Ulaliki: Padzakhala tsiku

Monga mlaliki, mumadziwa bwino imfa kuposa anthu ambiri. Nthawi zina, izi zimachitika pochezera munthu, mwina ngakhale kukhala pambali pa bedi, pamene akuyandikira mapeto a moyo; nthawi zina, zingakhale kudzera mu mwambo wokumbukira, ndikuyembekeza kuthandiza okondedwa anu omwe ali ndi chisoni kupeza chitonthozo.

Koma kaya mukukumana ndi mavuto amenewo pafupipafupi monga momwe ndimachitira ine, imfa ndi chinthu chosapeŵeka chomwe tonsefe timakumana nacho m'miyoyo yathu—osati yathu yokha. Imakumana ndi imfa ya abwenzi ndi abale. Nthawi zina zimakhala zovuta m'mikhalidwe yotere kudziwa choti tichite. Kodi tipita kuti kuchokera pano?

Ndimaganizira nkhani yomwe ndamva abambo anga akunena za imfa ya agogo awo aakazi, zaka zingapo ndisanabadwe. Anachoka pa Tsiku la Ambuye. Anapita ku mapemphero Lamlungu m'mawa, ngakhale kuti sanamve bwino. Atagona masana amenewo kuti agone, zovala zake zinayikidwa bwino kuti avalenso kuti abwerere madzulo amenewo. Koma sanapeze mwayi wopita ku mapemphero amenewo. Madzulo amenewo, abwenzi anabwera kudzamuyimbira foni ndi kuyesa kumutonthoza. Munthu amene ankamudziwa bwino ananena kuti: “Chabwino, anakhala ndi moyo mpaka atamwalira.”

Poyamba, munganene kuti, chabwino…inde. Mwachionekere. Zimenezo zikumveka ngati tautology. Ndi zoona kwa tonsefe, sichoncho?

Kodi ndi choncho? Anthu ambiri samakhala ndi moyo weniweni. Ambiri a ife tili odzaza ndi zomwe tidzachita kotero kuti sitingathe kuchita. Sitimakhala ndi moyo lero chifukwa cha lero.

Mukuona, ndi chinthu chimodzi kukonzekera zamtsogolo. Ndi chinthu china kukhala ndi moyo panopa. Tonsefe timadziwa kufunika koyembekezera mtsogolo, koma ndi koopsa kwambiri kuchita zimenezo pamene tikunyalanyaza za pano. Yesu anatichenjeza za izi mu Ulaliki wa pa Phiri. Chifukwa chake musadere nkhawa, ndi kuti, “Tidzadya chiyani?” kapena “Tidzamwa chiyani?” kapena “Tidzavala chiyani?” Pakuti amitundu amafuna zonsezi, ndipo Atate wanu wakumwamba akudziwa kuti mukusowa zonsezi. Koma choyamba funani Ufumu wa Mulungu ndi chilungamo chake, ndipo zonsezi zidzawonjezedwa kwa inu. Chifukwa chake musadere nkhawa za mawa, chifukwa mawa adzakhala ndi nkhawa zawo. Zovuta za tsikulo ndizokwanira. (Mateyu 6:31-34)

Olota kwambiri samakhala ndi moyo lero. Amakhala ndi moyo wa mawa nthawi zonse. Chifukwa chake, samakhala ndi moyo weniweni. Ambiri a ife tili choncho.

Mtundu uwu wa moyo umabweretsa mavuto ambiri. Bwenzi lomwe tinkafuna kupita nalo linamwalira tisanapite kukamuona. Tinkafuna kunena chinthu chabwino kwa munthu amene tinkaganiza kuti ndi woyenera, koma anapitilizabe tisanafike. Sitinapeze nthawi yoyenera yoitanira mnansi wathu kutchalitchi kuti aphunzire za Yesu.

Ndikuganiza kuti tikuyenda pamalo odziwika bwino pamene mukuwerenga izi. Tikuwona. Funso ndilakuti: kodi tidzachita chiyani pa izi?

Yankho lili mkati mwathu payekhapayekha. Si chinthu chomwe sitingathe kuchimvetsa, koma chinthu chomwe tiyenera kusankha kuchita. Izi sizikutanthauza kuti n'zosavuta. Zimafuna kusintha zizolowezi zamaganizo, koma zidzabweretsa zotsatira zodabwitsa. Kukhutira komwe sitinazindikire kudzakhala kwathu.

Tiyenera kusiya kulola kuti tsogolo lizigwira ntchito lero. Zokwanira pa tsiku ndi zovuta zake. Pali ntchito zina zomwe timachita tsiku lililonse. Zingawoneke ngati zazing'ono poyerekeza ndi zomwe tikufuna kuchita, koma zomwe tikufuna kuchita zimadalira kwambiri momwe timasamalirira zinthuzi. Mulungu amafuna china chake kwa ife tsiku lililonse. Amatiitana kuti tipereke zabwino kwambiri monga nsembe yamoyo kwa Iye (Aroma 12:1). N'zosavuta kuuza Mulungu zomwe ndikufuna kuchita ndikapeza chuma changa, koma Mulungu akufuna utumiki womwe ndingamupatse lero. Ngati sindichita izi mwayi ukabwera, mwayi ndi wakuti sindidzaupeza. Pali anthu m'dziko lathu omwe akufunika kubweretsedwa kwa Yesu. Kuti amupeze, ndiyenera kupangitsa kuti zitheke. Ndiye ndiloleni ndikhale wotanganidwa ndi kuchita zomwe Mulungu akufuna kuti ndichite lero.

Sitiyenera kufunafuna utumiki wabwino womwe tingathe kuchita mawa. Ine ndi inu sitidzafunika kwambiri muutumiki wa Ambuye kuposa momwe tilili lero. N'zotheka kuti utumiki umene mungachite lero ungathandize kuti zinthu zikuyendereni bwino pamene kulibe kulephera.

Mu nkhani yake ya “Ndili ndi Maloto”, Dr. Martin Luther King adalankhula motchuka za “kufulumira kwamphamvu kwa tsopano,” mawu omwe ndidabwereka pamutu wa nkhaniyi. Ponena za nkhaniyi, ndi pempho la chilungamo cha mafuko m'gulu la anthu. Koma lingaliro loyambira—lakuti “Ino si nthawi yosasamala kapena kusasamala. Ino ndi nthawi yochitapo kanthu mwamphamvu komanso mwanzeru”—liyenera kutikhudza ife monga Akristu m'mbali zonse za mayendedwe athu, makamaka tikamayang'ana dziko lotizungulira ndi mwayi wathu wotayika komanso zinthu zofunika kwambiri zomwe sitinaziganizire. N'zotheka kuti mpingo wa Ambuye sudzakusowani kuposa momwe ukufunira tsopano.

Tisayembekezere kuchita zomwe ziyenera kuchitika tsopano. Zimene tikukonzekera kupereka, tiyeni tizipereke tsopano. Zimene tikukonzekera kuchita, tiyeni tichite tsopano.




​Ulaliki: Chifukwa Chake Timamenyana

M'mawa uno, mu phunziro lathu kudzera mu Chipangano Chatsopano, tafika ku buku la Yakobo, ndipo Yakobo ali ndi zinthu zambiri zabwino kotero kuti ndinavutika kuchepetsa phunziro langa ku mutu umodzi wokha. Nditha kulalikira mosavuta maulaliki 20 osiyanasiyana kuchokera m'buku la Yakobo chifukwa James akunena za kugwiritsa ntchito chikhulupiriro chathu, osati kungouza anthu kuti mumakhulupirira kuti Yesu ndiye Khristu, komanso kusonyeza kuti mumamukhulupirira mwa kukhala ngati Yesu.

Pamapeto pake, ndinaganiza zokhala ndi nthawi ndi ndime yomwe James amalankhula za chinthu chomwe ndikuganiza kuti tonsefe tingachimvetse chifukwa akulankhula za kukangana ndi kumenyana.

Ngati munakulira ndi abale kapena alongo, ndikuganiza kuti mwina mwakhala mukudziŵa zambiri za ndewu

Ndipo, ndikutha kuyamikira nkhani ya mayi amene anathetsa ndewu pakati pa abale awiri. Ndipo mwana wamng'onoyo anafunsidwa ndi amayi ake kuti, "Ndani anayambitsa ndewu iyi?" Ndipo anati, "Anayambitsa pamene anandibwezera."

Kumenyana si chinthu chabwino, kaya ndi abale ndi alongo akumenyana, kapena mwamuna ndi mkazi akumenyana, kapena mayiko akumenyana. Koma mikangano imakhala yopweteka kwambiri ikachitika pakati pa ana a Mulungu.

Mukamawerenga buku la Yakobo, mumamva kuti panali mikangano yambiri ndi mikangano yomwe ikuchitika mu mpingo uwu.

Yakobo anati mu chaputala choyamba kuti “munthu aliyense akhale wofulumira kumva, wodekha polankhula, wodekha pokwiya; pakuti mkwiyo wa munthu subala chilungamo cha Mulungu.” (Yakobo 1:26). Mu chaputala 3, Yakobo analankhula za Akristu omwe amatamanda Mulungu ndi lilime lawo ndi kutemberera anthu ndi lilime lomwelo.

Akulankhula mu chaputala 4 za iwo “onenera zoipa za m’bale wawo” ndi “kuweruza m’bale wawo.” (Yakobo 4:11). Mu chaputala 5, adzawachenjeza za “kung’ung’udzana wina ndi mnzake” (Yakobo 5:9).

Ndipo, kotero, mumapeza lingaliro lakuti uwu unali mpingo kumene anthu anali ndi mavuto. Koma ndithudi si mpingo wokhawo umene unatero. Mpingo wa ku Korinto unali wogawanika m'magulu ndipo panali ndewu zambiri zomwe zinkachitika mu mpingo umenewo. Mu mpingo wa ku Filipi, Paulo anayenera kutchula akazi awiri omwe anali ndi vuto losagwirizana. Paulo anati Akristu ku Galatiya anali “kulumana ndi kudyana” (Agalatiya 5:15). Ndipo ndikuganiza kuti ambiri a inu mwaona nokha momwe zimakhalira kukhala mu mpingo momwe muli ndewu ndi ndewu zomwe zikuchitika.

Koma, tisanaone zomwe Yakobo ananena za momwe tingathetsere ndewu mu mpingo, tiyeni tiwone mwachidule buku lonse la Yakobo kenako ndidzabweranso kuti ndione zomwe Yakobo akunena pankhaniyi.

Kuyambira mu chaputala 3, vesi 13, Yakobo akuti,

“Ndani wanzeru ndi wozindikira pakati panu? Awonetse ntchito zake ndi makhalidwe ake abwino mu kufatsa kwa nzeru. Koma ngati muli ndi nsanje yowawa ndi kudzikuza m’mitima mwanu, musadzitamandire ndi kusakhulupirira chowonadi. Iyi si nzeru yochokera kumwamba, koma ndi ya padziko lapansi, yosakhala yauzimu, ya ziwanda. Pakuti pamene pali nsanje ndi kudzikuza, padzakhala chisokonezo ndi machitidwe onse oipa.

“Koma nzeru yochokera kumwamba poyamba ndi yoyera, kenako yamtendere, yofatsa, yotseguka, yodzaza ndi chifundo ndi zipatso zabwino, yopanda tsankho komanso yowona mtima. Ndipo zipatso za chilungamo zimafesedwa mu mtendere ndi iwo akuchita mtendere.” (Yakobo 3:13-18)

Zikuoneka kuti panali Akristu ena mu mpingo uwu omwe ankadzikuza kuti anali anthu anzeru kwambiri. Ndipo zikuonekanso kuti Akristu awa anali oyambitsa mavuto mu mpingo, ofunitsitsa kuchita zomwe akufuna m’malo mofuna zabwino za thupi lonse. Ndipo Yakobo akuti, “Mungaganize kuti ndinu anzeru, koma ngati ndinu anzeru, ndi nzeru yolakwika.” Chifukwa nzeru za Mulungu sizimabweretsa mkwiyo, nsanje kapena chilakolako chadyera. Ndipo nzeru za Mulungu sizimayambitsa mikangano; m'malo mwake zimabweretsa mtendere.

Koma Yakobo akulembera gulu la Akristu omwe sali pamtendere. Ndipotu, mosiyana kwambiri. Panali ndewu zambiri, mikangano yambiri ikuchitika.

Ndipo motero, Yakobo akunena mu chaputala 4, "Nchiyani chimayambitsa ndewu, ndipo nchiyani chimayambitsa ndewu pakati panu? Kodi si ichi, kuti zilakolako zanu zili pankhondo mkati mwanu? Mumalakalaka ndipo mulibe, kotero mumapha. Mumasirira ndipo simungathe kupeza, kotero mumamenyana ndi ndewu.

"Mulibe, chifukwa simupempha. Mumapempha ndipo simulandira, chifukwa mupempha molakwika, kuti mugwiritse ntchito pa zilakolako zanu. Inu achigololo! Kodi simukudziwa kuti ubwenzi ndi dziko lapansi ndi udani ndi Mulungu? Chifukwa chake iye amene akufuna kukhala bwenzi la dziko lapansi amadziika mdani wa Mulungu." (Yakobo 4:1-4)

Kumapeto kwa chaputala 3, Yakobo akunena kuti nzeru za Mulungu ndi zamtendere komanso zofatsa.