Nkhani ya malo ndi nthawi

684 mbiri ya malo ndi nthawiPa 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.

M’mutu woyamba wa Uthenga Wabwino wa Yohane akuti Kristu, amene anakhala pakati pa anthu, ndiye amene analenga chilengedwe chonse mu kukongola kwake kosamvetsetseka. Nyenyezi zimene zimawala kuthambo usiku uliwonse ndipo zili kutali ndi ife zaka zambiri zowala zinalengedwa ndi iye. Dzuwa lonyezimira, mtunda woyenerera kuchokera kwa ife kutipatsa kutentha kokwanira kuti pulaneti lathu likhale mumkhalidwe wabwino, linaikidwa pamenepo ndi ilo pa mtunda woyenerera ndendende. Kulowa kwadzuwa kodabwitsa, komwe timachita chidwi ndi ulendo wautali pamphepete mwa nyanja, kunalengedwa modabwitsa ndi iye. Nyimbo iliyonse imene mbalame zimalira inaipeka ndi iye. Chikhalirechobe iye anasiya ulemerero wake wonse wa kulenga ndi mphamvu nakhala pakati pa zolengedwa zake: «Iye amene anali m’maonekedwe aumulungu sanachiyese chifwamba kukhala wolingana ndi Mulungu, koma anadzilekanitsa yekha natenga mawonekedwe a kapolo; anakhala munthu chimodzimodzi ndipo anazindikirika monga munthu ndi maonekedwe. Anadzichepetsa yekha, nakhala womvera kufikira imfa, kufikira imfa ya pamtanda.”​—Afilipi 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!

Tikakondwereranso nthawi ya Khrisimasi chaka chino, ndikufuna ndikuuzeni uthenga wabwino: Mulungu amakukondani kwambiri kotero kuti sanangokhala munthu ndi kudziulula kwa ife ndi kukhala nafe zaka makumi atatu, adasunga umunthu wake ndikusunga umunthu wake. tsopano wakhala pa dzanja lamanja la Mulungu Atate kutiimilira ife. Pamene Kristu anakwera kumwamba, anali munthu woyamba m’mlengalenga! “Pali Mulungu mmodzi, ndi mkhalapakati mmodzi pakati pa Mulungu ndi munthu, ndiye munthu Khristu Yesu” (1. Timoteo 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