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Mawu ali ndi mphamvu
Sindikukumbukira dzina la kanemayo. Sindikukumbukira chiwembu kapena mayina a ochita sewerowo. Koma ndikukumbukira chochitika china. Ngwaziyo idathawa pamsasa wankhondo ndipo, atathamangitsidwa mwamphamvu ndi asirikali, adathawira kumudzi wapafupi.
Chifukwa chosowa malo obisalamo, anadziponya m’bwalo la zisudzo lomwe munali anthu ambiri n’kupeza malo okhala m’kati mwake. Koma posakhalitsa anazindikira kuti alonda ndende anayi kapena asanu akulowa m’bwalo la zisudzo ndi kuyamba kutsekereza njira zotulukamo. Malingaliro ake anathamanga. Kodi akanatani? Panalibe njira ina yotulukira ndipo ankadziwa kuti adzadziwika mosavuta anthu akachoka m’bwalo la zisudzo. Mwadzidzidzi ganizo linamudzera. Idalumpha m'bwalo lamasewera lomwe munali mdima wocheperako ndikufuula, "Moto! Moto!" Moto! Moto!” Khamu la anthulo linachita mantha ndipo linathamangira potuluka. Atagwiritsa ntchito mwayiwo, ngwaziyo inasanganikirana ndi khamu la anthu lomwe linamukakamiza n’kudutsa alondawo n’kungosowa usiku. Ndimakumbukira chochitika ichi pa chifukwa chimodzi chofunikira: mawu ali ndi mphamvu. M’chochitika chochititsa chidwi chimenechi, mawu amodzi aang’ono anapangitsa anthu ambiri kuchita mantha ndi kuthaŵa kupulumutsa miyoyo yawo!
Buku la Miyambo (18,21) amatiphunzitsa kuti mawu ali ndi mphamvu yobweretsa moyo kapena imfa. Mawu osasankhidwa bwino amatha kuvulaza, kupha chidwi, komanso kuletsa anthu. Mawu osankhidwa bwino amatha kuchiritsa, kulimbikitsa, ndi kupereka chiyembekezo. M'masiku amdima kwambiri a 2. Panthawi ya nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse, mawu amene Winston Churchill anasankhidwa mwanzeru komanso onenedwa mogometsa, analimbikitsa anthu komanso anabwezeretsa kupirira kwa anthu a ku England omwe ankavutika. Akuti adasonkhanitsa chilankhulo cha Chingerezi ndikuchitumiza kunkhondo. Umo ndi momwe mphamvu ya mawu ilili yolimba. Mutha kusintha miyoyo.
Izi ziyenera kutipangitsa kuima ndi kuganiza. Ngati mawu athu aumunthu ali ndi mphamvu zambiri, kuli bwanji mawu a Mulungu? Kalata yopita kwa Aheberi imasonyeza kuti “mawu a Mulungu ndi amoyo ndi amphamvu.” (Aheb 4,12). Ili ndi khalidwe lamphamvu. Ili ndi mphamvu. Zimapangitsa zinthu kuchitika. Imakwaniritsa zinthu zomwe palibe wina aliyense angachite. Sizimangodziwitsa, zimakwaniritsa zinthu. Yesu atayesedwa ndi Satana m’chipululu, anasankha chida chimodzi chokha kuti amenyane ndi Satana: “Kwalembedwa; kwalembedwa; kwalembedwa,” Yesu anayankha—ndipo Satana anathawa! Satana ndi wamphamvu, koma Malemba ndi amphamvu kwambiri.
Mphamvu zotisintha
Koma mawu a Mulungu samangochita zinthu, komanso amatisintha. Baibulo silinalembedwe kuti litidziwitse koma kuti lisinthe. Nkhani zitha kutidziwitsa zambiri. Mabuku angatilimbikitse. Ndakatulo zingatisangalatse. Koma ndi Mawu amphamvu okha a Mulungu amene angatisinthe. Akalandira, mawu a Mulungu amayamba kugwira ntchito mwa ife ndikukhala mphamvu yamoyo m'miyoyo yathu. Khalidwe lathu limayamba kusintha ndipo timabala zipatso (2. Timoteo 3,15-17; 1. Peter 2,2). Umu ndi mphamvu ya Mau a Mulungu.
Kodi zimenezi zimatidabwitsa? Osati pamene ife tiri mkati 2. Timoteo 3,16 werengani kuti: “Pakuti lemba lililonse adaliuzira Mulungu” (“louziridwa ndi Mulungu” lomwe ndi kumasulira kwenikweni kwa Chigriki). Mawu amenewa si mawu a anthu chabe. Iwo anachokera kwa Mulungu. Ndi mawu a Mulungu yemweyo amene analenga chilengedwe chonse ndi kuchirikiza zinthu zonse ndi mawu ake amphamvu (Aheb 11,3; 1,3). Koma satisiya tokha ndi mawu ake pamene akupita kukachita zina. Mawu ake ndi amoyo!
“Monga chimanga chobala nkhalango chikwi, momwemonso Mawu a Mulungu ali m’masamba a m’Malemba ngati mbewu yogona m’nkhokwe, yongoyembekezera kuti wofesa wakhama abzale, ndi kuti mtima wa chonde umere kuti ulandire. iye” ( The Preeminent Person of Christ: A Study of Hebrews lolembedwa ndi Charles Swindol, p. 73).
Amayankhulabe kudzera pakulankhula
Chifukwa chake musalakwitse kungowerenga Baibulo chifukwa muyenera kapena chifukwa ndichabwino kuchita. Osamawerenga mwachizolowezi. Osayiwerenga ngakhale chifukwa mumakhulupirira kuti ndi mawu a Mulungu. M'malo mwake, muone Baibulo ngati Mawu a Mulungu amene akulankhula nanu lero. Mwanjira ina, amalankhulabe kudzera pazomwe ananena. Kodi tingakonzekere bwanji mitima yathu kuti ibereke zipatso kuti tilandire mawu ake amphamvu?
Kupyolera mwa kuphunzira Baibulo mwapemphero, ndithudi. Mu Yesaya 55,11 Ilo limati: “...momwemo adzakhalanso mawu otuluka m’kamwa mwanga: Sadzabwerera kwa ine opanda kanthu, koma adzachita chimene ndifuna, ndipo adzachita bwino m’mene ndawatumizira.” Yohane Stott akufotokoza nkhani ya mlaliki wina woyendayenda amene anali pa chitetezo pabwalo la ndege. Izi zinali zisanachitike frisking yamagetsi ndipo wapolisiyo anali akufufuza mthumba mwake. Anapeza katoni yakuda yomwe munali Baibulo la mlalikiyo ndipo anachita chidwi kuti adziwe za m’kati mwake. "M'bokosilo muli chiyani?" adafunsa mokayikira, ndipo adalandira yankho lodabwitsa, "Dynamite!" (Pakati pa Dziko Lapansi Awiri: John Stott)
Ndi kulongosola koyenera bwanji kwa Mawu a Mulungu - mphamvu, mphamvu yophulika - yomwe ingathe "kuphulika" zizolowezi zakale, kuwomba zikhulupiriro zolakwika, kuyatsa kudzipereka kwatsopano, ndi kutulutsa mphamvu zokwanira kuchiritsa miyoyo yathu. Kodi chimenecho si chifukwa chomveka choŵerengera Baibulo kuti tisinthidwe?
ndi Gordon Green
