"Mtendere, uli kuti mtendere - wa maiko athu, m'nyumba zathu, makamaka mtendere wa mitima yathu? Kulira kowawitsa moyo uku kulilira mtendere ktwakhala kuli kumvekabe pakati pa mibadwo yonse; komatu kuliraku nthawi zones kukukulira kulira chifukwa cha kuchuluka zochitika padziko zimene zikupangitsa kuti mtendere usowekedi. M'bale ukuwerengawe, kulira kwa mtima wako ndi kumenekunso kodi? Mkati mwa zosowetsa mtendere ndi zosakhutitsa mtima zonse, kodi umalakalakadi utapeza mtendere wamumtima umene uli opambana zonse?
Zimene zidaoneka monga zinthu zokondweretsa, m'mene akatswiri anayamba kupanga zinthu zaliwiro koposa, katumizidwe ka mau mosabvuta, zochitika zambiri ndi kusintha kwa masiku ano zachititsa dziko ndi anthu kukhala osokonekera. Zinthu zambiri zimene akatswiri anzeru akufufuza-fufuza kuti mwina zingathandize kupanga dziko lapansi kukhala malo abwino kukhalapo zapangitsa moyo kukhala obvuta ndi osokonekera. lnde ngakhale kuti zambiri kwa ife m'moyo uno ndi zosabvuta chifukwa cha izi, zinthu zomwezo zikutipangitsa ife kukhala osowa mtendere ndi osakhazikika m'maganizo ndi m'mitima. Ndife otopetsedwa, ndi odandaula. Ndipo mosabisila. ife tikusowa uphungu ndi chitsogozo, tisowa chitetezo ndi chitsimikizo. Tikusowa, ndipo tikufuna mtendere wamumtima.
Mtendere wamumtima ndi chuma choposa chimene munthu angakhale nacho. Tikaleka kukhala moyo okhumudwa ndi odandaula, ndikuyamba kukhala moyo osadandaula, odekhetsa mtima, ndiye kuti tapeza ngale imodzi mwa ngale zopambana zamtendere. Mtendere wa mumtima umabweretsa chikwaniritso ndi chimwemwe, ndipo ndi gwelo la chilimbitso kwa ife eni ndi anzathu.
Kodi chuma chimenechi chingapezekedi m'dziko lodzala ndi zopinga, zokhumudwitsa, zosokoneza ndi mabvuto ochuluka?
Kufufuza kweni-kweni kuja kwayamba tsopano! Anthu ochuluka akufuna-funa mtendere wa mtima wao podzipangitsa kukhala otchuka, podzikondweretsa podzipezera mphamvu ndi ulamuliro, popeza maphunziro apamwamba ngakhale mu ukwati momwe. Mitu yao yadzala ndi nzeru, matumba awo adzala ndi chuma, koma mizimu yao ndi yosowa ndithu. Ena akuyesa-yesa kuthawa zoonadi za moyo uno poledzera ndi kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala ozunguza bongo kuti kapena apeza mtendere, koma samaupeza. Zofuna zao zingowatengera bvuto ndi nsautso; palibe chimene apindula kuti apeze mtendere-akhalabe m'dziko la mabvuto ndi moyo obvutika. Kiyi weniweni pakufunafuna mtendere tikhoza kuupeza m'zigawo izi:
"Titha kukhala nao mtendere koma osalingalira za mkati mwake." Timafufuza m'zinthu za dera zimene tingathe kizigwira ndi kuziona ndi maso, koma timayiwala kuona zamkati. Timakhala ndi mantha pa zoona zimene tingazitulukire. Timafuna kuyika kulakwa konse ndi kusauka kwa moyo wathu pa zo bvuta za dziko lino, kuiwala kuti mumtima mwathu ndi m'mene tingapeze yankho la bvuto lathu. Ndi mumtimamo m'mene machiritso a zobvuta zathu ayenera kuyambira.
Mulungu anapanga munthu ndi Mzimu umene umasowa kukhala mu chiyanjano ndi Mulengi wake. "Monga nswala ipuma wefμwefu kukhumba mitsinje; motero moyo wanga upuma wefuwefu kukhumba lnu, Mulungu. Moyo wanga uli ndi ludzu la kwa Mulungu, la kwa Mulungu wamoyo: Ndikadze liti kuoneka pamaso pa Mulungu?" Sal. 42:1-2. Ndi Mulungu wamoyo yekha, Khristu wamoyo yekha, ndi Mau a moyo okha amene angakhutiritse Mzimu. Ichi chitsimikizike kwa inu kuti ~ simungapeze mtendere padziko ngati inu eni simuli pamtendere ndi Mulungu.
Ngakhale mizimu yathu imalakalaka kuyanjana ndi Mulungu, umunthu wathu wochimwa umapandukira njira yake. Gawo lina la umoyo wathu limafuna Mulungu pomwe gawo lina limatumikira zofuna za kuthupi .. Mitima yathu ili monga chigwa chomenyaniranapo nkhondo yosatha.
Kulimbana kwa mkati uku kumatipanga ife kukhala anthu opanda thandizo. "Koma oipa ali ofanana ndi nyanja yowinduka; pakuti siingapume, ndi madzi ake autsa matope ndi ubve" Yes. 57:20. Sitingakhale ndi mtendere kufikira moyo wathu, maganizo, thupi ndi mzimu zitalumikizana ndi amene anatipanga ndipo amatimvetsetsa ifeyo. Sikuti ndi Mbuye wa dziko lokhayi, koma amadziwa moyo wanu ndi wanga kuyambira chiyambi kufikira mapeto. Ankaganizira za ife pamene anadza padziko lapansi "Kuwalitsira iwo okhala mumdima ndi mthunzi wa imJa; Kulunjikitsa mapazi athu munjira ya mtendere" Luka 1:29. lye monga Karonga wa mtendere, aitana tonse kuti tidze kwa lye. "ldzani kuno kwa lne nonsenu akulema ndi akuthodwa, ndipo lne ndidzakupumulitsani inu" Mat. 11:28. Tikadza kwa lye, tidzapeputsidwa kuzolemetsa zathu ndi kupeza mpumulo mu mtendere umene lye amapereka. Mtendere wathu udzakhala monga mtsinje (Yes. 48:18) umene uyenda nthawi zonse, mtendere umene upambana chidziwits_o chonse Afilipi 4:7. Kodi mubvomera kubwera kwa lye, "Kutula zolemetsa zanu pa lye" kuti mumve lye akuti "Mtendere ndikusiyirani inu, mtendere wanga ndikupatsani; lne sindikupatsani inu monga dziko lapansi lipatsa. Mtima wanu usabvutike kapena usachite mantha." Yoh. 14.27.
Mulungu adalenga munthu ndi kumuika m'munda okongola kuti iye akhale ndi mtendere, chisangalalo ndi chimwemwe. Koma pamene Adamu ndi Eva sanamvere, nthawi yomweyo anatsutsidwa ndi tchimo. Asadachimwe nthawi yonse anafunitsitsa kukhala ndi Mulungu, koma atachimwa anadzibisa okha mwanianyazi. Kutsutsika ndi mantha zinalanda mtendere ndi chimwemwe zomwe iwo anali nazo poyamba paja. Ichi ndiye chinali chiyambi cha dziko la mabvuto - ndi moyo wa mabvuto.
Bukhu lopatulika litiuza kuti tchimo lakusamverali liri pa ife. "Tonse tasochera ngati nkhosa; tonse tayenda yense m'njira ya mwini yekha; ndipo Yehova anaika pa lye mphulupulu ya ife tonse." Yes. 53:6. "Pakuti onse anachimwa naperewera pa ulemerero wa Mulungu;" Aroma 3:23. Kutsutsika, mantha, kubvunduka, kusalolela, kudzikonda ndi zokakamiza zina za upandu ndi zokuta moyo wathu konse tingapite. Zimabweretsa kutopa ndi kufooka kwa maganizo. Tiyenera kuthokoza kuti Yesu sanadze padziko " ..kuti akaweruze dziko lapansi, koma kuti dziko lapansi likapulumutsidwe ndi lye." Yoh. 3:17. "Pakuti Mulungu anakonda dziko lapansi kotero, kuti anapatsa Mwana wake wobadwa yekha, kuti yense wakukhulupirira lye asatayike, koma akhale nawo moyo wosatha." Yoh. 3:16. "Zinthu izi ndalakhula ndi inu kuti mwa Ine mukakhale nao mtendere. M'dziko lapansi mudzakhala nacho chibvuto, koma limbikani mtima; ndalilaka dziko lapansi lne." Yoh. 16:33.
Undekha (kudzikonda) ndiye chinali chiyambi cha kusamvera. Mpaka lero lino upitilirabe kukhala chida chimodzi cha uchimo chimene chititengerabe ife ku njira yokhumudwitsa ndi yowawitsa mtima. Tikhala odzikonda mu zolinga zathu, timakhala osinkha-sinkha, okhumudwa ndi odandaula. Tikapitilira kuyenda m'njira yodzikondayi, tidzakhala obvutika koposa. M'malo modziyang'ana tokha monga eni ake a moyo, tiyenera kutembenukira kwa Mulungu ndikumulola lye kukhala mwini weniweni wa moyo wathu. Ngati sitilola Mulungu kukhala mwini weniweni wa moyo wathu, ndi kwa pafupi ife kudandaula ndi zinthu zazing'onozing'ono, kudzipangitsa manyazi, kuopa ndi kukhala okhumudwa. Mulungu akakhala pakati pa moyo wathu monga mwini weniweni, moyo wathu wonse udzakhudzidwa monga zikhalira habu ndi masipoko pa tayala la njinga, ndipo moyo wathu udzakhala moyo oyenera ndi okoma. Ndi mtima okhawo okhazikika pa Mulungu umene ukhala wa ngwiro ndi wa mtendere. Olemba Salimo akuti, "Moyo wanga wakhazikika, Inde Mulungu, moyo wanga wakhazikika, ndidzaimba ndi kulemekeza." Ndi chikhulupiriro chonse pa Mulungu, anatha kukondwera ndi moyo wokhazikika. Mitima yathu ikakhazikika pa Mulungu tiri nawo mtendere wa mkati ngakhale tiri pakati pa mabvuto akunja kuno.
Nkotheka inde kukhala "—osautsika monsemo, koma osapsyinjika; osinkha sinkha koma osakhala kakasi;" 2 Akor. 4:8. Mmene Yesu anati, " … kwa ophunzira ake, Ngati munthu afuna kudza pambuyo panga, adzikane yekha, natenge mtanda wake, nanditsate lne." Mat. 16:24, anaitana aliyense kukusinthika kwa moyo wa munthu kumene kuli ndi tanthauzo lalikuru. "Chifukwa chache ngati munthu ali mwa Khristu, ali wolengedwa watsopano, zinthu zakale zapita, taonani zakhala za tsopano." 2 Akor. 5:17. Kodi mubvomera kuyitana kwakeku m'mene ati "ldzani kwa Ine?" lye apatsa kuwala m'malo mwa mdima, chikhulupiriro m'malo mwa chikayiko, mtendere m'malo mwa kubvutika, chimwemwe· m'malo mwa chisoni, mpumulo m'malo mwa kutopa, chiyembekezo m'malo mwa kukhumudwa, ndi moyo m'malo mwa imfa.
Monga makolo athu oyamba aja, tikangolekana ndi Mulungu, mantha ndi kubvutika mumtima zimatikulira mwamsanga. Tikakhazikitsa moyo wathu pa zinthu zosadalilika zadziko lapansi zimene zidzabvunda, chitetezo ndi chikhulupiriro chathu ndi zogwedezeka. Mtendere wathu umasokonezeka.
Chikhulupiriro ndi chiyembekezo ndiye mankhwala eni eni othetsera mantha ndi kubvutika kwa mumtima. Kokoma ndi kopumulitsa ndithu kukhulupirira Mulungu wa nthawi zosayamba ndi zosamaliza; kukhala ndi bwenzi losasintha; yemwe chikondi chake sichisinthayi. Nthawi zonse bwenzi iri limatiganizira ndi kutisamalira. Nanga tidandauliranji ndi kubvutika mumtima? Phunzirani kuchita monga timawerenga ku 1 Petro 5:7, "Kusamala zake zonse; popeza lye amakusamalirani." Mtendere umapezeka nkhondoyo ikatha, bwanji moyo wanu osagonjera kwa Ambuye? Kumbukirani; mukakhulupirira, simudandaula, koma mukadandaula, simukhulupirira. "lnu mudzasunga mtima wokhazikika mu mtendere weni weni, chifukwa ukukhulupirirani inu" Yes. 26:3.
Kusalolera kuli ngati mankhwala okupha (poizoni), amenenso amatichotsera mtendere wa mumtima mwathu. Kumene kumabweretsanzo kukhumudwa ndi chiyembekezo chopanda pake. Nkobvuta kukhululukira amene sanatichitire chilungamo, koma tiyenera kuwakhululukira ngati ifenso tifuna kukhululukidwa. "Koma ngati simukhululukira anthu zolakwa zao, Atate wanunso sadzakukhululukirani zolakwa zanu." Mat. 6:15. Muchotse zoumitsa mtima zonse ndi zobvunduka moyo wanu, ndi kubwezeretsa chikondi ndi chifundo m'malo mwake, ngati inuyo mufuna kulandira chikhululukiro ndi mtendere wopambana wamumtima.
Mwina mukulemedwa ndi zochimwa zanu zakale kuti zachuluka ndipo simungathe kuzisenza. Ngati nkhawa yanu iri imeneyi, mukungoona kudandaula chabe. "Ngati tibvomereza machimo athu, ali wokhulupirika ndi wolungama lye, kuti atikhululukire machismo athu, ndi kutisambitsa kutichotsera chosalungama chiri chonse." 1 Yoh. 1:9 Chotsatira chake, mukhala mu mtendere ndi Mulungu kupyolera mwa Yesu Khristu. "Popeza tsono tayesedwa olungama ndi chikhulupiriro, tikhala ndi mtendere ndi Mulungu mwa Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu" Aroma 5:1. Mfumu Davide adachimwa: nayesa kudzilimbitsa mμ msautso wa kuchimwa kwakeko, koma analapa tchimo lake napeza chikhululukiro. Adalola Sing'anga wamkuluyo kumuchiza kupyolera mkubvomereza tchimo, kulapa ndi kukhululukidwa. Mu Salimo 23 akuonetsera chikhulupiriro chake mwa Mulungu ndipo akulongosola momveka uthenga wa mtendere umene iye anaupeza komanso za mtendere ndi chiyanjano chimene chiripo kwa onse amene akhala ndi chiyanjano cheni cheni ndi M'busayo.
I. "Yehova ndiye M'busa wanga: sindidzasowa." M'busa wabwinoyu adapatsa Davide mtendere umene unamkhutiritsa. Koteronso ngati ife tiyamba tafuna ufuinu wa Mulungu," izi zonse zidzaonjezedwa, zosowa zathu zidzakwaniritsidwa.
2. Atipanga ife kukhala ndi mtendere m'dziko lobvutikali. Atitsogolera ife kumalo a phee mchikondi chake chosasintha.
3. Apa Davide akukumbukira nthawi imene adakhala obvutika m'moyo mwake chifukwa cha tchimo. M'busa wabwino adamkhululukira nabwezeretsanso chimwemwe ndi mtendere kwa iye.
4. Ngakhale anamondwe ndi zobvuta za moyo uno zitichulukire, sitidzaopa choipacho chifukwa Mulungu ali nafe kutipulumutsa, kutiteteza ndi kutisamalira.
5. M'busa okoma otani uyu okhoza kutidzaza ife ndi zokoma zosefukura pamaso pa adani athu!
6. Chitetezo choposa chotani chimene nkhosa za pabusa zake ziri nacho! Kodi mumdziwa M'busa ameneyu? Kodi mumkhulupirira lye? Yesaya atiuza kuti M'busa woleza ndi wachifundoyu "Adzasonkhanitsa ana a nkhosa ndi dzanja lake, ndikuwanyamula pa chifuwa chake." Kodi ndinu okonzeka kutulitsidwa mchisokonezo kupita m'manja a mtendere wosatha wa Mulungu? Ndinu okonzeka kodi kutula zochimwa zanu zonse zakale kwa lye, mayesero anu, mantha a tsogolo lanu, ndi kudzipereka kwathunthu kwa lye? Kusankha ndi kwa inu, ndipo ndinu nokha eni amene muyenera kusankha, osati wina ai.
Mukadza kwa Yesu ndi mtima wanu wonse, ndiye kuti mwatsiriza ntchito yonse yofuna-funa mtendere. Adzakupatsani mtendere ndi bata zomwe zichokera kwa lye yekha chifukwa chomukhulupirira.
Apo mudzakhoza kunena monga olemba wina adalemba:
Ndikuudziwa mtendere umene mwa iwo mulibemtendere,
Bata, momwe mphepo za nkuntho zimaomba
Malo obisika komwe maso ndi maso
Ndi Mbuyeyo udidzapita.
Ralph Spalding Cushman
Mudzakhala ndi mtendere wa mumtima m'dziko la mabvuto! Tsegulani khomo la mtima wanu kwa Yesu - tsopano lino - ndipo tsiku Jina adzakutsegulirani khomo la mmwamba, komwe mtendere weni weni udzakhala nthawi zonse.