Mtima ngati wake

Tiyerekeze kuti Yesu atenga malo anu kwa tsiku limodzi! Amadzuka pabedi panu, amalowetsa nsapato zanu, amakhala m'nyumba mwanu, amatenga nthawi yanu. Abwana anu adzakhala abwana ake, amayi anu adzakhala amayi ake, ululu wanu udzakhala ululu wake! Kupatulapo chimodzi, palibe chomwe chimasintha m'moyo wanu. Thanzi lanu silisintha. Zinthu sizisintha. Ndondomeko yanu imakhala yofanana. Mavuto anu sanathe. Kusintha kumodzi kokha kumachitika. Kulandiridwa usana ndi usiku umodzi, Yesu amatsogolera moyo wanu ndi mtima wake. Mtima wanu umapeza tsiku lopuma ndipo moyo wanu ukutsogozedwa ndi mtima wa Khristu. Zinthu zimene mumaika patsogolo zimadalira zimene mumachita. Zosankha zanu zimatengera zofuna zake. Chikondi chake chimatsogolera khalidwe lanu.

Ndiye mukanakhala munthu wotani? Kodi ena angaone kusintha? Banja lake - kodi angazindikire zatsopano? Kodi ogwira nawo ntchito angazindikire kusiyana? Ndipo amene alibe mwayi? Kodi mungawachitire chimodzimodzi? Anzake? Kodi adzapeza chisangalalo chowonjezereka? Ndi adani anu? Kodi adzalandira chifundo chochuluka kuchokera mu mtima wa Kristu kuposa wanu?

Nanunso? Kodi mungamve bwanji? Kodi kusinthaku kungakhudze kupsinjika kwanu? Maganizo anu akusintha? Maganizo anu? Kodi mungagone bwino? Kodi mungatenge malingaliro ena pakulowa kwadzuwa? Ku imfa? Za misonkho? Mwinamwake mukufunikira aspirin wocheperako kapena sedative? Nanga mungatani mukakumana ndi kuchulukana kwa magalimoto? Kodi mungakhalebe mantha ndi zinthu zomwezo? Kapena, kodi mukuchitabe zomwe mukuchita pakali pano?

Kodi mukadachitabe zomwe munakonzekera kwa maora makumi awiri ndi anayi otsatira? Imani kwa kamphindi ndikuganiziranso ndandanda yanu. Kudzipereka. nthawi zosankhidwa. maulendo. Zochitika. Kodi pali chilichonse chingasinthe ngati Yesu akanalanda mtima wanu? Yankhani mafunso awa. Onani m'maganizo momwe Yesu amatsogolera moyo wanu. Mukatero mudzadziwa chimene Mulungu akufuna. Mulungu amafuna kuti iwo aganize ndi kuchita monga Yesu Kristu: “Khalani ndi mtima wotere wina ndi mnzake, monga mwa chiyanjano cha Kristu Yesu.” (Afilipi 2,5).

Cholinga cha Mulungu pa inu sichinthu chochepa koma mtima watsopano. Mukanakhala galimoto, Mulungu akadafuna ulamuliro pa injini yanu. Mukadakhala kompyuta, imadzinenera umwini wa pulogalamuyo ndi makina ogwiritsira ntchito. Mukanakhala inu ndege, iye akanakhala pampando wa woyendetsa ndegeyo. Koma ndinu munthu, choncho Mulungu akufuna kusintha mtima wanu. “Mubvale munthu watsopano, amene Mulungu anam’lenga m’chifanizo chake, wakukhala wolungama ndi woyera mtima m’chowonadi cha Mulungu.” ( Aefeso. 4,23-24). Mulungu akufuna kuti mukhale ngati Yesu. Iye akufuna kuti mukhale ndi mtima ngati Wake.

Tsopano ndidziika pachiwopsezo. Ndizowopsa kufotokoza mwachidule mfundo zazikuluzikulu mwachidule, koma ndiyesera. Ngati kukanakhala kotheka kusonyeza chikhumbo cha Mulungu kwa aliyense wa ife m’chiganizo chimodzi kapena ziŵiri, mwina tinganene motere: Mulungu amakukondani mmene mulili, koma safuna kukusiyani mmene mulili. Iye akufuna kuti mukhale monga Yesu.

Mulungu amakukondani monga momwe mulili. Ngati mukuganiza kuti angakukondeni kwambiri chikhulupiriro chanu chikanakhala cholimba, mukulakwitsa. Ngati mukuganiza kuti chikondi chake chikanakhala chozama ngati maganizo anu anali ozama, inunso mukulakwitsa. Musasokoneze chikondi cha Mulungu ndi chikondi cha munthu. Chikondi cha anthu nthawi zambiri chimachuluka malinga ndi momwe amachitira ndipo chimachepa akalakwitsa - chikondi cha Mulungu sichitero. Amakukondani mumkhalidwe wanu wapano. Chikondi cha Mulungu sichitha. Ayi. Ngakhale titamukana, tisamuzindikire, kumukana, kumunyoza ndi kusamumvera. Iye sasintha. Zolakwa zathu sizingachepetse chikondi chake. Ulemu wathu sungapangitse chikondi chake kukhala chachikulu. Chikhulupiriro chathu sichiyenera kutero monga momwe kupusa kwathu sikungakaikire. Mulungu amatikonda mochepera pamene tilephera ndipo osatinso tikapambana. Chikondi cha Mulungu sichitha.

Mulungu amakukondani mmene mulili, koma safuna kukusiyani mmene mulili. Mwana wanga wamkazi Jenna ali wamng’ono, nthawi zambiri ndinkapita naye kupaki pafupi ndi nyumba yathu. Tsiku lina akusewera m’bokosi la mchenga, kunabwera munthu wogulitsa ayisikilimu. Ndinamugulira ayisikilimu ndipo ndinkafuna kumupatsa. Kenako ndinaona kuti m’kamwa mwake munadzaza mchenga. Ndidamukonda ndi mchenga mkamwa? Ndithudi. Anali wocheperapo mwana wanga ndi mchenga mkamwa mwake? Inde sichoncho. Kodi ndingamulole kuti asunge mchenga mkamwa mwake? Ayi ndithu. Ndinamukonda mmene analili panopa, koma sindinkafuna kumusiya ali mmenemu. Ndinamunyamula kupita naye kuchitsime chamadzi ndikumutsuka mkamwa. Chifukwa chiyani? Chifukwa ndimamukonda.

Mulungu amatichitiranso chimodzimodzi. Watigwira pa kasupe wa madzi. Lavula dothi, akutilimbikitsa. Ndili ndi china chake chabwino kwa inu. Ndipo chotero amatiyeretsa ku zonyansa: ku chiwerewere, kusaona mtima, tsankho, kuwawidwa mtima, umbombo. Sitisangalala ndi ntchito yoyeretsa; nthawi zina timasankha dothi komanso motsutsana ndi ayezi. Nditha kudya dothi ndikafuna! timalalikira monyoza. Ndiko kulondola. Koma tikudzicheka kukhala thupi. Mulungu ali ndi mwayi wabwinoko. Iye amafuna kuti tikhale ngati Yesu.
Kodi imeneyo si nkhani yabwino? Simumakhazikika mu chikhalidwe chanu. Simumatsutsidwa kukhala okwiya. Iwo ndi osinthika. Ngakhale sipanakhalepo tsiku m'moyo wanu popanda kuda nkhawa, simuyenera kudzikakamiza kwa moyo wanu wonse. Ndipo ngati munabadwa wachinyengo, simuyenera kufa muli wotero.
Kodi tinapeza bwanji lingaliro lakuti sitingathe kusintha? Kodi mawu ngati: Ndi chikhalidwe changa kudandaula kapena: Ndidzakhala wopanda chiyembekezo nthawi zonse zimachokera. Ndi ine basi, kulondola: Ndinakwiya. Sikuti ndilakwa kuti ndichite chonchi? Ndani akunena zimenezo? Tikanena za matupi athu kuti: “Ndi chikhalidwe changa kuti ndili ndi mwendo wothyoka. Sindingathe kusintha. " Inde sichoncho. Pamene matupi athu sagwira ntchito bwino, timafuna chithandizo. Kodi ife sitiyenera kuchita chimodzimodzi ndi mitima yathu? Kodi sitiyenera kufunafuna thandizo pa chikhalidwe chathu chaukali? Kodi sitingathe kufunafuna chithandizo chakulankhula kwathu kodzikuza? Inde tingathe, Yesu akhoza kusintha mitima yathu. Iye amafuna kuti tikhale ndi mtima ngati Iye. Kodi mungayerekeze kuperekedwa kwabwinoko?

ndi Max Lucado

Izi zidatengedwa m'buku la "Pamene Mulungu asintha moyo wanu" ndi Max Lucado, lofalitsidwa ndi SCM Hänssler ©2013. Max Lucado ndi m'busa wakale wa Oak Hills Church ku San Antonio, Texas. Kugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi chilolezo.

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