwitsa ndi iye. Nyimbo iliyonse yomwe mbalame zimayimba inalembedwa ndi iye. Komabe, iye anasiya ulemerero wake wonse ndi mphamvu zake zonse zolenga ndipo anakhala pakati pa chilengedwe chake: "Amene, pokhala Mulungu, sanayesere kukhala wofanana ndi Mulungu kukhala chinthu chomupindulitsa, koma anadzikhuthula yekha, natenga mawonekedwe a kapolo, nabadwa m'mafanizidwe a anthu. Ndipo popezedwa m'mawonekedwe ngati munthu, anadzichepetsa nakhala womvera mpaka imfa, ngakhale imfa pamtanda!" (Philipper 2, 6-8).

Mulungu yense ndi anthu onse

Mulungu iyemwini anabadwa monga khanda losakhoza kudzithandiza wodalira kotheratu chisamaliro cha makolo ake a padziko lapansi. Anayamwitsidwa pachifuwa cha amayi ake, anaphunzira kuyenda, anagwa n’kugunda bondo, anali ndi matuza m’manja pamene ankagwira ntchito ndi bambo ake omulera, analira chifukwa cha ulesi wa anthu, anayesedwa monga mmene ife timakhalira ndi kugwadira chizunzo chomaliza. ; anamenyedwa, kulavulidwa ndi kuphedwa pa mtanda. Iye ndi Mulungu ndipo pa nthawi yomweyo munthu wathunthu. Chomvetsa chisoni kwambiri n’chakuti anthu ambiri amakhulupirira kuti Mulungu wakhala pakati pa anthu ndipo wakhala nawo kwa zaka . Ambiri amakhulupirira kuti pambuyo pake adabwerera kumalo ake oyambirira ndikuyang'ana kuchokera kutali, momwe sewero laumunthu likukulirakulira. Koma izi sizili choncho!

Pamene tikukondwerera Khirisimasi chaka chino, ndikufuna kugawana nanu nkhani yabwino kwambiri: Mulungu amakukondani kwambiri moti sanangokhala munthu ndi kudziulula kwa ife ndikukhala pakati pathu kwa zaka makumi atatu, koma anakhalabe ndi umunthu wake ndipo tsopano akukhala kudzanja lamanja la Mulungu Atate kuti atipembedzere. Pamene Khristu anakwera kumwamba, anali munthu woyamba m'chilengedwe chonse! "Pali Mulungu mmodzi ndi mkhalapakati mmodzi pakati pa Mulungu ndi anthu, munthu Khristu Yesu." (1. Timotheus 2,5).

Mkhalapakati ayenera kukhala wodziimira payekha. Ngati Yesu akanabwerera ku mkhalidwe wake waumulungu wam’mbuyomo, ndimotani mmene iye akanakhalira mkhalapakati wa ife anthu? Yesu anasunga umunthu wake, ndipo ndani amene angakhale mkhalapakati pakati pa Mulungu ndi munthu kuposa Khristu mwiniyo - amene ali Mulungu koma munthu wathunthu? Osati kokha kusunga umunthu wake, komanso adatenga miyoyo yathu pa iye yekha ndipo kupyolera mu izi tikhoza kukhala mwa iye ndi iye mwa ife.

N’chifukwa chiyani Mulungu anachita chozizwitsa chachikulu kwambiri chonchi? N’chifukwa chiyani analoŵa mlengalenga ndi nthawi ndi chilengedwe chake? Anachita zimenezi kuti pamene anakwera kumwamba akatitenge ndi kuti tikhale naye pa dzanja lamanja la Mulungu. Chotero sikuti Yesu Kristu anakwera kumwamba kokha, komanso aliyense wa ife amene anavomereza Yesu monga Mpulumutsi wake. Pepani, Yuri Gagarin.

Pamene mukukumbukira kubadwa kwa Yesu Kristu chaka chino, kumbukirani kuti Mulungu sadzakusiyani m’chipinda chakale, chafumbi ndipo amakumbukira kamodzi kokha pachaka patsiku lanu lobadwa. Amasunga umunthu wake ngati lonjezo lokhazikika ndi lonjezo kwa inu. Sanakusiyeni ndipo sadzakusiyani. Osati kokha kukhala munthu, iye watenga ngakhale moyo wanu ndi kukhala mwa inu ndi kupyolera mwa inu. Gwirani ku chowonadi chodabwitsa ichi ndikusangalala ndi chozizwitsa chodabwitsachi. Chifaniziro cha chikondi cha Mulungu, Mulungu, Yesu Khristu, Emmanuel ali ndi inu tsopano ndi nthawi zonse.

Wolemba Tim Maguire