“Popemphera musamangirire mawu opanda pake ngati anthu akunja osadziwa Mulungu. Amaganiza kuti adzamvedwa ngati alankhula mawu ambiri. musanamufunse kuti "(Mat 6,7-8 Kumasulira kwatsopano kwa Geneva).
Winawake adafunsa kuti: "Chifukwa chiyani ndiyenera kupemphera kwa Mulungu pomwe Iye amadziwa zonse?" Yesu ananena mawu ali pamwambawa monga oyamba pa Pemphero la Ambuye. Mulungu amadziwa zonse. Mzimu wake uli paliponse. Ngati tizingopempha zinthu kwa Mulungu, sizitanthauza kuti ayenera kumvetsera bwino. Pemphero silokhuza kupeza chidwi cha Mulungu. Tili ndi chidwi chake kale. Bambo athu amadziwa zonse za ife. Khristu akuti amadziwa malingaliro athu, zosowa zathu, ndi zokhumba zathu.
Nanga bwanji kupemphera? Monga bambo, ndimafuna kuti ana anga azindiuza akapeza kena koyamba, ngakhale ndimadziwa kale zonse. Ndikufuna ana anga azindiuza akakhala okondwa ndi zinazake, ngakhale ndimawona chisangalalo chawo. Ndikufuna kugawana nawo maloto anu amoyo, ngakhale ndingaganize chomwe chidzakhale. Monga bambo wamunthu, ndimthunzi chabe wa zenizeni za Mulungu Atate. Nanga Mulungu angafune kugawana malingaliro athu ndi ziyembekezo zathu!
Kodi mwamvapo za munthu yemwe anafunsa mnzake wachikhristu chifukwa chake amapemphera? Kodi Mulungu wanu amadziwa chowonadi komanso mwina zonse? Mkhristuyo adayankha kuti: Inde, amamudziwa. Koma sakudziwa mtundu wanga wa chowonadi komanso malingaliro anga mwatsatanetsatane. Mulungu akufuna kudziwa malingaliro athu ndi malingaliro athu. Akufuna kutenga nawo mbali m'miyoyo yathu ndipo pemphero ndi gawo limodzi.
ndi James Henderson