Fanizo la woumba mbiya

Kodi munayamba mwaonapo woumba mbiya akugwira ntchito kapena kutenga nawo mbali mu kalasi youmba mbiya? Mneneri Yeremiya anapita ku malo ogwirira ntchito youmba mbiya. Osati chifukwa cha chidwi kapena chifukwa ankafunafuna chinthu chatsopano chosangalatsa, koma chifukwa Mulungu anamulamula kutero: “Uka, tsikira kunyumba ya woumba mbiya, ndipo kumeneko ndidzakuuza mawu anga.” (Jer 18,2).

Kale kwambiri Yeremiya asanabadwe, Mulungu anali kale akugwira ntchito m'moyo wake monga woumba mbiya, ndipo Mulungu anapitiriza ntchitoyi m'moyo wake wonse. Mulungu analankhula ndi Yeremiya kuti: “Ndinakudziwa ndisanakupange m'mimba, ndipo usanabadwe ndinakusankhani kuti munditumikire Ine ndekha.” (Jer 1,5).

Woumba mbiya asanapange mphika wokongola, amasankha dongo limene liyenera kukhala losalala m’manja mwake. Iye amafewetsa zitsulo zolimba zomwe zilipo ndi madzi ndipo amapangitsa dongo kukhala losinthasintha ndi lopangidwa kuti athe kuumba chotengeracho mmene akufunira malinga ndi luso lake. Zotengera zooneka bwino zimayikidwa mu uvuni wotentha kwambiri.

Tikamalandira Yesu ngati Ambuye ndi Mpulumutsi wathu, tonsefe timakhala ndi mavuto ambiri m'miyoyo yathu. Timalola Yesu kuwachotsa kudzera mu mphamvu ya Mzimu Woyera. Yesaya akunena momveka bwino kuti Mulungu ndiye Atate wathu ndipo anatipanga kuchokera ku fumbi: “Koma Inu, Ambuye, ndinu Atate wathu; ife ndife dongo, ndipo Inu ndinu woumba mbiya; ife tonse ndife ntchito ya manja anu.” (Jes 64,7).

Mu malo ogwirira ntchito a woumba mbiya, mneneri Yeremiya anayang'ana woumba mbiya akugwira ntchito ndipo anaona momwe chidebe chake choyamba chinasinthira kukhala choipa. Kodi woumba mbiyayo akanachita chiyani? Sanataye chidebe chopanda vuto, koma anagwiritsa ntchito dothi lomwelo napanga chidebe china, monga momwe ankafunira. Kenako Mulungu analankhula ndi Yeremiya kuti: “Kodi sindingathe kuchita nanu, inu nyumba ya Israyeli, monga momwe ndichitira ndi woumba mbiya uyu?” akutero Yehova. “Taonani, monga dothi lili m’dzanja la woumba mbiya, momwemo inunso muli m’dzanja langa, inu nyumba ya Israyeli.” (Jer 18,6).

Monga dongo la m'nkhani ya Yeremiya, ife anthu ndife zotengera zopanda ungwiro. Mulungu sataya zomwe zimalakwika. Iye watisankha mwa Khristu Yesu. Pamene tikupereka miyoyo yathu kwa Iye, Iye amatiumba, kutikanikiza, kutikoka, ndi kutiumba ngati dongo lofewa m'chifaniziro chake. Ntchito yolenga imayamba mwatsopano, moleza mtima, mwaluso, komanso mosamala kwambiri. Mulungu sataya mtima: "Pakuti ife ndife ntchito yake, olengedwa mwa Khristu Yesu kuti tichite ntchito zabwino, zimene Mulungu anazikonzeratu pasadakhale kuti tichite." (Eph 2,10).

Ntchito zake zonse amazidziwa kuyambira pachiyambi, ndipo Mulungu amachita ndi dothi m'manja mwake chilichonse chimene akufuna. Kodi tili ndi chikhulupiriro mwa Mulungu, woumba wathu wamkulu? Mawu a Mulungu amatiuza kuti tikhoza kumudalira kotheratu, chifukwa: "Ndili ndi chikhulupiriro chakuti Iye amene anayamba ntchito yabwino mwa inu adzaitsiriza mpaka tsiku la Khristu Yesu." (Philipper 1,6).

Mwa kutiika ife monga minyewa ya dongo pa gudumu la woumba wa dziko lapansi, Mulungu akutiumba kukhala cholengedwa chatsopano chimene anafuna kuti tikhale chikhazikitso cha dziko lapansi! Mulungu akugwira ntchito mwa aliyense wa ife, muzochitika zonse ndi zovuta zomwe moyo wathu umabweretsa. Koma kupyola pa mavuto ndi ziyeso zimene timakumana nazo, kaya ndi thanzi, ndalama, kapena imfa ya wokondedwa, Mulungu ali nafe.

Ulendo wa Yeremiya kwa woumba mbiya umasonyeza zimene zidzatichitikire tikadzapereka moyo wathu kwa Mulungu wolenga ndi wachifundo ameneyu. Kenako amakupangani kukhala chotengera chimene amachidzaza ndi chikondi, madalitso ndi chisomo chake. Kuchokera m'chombo ichi akufuna kugawa zomwe wayika mwa inu kwa anthu ena. Chilichonse ndi cholumikizidwa ndipo chili ndi cholinga: Dzanja la Mulungu lopanga ndi mawonekedwe a moyo wanu; Mpangidwe wosiyana umene iye amatipatsa ife anthu monga chotengera umagwirizana ndi ntchito imene waitanira aliyense wa ife.

by Malawi Wathu