“Ndipo Yesu anayankha nati, Kodi sanayeretsedwe khumi? Koma asanu ndi anaiwo ali kuti?

Palibe amene wabwerera kudzalemekeza Mulungu, kupatulapo mlendo uyu.’”— Luka 17:17, 18 

Akhate khumi anakumana ndi Yesu tsiku lina pafupifupi zaka 2,000 zapitazo pamene Iye ankapita kummwera ku Yerusalemu. Onse anafuna chifundo chake ndipo anapatsidwa malangizo ofanana: “Pitani mukadzionetsere kwa ansembe. Pamene anamvera mau ake, onse anayeretsedwa. Koma Msamariya mmodzi yekha anabwerera kudzayamika Yesu. Kulephera kwa asanu ndi anayiwo kuchita zimenezo kunabweretsa mawu apamwambawo olembedwa ndi Luka. Nanga bwanji ena asanu ndi anayi? Kodi iwo anayamikira machiritso awo? Kapena kodi chimwemwe chawo m’mphatsocho chinawapangitsa kuiŵala mwamsanga woperekayo? Inde, n’zotheka kuti ngakhale anthu amene alandira zambiri angaone kuti kuyanjidwa ndi Mulungu mopepuka.

Chiyamiko, chiyamikiro chenicheni, chimatengedwa kukhala chizindikiro cha kukhwima ndi chifundo pakati pa anthu onse olemekezeka. Koma ngakhale zili choncho, zimangokhalabe chizindikiro pokhapokha ngati zichokera mu mtima mukuyamikira kwenikweni ubwino wa woperekayo. Wakhate uja atazindikira kuti wachiritsidwa, anabwerera mwadala kumene kunali Yesu.

Mosasamala kanthu za iye, anatamanda Mulungu mokweza mawu. Nagwa nkhope yake pansi pa mapazi a Yesu, namthokoza Iye pamaso pa anthu. Pali phunziro la kuyamika apa kwa anthu onse. N’zosadabwitsa kupeza malangizo a m’Malemba okhudza chiyamikiro chachikristu, pa zinthu zonse, nthaŵi zonse, m’mikhalidwe yonse. Zoonadi, moyo wa chikhristu uyenera kukhala wa chiyamiko, pakuti “Uli ndi chiyani chimene sunalandire? ( 1  Kor. 4:7 . Mawu a pa Psa. 107:21, 22 nzofunika kwa wokhulupirira aliyense mwa Kristu Yesu: “Ha! anthu atamande Yehova chifukwa cha ubwino wake, ndi zodabwitsa za ana a anthu; kusangalala. Wamasalmo amagwirizanitsa mikhalidwe ya chiyamiko, nsembe ndi umboni kwa ena ndi kupereka ngongole yoyamikira.

Zifukwa Zoyamikira - Zolemba za atumwi zimamveketsa bwino kuti kuyamika n'kofunika kwambiri pa mbali zina zonse za moyo wachikristu. Koma choyamba, payenera kukhala mtima wa chiyamiko mkati, kuzindikira kotheratu kwa chisomo cha Atate wathu wa Kumwamba ndi chiyamikiro cha mphatso Zake zonse. Timaŵerenga pa Yakobo 1:17 kuti “mphatso iliyonse yabwino ndi yangwiro ichokera Kumwamba, itsika kwa Atate wa mauniko, amene alibe chisanduliko, kapena mthunzi wakutembenuka.” Nanga bwanji za “mphatso yake yosaneneka”? Kodi tingayamikire motani Mulungu mokwanira chifukwa cha chikondi chake chachikulu chotere mu mphatso ya Mwana wake wokondedwa ndi wobadwa yekha? Ndithudi, sitingapereke china chilichonse chocheperapo kuposa moyo wa chiyamikiro m’mbali zonse.

Koma kodi n’zotheka kukhalabe ndi mzimu woyamikira Mulungu nthaŵi zonse ndiponso m’mikhalidwe iliyonse? Pamene kuli kwakuti sikuli m’makhalidwe athu ochimwa ndi opanda ungwiro kutero, kawonedwe kachikristu kayenera kukhala kosiyana ndi ka dziko. Chimodzi mwa mfundo zazikulu za chikhulupiriro chathu chafotokozedwa mu Aroma. 8:28 : “Tidziŵa kuti Mulungu amachitira ubwino kwa iwo amene akonda Mulungu, kwa iwo amene aitanidwa monga mwa kutsimikiza mtima kwake.

Chidaliro chonse cha Paulo m’chisamaliro cha Mulungu kwa wokhulupirira aliyense chinamtheketsa kunena kuti: “Ndaphunzira kukhala wokhutira ndi zimene ndili nazo.” ( Afilipi 4:11, 12 ) Choncho, Paulo ankakhulupirira kuti Mulungu amasamalira wokhulupirira aliyense. Iye amene amadziwa mapeto kuyambira pachiyambi ali ndi zolinga zabwino kwambiri za mwana aliyense wokhulupirira. Kukhala ndi chitsimikiziro chodalitsika chimenechi kumathandiza ana a Mulungu kulabadira mawu a mtumwiyo akuti: “Mtendere wa Mulungu uchite ufumu m’mitima mwanu, popeza munaitanidwa monga ziŵalo za thupi limodzi, ndipo khalani oyamikira.” ( Akol. 3:15, 16 ) “Mtendere wa Mulungu uchite ufumu m’mitima mwanu;

Chokumana nacho chilichonse m'moyo chikukwaniritsa zolinga za Mulungu mwa ife. Ngakhale zilango zofunika ndi chizindikiro cha ubale wathu wa Atate ndi mwana. Chokumana nacho chilichonse chiyenera kulandiridwa ndi chiyamiko, monga chochokera kwa Atate wanzeru ndi wachikondi. “M’zonse yamikani, pakuti ichi ndi chifuniro cha Mulungu cha kwa inu mwa Khristu Yesu” ( 1 Atesalonika 5:18 ) . Ndi chifuniro cha Mulungu kuti tisonyeze matamando ake m’miyoyo ya mtendere wa mumtima, okonzekera chifuniro chake chonse changwiro. Tiyeni tikhale oyamikira moona mtima pa zonse zimene watichitira mwa Khristu – chifukwa cha madalitso ochuluka omwe talandira kale, ndi madalitso ochuluka amene akudza.

Mpulumutsi wathu chitsanzo chathu – Ganizirani chitsanzo changwiro cha kuyamika mwa Mpulumutsi wathu wachikondi. Iye amene zinthu zonse zinalengedwa kudzera mwa iye ndiponso amene zinthu zonse zinalengedwa, ndipo mwa iye zinthu zonse zilimo ( Akolose 1:16, 17 ) ankapereka chiyamiko kwa Atate nthaŵi zonse kaamba ka zinthu zatsiku ndi tsiku zimene anali kugawana ndi ophunzira. Iye anayamika anthu amene Atate anam’patsa kuti alandire Mawu a Atate wake ( Mateyu 11:25, Yohane 17:6 ), ndiponso chifukwa cha pemphero loyankhidwa ( Yohane 11:41, 42 ).

Aliyense wa ife ali ndi zambiri zoti aziyamikira. Ndipo malonjezano Ake onse aakulu ndi a mtengo wapatali ali “inde ndi ameni mwa Khristu Yesu.” Iwo ali otsimikiza kukwaniritsidwa chifukwa cha kukhulupirika kwa Ambuye ndi Mpulumutsi wathu wokondedwa. Tingakhale bwanji ena osakhala anthu othokoza pamene tikhalabe okumbukira chuma cha chisomo chake kwa ife. Pemphero lirilonse liyenera kukhala choyamba chopereka chiyamiko ndi chiyamiko: “Lowani m’zipata zake ndi chiyamiko, ndi m’mabwalo ake ndi chiyamiko” ( Masalmo 100:4 ). Kwalingaliridwa kuti mfundo zazikulu za njira iriyonse yofikira Atate wathu wakumwamba ziyenera kukhala kutamanda, pemphero, ndi kupempha, ndi chitamando, chisonyezero cha chiyamikiro chathu, kukhala ndi malo oyamba.

Zoonadi, mawu athu oyamikira sayenera kukhala kwa Atate wathu wachikondi okha. Tisatenge mopepuka ndi kulola kusazindikira kuwolowa manja ndi kukoma mtima kwa ena; ndi bwino kuyamikira thandizo lachikondi limeneli. Ndipo m’pofunika kuti tiziwauza kuti timawayamikira. Kulankhula kwathu kwachete moona mtima kwa opindula kungakhale kwa iwo chilimbikitso chofunikira m’njira yopapatiza. Ndipo mzimu wathu wa chiyamiko udzakhala chinthu china mu kukula kwa khalidwe limene Mulungu akufuna mwa ife. Miyoyo yathu ikhale ya chiyamiko ndi matamando mu gawo lirilonse: choyamba kwa Atate wathu wa Kumwamba chifukwa cha chuma chonse cha chisomo chake; kwa Mwana wake wokondedwa, Mpulumutsi wathu, amene anatikonda ife, nadzipereka yekha chifukwa cha ife; ndi kwa onse amene chikondi ndi kukoma mtima kwawo kumalemeretsa miyoyo yathu.