Khalani banja

598 kukhala banjaSichinali cholinga cha Mulungu kuti mpingo ukhale wokhazikika chabe. Mlengi wathu nthawi zonse ankafuna kuti anthuwo azikhala ngati achibale komanso azikondana. Pamene anaganiza zoika zinthu zofunika pa chitukuko cha anthu, analenga banja monga chigwirizano. Ayenera kukhala chitsanzo kwa mpingo. Ndi mpingo timasankha gulu la oitanidwa omwe amatumikira Mulungu ndi anzawo mwachikondi. Mipingo yomwe idadzikhazikitsa yokha ikutaya mphamvu zomwe Mulungu adafuna kuti akhale nazo.

Pamene Yesu anapachikidwa pa mtanda, maganizo ake anali ndi banja lake ndipo mophiphiritsa ndi mpingo wake wamtsogolo. “Pamene Yesu anaona amake ndi wophunzira amene anamkonda pamodzi naye, anati kwa amake, Mkazi, onani, uyu ndi mwana wanu! Pomwepo adanena kwa wophunzirayo, Tawona, amayi ako uyu! Ndipo kuyambira ola lomwelo wophunzirayo adapita naye limodzi” (Yohane 19,26-27). Iye anatembenukira kwa amayi ake ndi kwa wophunzira Yohane ndipo ndi mawu ake anaika chiyambi cha chimene mpingo udzakhala, banja la Mulungu.

Mwa Khristu timakhala “abale ndi alongo”. Izi siziri mawu amalingaliro, koma zikuwonetsa chithunzi cholondola cha zomwe tili ngati mpingo: kuyitanidwa kubanja la Mulungu. Ndilo gulu losakanizika kwambiri la anthu oyipa. M’banja limeneli muli anthu amene kale anali ogwidwa ndi ziwanda, okhometsa msonkho, madokotala, asodzi, okonda ndale, okayikira, mahule akale, anthu amitundu ina, Ayuda, amuna, akazi, okalamba, achinyamata, ophunzira, antchito, achifwamba kapena osalankhula.

Ndi Mulungu yekha amene akanasonkhanitsa anthu onsewa ndi kuwasintha kukhala umodzi wozikidwa pa chikondi. Choonadi ndi chakuti mpingo umakhala pamodzi ngati banja lenileni. Kupyolera mu chisomo ndi maitanidwe a Mulungu, makhalidwe osiyana kwambiri amasandulika kukhala chifaniziro cha Mulungu ndipo motero amakhala olumikizidwa mu chikondi.

Ngati tivomereza kuti lingaliro la banja likhale chitsanzo cha moyo wa mpingo, kodi banja lathanzi NDI chiyani? Khalidwe limodzi limene mabanja oyenda bwino amasonyeza ndi lakuti aliyense amaganizira mnzake. Mabanja athanzi amayesetsa kutulutsa zabwino kwa wina ndi mnzake. Mabanja athanzi amayesetsa kuthandiza aliyense mmene angathere. Mulungu akufuna kukulitsa kuthekera kwake kupyolera mwa iye, ndi mwa iye. Izi sizili zophweka nthawi zonse kwa ife anthu, makamaka tikaganizira za kusiyanasiyana kwa umunthu ndi anthu omwe ali ndi zophophonya omwe amaimira banja la Mulungu. Akhristu ambiri amangoyendayenda kufunafuna banja loyenera la mpingo, koma Mulungu amatikakamiza kuti tizikonda aliyense amene tili naye. Wina anati: Aliyense akhoza kukonda mpingo wabwino. Chovuta ndi kukonda mpingo woona. Mpingo wa Mulungu mwa mnansi wako.

Chikondi chimaposa kungomva chabe. Zimakhudzanso khalidwe lathu. Dera ndi ubwenzi ndizofunikira m'banja logwirizana. Palibe paliponse pamene malembo amatipatsa chilolezo kuti tingosiya kupita kutchalitchi, kukhala banja, chifukwa wina watichitira zinazake. Panali mikangano yochuluka ndi kusagwirizana mu mpingo woyamba, koma Uthenga Wabwino ndi kulalikira kwake kunagwiridwa ndipo zovuta zimagonjetsa chifukwa cha Mzimu Woyera wa Mulungu.

Pamene Evodiya ndi Suntuke sanagwirizane, Paulo analimbikitsa ogwirizanawo kuthetsa mikangano yawo (Afilipi. 4,2). Pa nthawi ina, Paulo ndi Baranaba anakangana kwambiri chifukwa cha Yohane Maliko moti anapatukana5,36-40). Paulo anatsutsa Petro maso ndi maso chifukwa cha chinyengo chake pakati pa Amitundu ndi Ayuda (Agalatiya 2,11).

Padzakhala nthawi zosasangalatsa pamodzi, zedi, koma thupi limodzi, banja limodzi mwa Khristu zikutanthauza kuti tidzadutsamo limodzi. Ndi chikondi chosakhwima, kapena m’mawu ena kupanda chifundo, chimene chimatipangitsa kuchoka kwa anthu a Mulungu. Umboni wa banja la Mulungu ndi wamphamvu kwambiri moti Yesu ananena kuti mwa chikondi chathu kwa wina ndi mnzake, aliyense adzadziwa kuti ndife ake.
Pali nkhani ya banki yemwe adangoponya ndalama m'kapu ya wopemphapempha wodulidwa mwendo yemwe adakhala mumsewu kutsogolo kwa banki. Koma mosiyana ndi anthu ambiri, wosunga bankiyo nthaŵi zonse ankaumirira kuti atenge imodzi mwa pensulo imene mwamunayo anali nayo pafupi naye. Ndinu wamalonda, anatero wakubankiyo, ndipo nthawi zonse ndimayembekezera phindu labwino kuchokera kwa amalonda omwe ndimachita nawo bizinesi. Tsiku lina mwamuna wodulidwayo sanali m’mphepete mwa msewu. Nthawi inadutsa ndipo wakubankiyo adayiwala za iye mpaka adalowa mnyumba ina ya anthu onse ndipo m'chipinda china munakhala wopemphapemphayo. Zikuoneka kuti tsopano anali mwini wa bizinesi yaying'ono. Nthaŵi zonse ndinkayembekezera kuti tsiku lina mudzabwera, anatero mwamunayo. Inu makamaka muli ndi udindo wokhala pano. Iwo ankangondiuza kuti ndine “wamalonda”. Ndinayamba kudziona choncho m’malo moti wopempha alandire ndalama. Ndinayamba kugulitsa mapensulo - ambiri. Anandipatsa ulemu ndipo amandipangitsa kudziona mosiyana.

Chofunika ndi chiyani?

Dziko lapansi silingawone mpingo momwe ulili, koma tiyenera! Khristu amasintha chirichonse. Pali banja lenileni mwa iye amene adzakhala ndi moyo wosatha pamodzi. Mwa iye timakhala abale ndi alongo, banja ngakhale kuti timasiyana. Mabanja atsopanowa adzakhala mwa Khristu kwamuyaya. Tiyeni tipitirize kufalitsa uthenga umenewu m’mawu ndi m’zochita zathu ku dziko lotizungulira.


Wolemba Santiago Lange