Osankhidwa ndi Mulungu

Aliyense amene adavoteledwapo mu timu, kutenga nawo mbali pamasewera, kapena chilichonse chokhudza ofuna kusankhidwa amadziwa kumverera kwakuti ndiye wosankhidwa. Zimakupangitsani kumva kuti ndinu okondedwa komanso okondedwa. Kumbali inayi, ambiri aife timadziwanso zotsutsana ndi kusasankhidwa; mumamva kuti simunalandiridwe ndikukanidwa.

Mulungu, amene anatipanga mmene tilili ndiponso amene amamvetsetsa maganizo amenewa, amagogomeza kuti kusankha kwake Aisiraeli monga anthu ake kunaganiziridwa mosamala, osati mwamwayi. Iye anawauza kuti: “Pakuti inu ndinu anthu opatulika kwa Yehova Mulungu wanu, ndipo Yehova anakusankhani kuti mukhale anthu ake mwa mitundu yonse ya padziko lapansi.” ( Deuteronomo 54,2). Mavesi ena mu Chipangano Chakale amasonyezanso kuti Mulungu anasankha: mzinda, ansembe, oweruza ndi mafumu.

Akolose 3,12  kulengeza kuti ifenso, monga Aisrayeli, tasankhidwa: “Tidziŵa, abale okondedwa a Mulungu, kuti munasankhidwa (kukhala anthu ake)”1. Atesalonika 1,4). Izi zikutanthauza kuti palibe aliyense wa ife amene anachita ngozi. Tonse tili pano chifukwa cha dongosolo la Mulungu. Chilichonse chimene amachita amachichita ndi cholinga, chikondi ndi nzeru.

M'nkhani yanga yomaliza yonena za kudziwika kwathu mwa Khristu, ndinayika mawu oti "sankhani" pansi pa mtanda. Ndi chinthu chomwe ndimakhulupirira kuti ndichofunika kwambiri pa moyo wathu wauzimu. Ngati tiyendayenda ndikukhulupirira kuti tili pano mwachifuniro cha Mulungu kapena mpukutu wa dayisi, chikhulupiriro chathu (chidaliro) chidzakhala chofooka ndipo kukula kwathu monga Akristu okhwima kudzavutika.

Aliyense wa ife ayenera kudziwa ndi kukhulupilira kuti Mulungu anasankha ife ndi kutitcha ife ndi dzina. Iye anagwira iwe ndi ine paphewa n’kunena kuti: “Ndasankha iwe, nditsate ine!” Tingakhale ndi chidaliro podziŵa kuti Mulungu anatisankha, amatikonda, ndipo ali ndi dongosolo la aliyense wa ife.

Kodi tiyenera kuchita chiyani ndi chidziwitsochi kupatula kumva kutentha ndi kusamveka? Ndiwo maziko a moyo wathu wachikhristu. Mulungu amafuna kuti tidziŵe kuti ndife ake, amatikonda, ndife ofunidwa ndipo Atate wathu amatisamalira. Koma si chifukwa chakuti tinachita kalikonse. + Monga mmene anachitira ndi Aisiraeli m’buku lachisanu la Mose 7,7 anati: “Si chifukwa chakuti munali ochuluka kuposa amitundu onse kuti Yehova anakondwera nanu ndi kukusankhani; pakuti ndinu wam’ng’ono mwa amitundu onse.” Chifukwa chakuti Mulungu amatikonda, tinganene mofanana ndi Davide kuti: “Moyo wanga, n’chifukwa chiyani uli ndi chisoni ndi kusakhazikika m’kati mwanga? Yembekezerani pa Mulungu; pakuti ndidzamuyamika, kuti ndiye chipulumutso cha nkhope yanga, ndi Mulungu wanga.” ( Salmo 42,5)!

Chifukwa chakuti ndife osankhidwa, tingayembekezere Iye, kumutamanda, ndi kumudalira. Tikatero tikhoza kuthandiza ena ndi kusonyeza chimwemwe chimene tili nacho mwa Mulungu.

ndi Tammy Tkach