Mulungu amatikonda

728 Mulungu amatikonda ifeKodi mukudziwa kuti anthu ambiri amene amakhulupirira Mulungu amavutika kukhulupirira kuti Mulungu amawakonda? Anthu savutika kuganiza kuti Mulungu ndi Mlengi ndiponso Woweruza, koma n’zovuta kwambiri kuona kuti Mulungu ndi amene amawakonda ndiponso amawaganizira kwambiri. Koma zoona zake n’zakuti Mulungu wathu wachikondi, wolenga ndi wangwiro salenga chilichonse chotsutsana ndi iye mwini, chotsutsana ndi iye mwini. Chilichonse chimene Mulungu amachilenga ndi chabwino, chionetsero changwiro m’chilengedwe chonse cha ungwiro, kulenga ndi chikondi chake. Kulikonse kumene tingapeze zosiyana ndi izi - chidani, kudzikonda, dyera, mantha ndi nkhawa - sikuli chifukwa chakuti Mulungu anapanga zinthu mwanjira imeneyo.

Choipa nchiyani koma kupotozedwa kwa chimene chinali chabwino poyamba? Chilichonse chimene Mulungu analenga, kuphatikizapo ife anthu, chinali chabwino kwambiri, koma kugwiritsira ntchito molakwa chilengedwe ndiko kumabala zoipa. Zilipo chifukwa chakuti timagwiritsira ntchito molakwa ufulu wabwino umene Mulungu anatipatsa kuti tichoke kwa Mulungu, gwero la umunthu wathu, m’malo moyandikira kwa Iye.

Kodi zimenezi zikutanthauza chiyani kwa ifeyo patokha? Mwachidule izi: Mulungu anatilenga mwa kuya kwa chikondi chake chopanda dyera, kuchokera mu nkhokwe yake yopanda malire ya ungwiro ndi mphamvu zake zakulenga. Izi zikutanthauza kuti ndife angwiro ndi abwino, monga mmene iye anatilengera. Koma bwanji za mavuto athu, machimo athu ndi zolakwa zathu? Zonsezi ndi zotsatira za kuchoka kwa Mulungu amene anatipanga ndi kuchirikiza moyo wathu monga magwero a moyo wathu.
Pamene tapatuka kwa Mulungu m’njira yathu, kutali ndi chikondi ndi ubwino wake, sitingathe kuona mmene Iye alili. Timamuona monga woweruza woopsa, woti tizimuopa, woyembekezera kutipweteka kapena kubwezera choipa chilichonse chimene tachita. Koma Mulungu sali wotero. Iye ndi wabwino nthawi zonse ndipo amatikonda nthawi zonse.

Amafuna kuti timudziwe, tikhale ndi mtendere, chimwemwe, chikondi chake chochuluka. Mpulumutsi wathu Yesu ndi chifaniziro cha chikhalidwe cha Mulungu, ndipo amanyamula zinthu zonse ndi Mawu ake amphamvu (Aheberi 1,3). Yesu anatisonyeza kuti Mulungu ali ndi ife, kuti amatikonda ngakhale kuti timayesetsa kumuthawa. Atate wathu wa Kumwamba amafuna kuti ife tilape ndi kubwera ku nyumba Yake.

Yezu alonga nsangani wa ana awiri. Mmodzi wa iwo anali ngati inu ndi ine. Ankafuna kukhala pakati pa chilengedwe chake ndikudzipangira yekha dziko lapansi. Chotero, iye anatenga theka la choloŵa chake nathaŵira kutali monga anathera, kumangokhalira kudzikondweretsa yekha. Koma kudzipereka kwake pakudzikondweretsa yekha ndi kudzikhalira yekha sikunaphule kanthu. Pamene anali kugwilitsila nchito ndalama za colowa kaamba ka iye mwini, m’pamene anali kuipilaipila ndi kukhala womvetsa cisoni.

Kuchokera kukuya kwa moyo wake wonyalanyazidwa, maganizo ake anabwerera kwa abambo ake ndi kwawo. Munthawi yochepa, yowala, adamvetsetsa kuti chilichonse chomwe akufuna, chilichonse chomwe amafunikira, chilichonse chomwe chimamupangitsa kumva bwino komanso chisangalalo chinkapezeka kunyumba ya abambo ake. Chifukwa cha mphamvu ya choonadicho, panthaŵiyi n'kuti atakumana ndi mtima wa bambo ake mosalephera, anadzidzudzula m'chiŵeto cha nkhumba n'kuyamba ulendo wobwerera kwawo. Iye ankangodzifunsa ngati bambo akewo angatengere chitsiru chotere ndi kuluza ngati iyeyo.

Inu mukudziwa nkhani yonse - ili mu Luka 15. Bambo ake sanangomulowetsanso, adamuwona akubwera adakali kutali; anali kuyembekezera mwana wake wolowerera. Ndipo anathamanga kukakumana naye, kumkumbatira, ndi kumusambitsa ndi chikondi chomwe anali nacho pa iye nthawi zonse. Chimwemwe chake chinali chachikulu kotero kuti chinayenera kukondweretsedwa.

Panali m’bale wina, wamkulu. Yemwe adakhala ndi bambo ake ndipo sanathawe ndipo sanawoneke kuti asokoneza moyo wake. M’baleyu atamva za chikondwererocho, anakwiyira ndi kuwakwiyira m’bale wake ndi bambo ake ndipo sanalole kulowa m’nyumba. Koma bambo ake nawonso anapita kwa iye, ndipo chifukwa cha chikondi chomwecho analankhula naye, ndipo anamusambitsa ndi chikondi chosatha chomwe anasambitsa mwana wake wankhanza.

Kodi m’bale wamkuluyo pomalizira pake anatembenuka ndi kukhala nawo pachikondwererocho? Yesu sanatiuze zimenezo. Koma mbiri imatiuza zimene tonsefe tiyenera kudziwa—Mulungu sasiya kutikonda. Iye amafuna kuti ife tilape ndi kubwerera kwa Iye. Palibe funso ngati iye angatikhululukire, kutilandira ndi kutikonda chifukwa chakuti iye ndi Mulungu Atate wathu amene chikondi chake chilibe malire.
Kodi ndi nthawi yoti musiye kuthawa Mulungu ndi kubwerera kwathu kwa Iye? Mulungu anatipanga kukhala angwiro ndi amphumphu, ndipo zimenezi n’zochititsa chidwi kwambiri m’chilengedwe chake chokongola, chodziŵika ndi chikondi ndi kulenga kwake. Ndipo ife tikadali. Zomwe tiyenera kuchita ndi kulapa ndi kugwirizananso ndi Mlengi wathu, amene amatikonda masiku ano monga mmene anatikondera pamene anatiitana.

ndi Joseph Tkach