Mulungu samasiya kutikonda!
Kodi mukudziwa kuti anthu ambiri amene amakhulupirira Mulungu zimawavuta kukhulupirira kuti Mulungu amawakonda? Anthu zimawavuta kulingalira kuti Mulungu ndiye Mlengi ndi Woweruza, koma ndizovuta kwambiri kuwona kuti Mulungu ndi Yemwe amawakonda ndikuwasamalira kwambiri. Koma chowonadi ndichakuti Mulungu wathu wachikondi wopanda malire, wopanga komanso wangwiro samapanga chilichonse chotsutsana naye, chomwe chimatsutsana ndi iyemwini. Chilichonse chomwe Mulungu amalenga ndichabwino, chiwonetsero changwiro m'chilengedwe chonse cha ungwiro wake, chilengedwe chake ndi chikondi. Kulikonse komwe tingapeze zotsutsana ndi izi - udani, kudzikonda, umbombo, mantha, ndi mantha - sichoncho chifukwa Mulungu adalenga zinthu mwanjira imeneyi.
Kodi choyipa ndi chiyani koma kupotoza kwa chinthu chomwe poyamba chinali chabwino? Chilichonse chomwe Mulungu adalenga, kuphatikiza ife anthu, chinali chabwino kwambiri, koma ndiko kuzunza chilengedwe komwe kumabweretsa zoipa. Ilipo chifukwa tikugwiritsa ntchito molakwika ufulu wabwino womwe Mulungu adatipatsa kuti tisunthire, m'malo moyandikira, Mulungu, gwero la kukhalako kwathu.
Kodi izi zikutanthauza chiyani kwa ife patokha? Mwachidule: Mulungu adatilenga kuchokera pansi pa chikondi chake chopanda dyera, chifukwa chokhala ndi ungwiro wopanda malire komanso mphamvu zake zolenga. Izi zikutanthauza kuti tili bwino kwathunthu monga momwe anatipangira. Koma bwanji za mavuto athu, machimo athu, ndi zolakwa zathu? Izi zonse ndizotsatira zakuti tadzilekanitsa ndi Mulungu, kuti tidziwona ngati gwero la kukhala kwathu m'malo mwa Mulungu, yemwe adatipanga ndikutisamalira.
Ngati tapatuka kwa Mulungu ndi kuyenda m’njira yathu, kutali ndi chikondi chake ndi ubwino wake, ndiye kuti sitingathe kuona amene Iye alidi. Timamuona ngati woweruza wochititsa mantha, wofunika kumuopa, 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.
Yesu ananena nthano ya ana awiri. Mmodzi wa iwo anali ngati inu ndi ine. Ankafuna kukhala pakati pa chilengedwe chake ndikudzipangira yekha dziko lapansi. Choncho anatenga theka la cholowa chake n’kuthawira kutali komwe akanatha, n’kumangokhalira kudzisangalatsa. Koma kudzipatulira kwake podzikondweretsa yekha ndi kudzikhalira yekha sikunagwire ntchito. Pamene ankagwiritsa ntchito kwambiri ndalama za cholowa chake, m’pamenenso ankavutika maganizo kwambiri komanso ankavutika kwambiri.
Kuchokera kukuya kwa moyo wake wonyalanyaza, maganizo ake anabwerera kwa abambo ake ndi kwawo. Kwakanthawi kochepa, kowala adamvetsetsa kuti chilichonse chomwe akufuna, chilichonse chomwe amafunikira, chilichonse chomwe chimamupangitsa kumva bwino komanso wokondwa chimapezeka kunyumba ndi bambo ake. Ndi mphamvu ya nthawi ya chowonadi iyi, pakukhudzana kwakanthawi kopanda chotchinga ndi mtima wa abambo ake, adang'amba modyera nkhumba ndikuyamba ulendo wobwerera kwawo, nthawi yonseyi akudabwa ngati bambo ake ali ndi mmodzi yemwe angatengenso chitsirucho. ndipo iye anakhala wotayika.
Inu mukudziwa nkhani yonse - ili mu Luka 15. Bambo ake sanangomulowetsanso, anamuwona akubwera pamene adakali kutali; anali kuyembekezera mwachidwi 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. Iye amene anakhala ndi atate wake, amene sanathawe, ndi amene sanawononge moyo wake. M’baleyu atamva za chikondwererocho, anakwiyira m’bale wake ndi bambo ake ndipo sanafune kulowa m’nyumba. Koma bambo ake nawonso anapita kwa iye ndipo chifukwa cha chikondi chomwechi anacheza naye ndikumusambitsa ndi chikondi chosatha chomwe anamusambitsa nacho mwana wake wankhanza.
Kodi mchimwene wamkulu pomalizira pake anatembenuka ndi kuchita nawo chikondwererocho? Yesu sanatiuze zimenezo. Koma mbiri imatiuza zimene tonsefe tiyenera kudziwa—Mulungu sasiya kutikonda. Iye amafunitsitsa kuti ife tilape ndi kubwerera kwa iye, ndipo siliri funso lakuti kaya iye adzatikhululukira, kutilandira ndi kutikonda ife chifukwa iye ndi Mulungu Atate wathu, amene chikondi chake chosatha chiri chofanana nthaŵi zonse.
Kodi ndi nthawi yoti musiye kuthawa Mulungu ndi kubwerera kunyumba kwake? Mulungu anatilenga angwiro ndi amphumphu, ndipo zimenezi n’zimene zikusonyeza kuti m’chilengedwe chake chokongola, chikondi ndi kulenga kwake, n’zochititsa chidwi kwambiri. Ndipo ife tikadali. Timangofunika kulapa ndi kugwirizananso ndi Mlengi wathu, amene amatikondabe mpaka pano, monga mmene anatikondera pamene anatiitana.
ndi Joseph Tkach
