Ndi mawu osavuta. Mwana akhoza kuphunzira nyimbo imeneyi mosavuta. Koma pali kuyamikira kwakukulu kwa Yesu, ndi kudzipereka kochuluka kwa Iye komwe kumasonyezedwa m’mawu amenewa ndipo izi ndi zimene zandikoka nthawi zonse kuti ndiyimbe nthawi zambiri. Ndime yoyamba ndi yachinthu chonsecho kotero kuti ingagwiritsidwe ntchito ku dalitso lalikulu laposachedwa kwambiri lomwe ndalandira, ndikukhalabe ndi chiyambukiro chonse cha chiyamikiro chomwe chinali nacho pamene ndinamvetsetsa koyamba kutanthauza chikondi chimene Yesu anali nacho pa ine ndili mwana.

Munalidi pambuyo pake m’zaka zauchikulire koma zokulirapobe, pamene ndinafika pakumvetsetsa mwatsatanetsatane dalitso lalikulu limene Yesu anandichitira pamene anadza pa dziko lapansi, anazunzika kwambiri chifukwa cha ine, ndiyeno anafa imfa yowopsya chotero pa dziko lapansi. mtanda. Kwa nthawi yaitali pambuyo pake ndinali ndi maganizo a nsembe Yake pamene ndinaimba vesi limenelo. Vesi lomweli ndi nsembe Yake kaŵirikaŵiri zimandikumbukira pamene ndisinkhasinkha za Chikumbutso.

Izi sizikutanthauza kuti ndachotsa kumvetsetsa kumeneko. Ayi konse. Koma ndaphunzira kuwonjezera kuti madalitso ambiri amene Ambuye akupitiriza kutsanulira pa ine kotero kuti mlingo wa chiyamikiro changa ukuwonjezeka mosalekeza ndi madalitso Ake owonjezereka kwa ine. Imeneyi imakhala njira yabwino kwambiri yowerengera madalitso anga onse ndikupereka matamando kwa iwo amene akuyenera.

Mizere iwiri yomaliza ya ndime yoyamba imandikoka nthawi zambiri kuti ndikhale chete pamaso pake, ndikungopembedza ndi kupembedza. Ndi chikhalidwe chamtendere kwambiri kuganiza. Ndi malingaliro omwe ndimayesetsa kukhala nawo ngati gawo la mapemphero anga am'mawa ndi madzulo. Koma nthawi zambiri imangokhala nthawi yabata yapadera yosinkhasinkha ndi kulambira.

Kuyambira ndili mwana, ndakhala ndikutsimikiza kuti ndimagwirizana bwino ndi mizere itatu yomaliza ya kwaya. Pamene ndikukula, sindine wosangalala nazo, koma ndidakali ndi chiyembekezo chabata ndi chiyembekezo chamtendere kuti zimenezo zidzatero. Ndimafunadi kuti zikhale choncho, ndipo nthawi zina ndimapemphera kuti zimenezi zitheke. Zimakhazikitsa malingaliro abwino ndi kudzipereka pasadakhale kuyembekezera kukhala wopambana ngakhale kumapeto kwa moyo wanga. Ndithudi ndikufuna kukhala wopambana m’lingaliro lachigonjetso la kukhala wokhoza kukhala mbali ya mkwatibwi wa Kristu. Koma ndimakonda kuzigwiritsanso ntchito panjira yomwe moyo wanga ungathere, kuti ndikadakhalabe wokondwa kwambiri ndi chidaliro mwa Yesu kumapeto kwenikweni, ndikufotokozera izi kwa omwe ali pafupi nane, kuti chikhale chilimbikitso kwa iwo. Ndaona zimenezi zikukwaniritsidwa mwa ena, ndipo ndikufuna kuti zikhalenso mbali ya mbiri yanga ya ulemerero wa Mulungu ndi Kristu posonyeza zimene akwaniritsa mwa ine.

Mzere wovuta kwambiri kwa ine wakhala mzere woyamba wa nyimbo, "Mu chigonjetso cha Yesu ndidzakhala ndi moyo". Zakhala zovuta chifukwa zimawonetsa zabwino kwambiri, komanso mwachibadwa komanso malingaliro abwino komanso osangalatsa opambana. Mzerewu unandithandizira kwambiri kudzipereka kwanga koyambirira m'moyo wanga, kuti mosasamala kanthu za momwe ndingagwere chisomo, "Sindidzataya mtima, sindidzasiya, sindidzataya mtima!" Ndipo pakhalapo maulendo angapo pamene ndakhala ndikusunga lonjezo limenelo. Ndilumbiriro limodzi lomwe ndikudziwa kuti sindidzanong'oneza bondo.

Ndime yachiwiri ikutsimikiziranso kudzipereka kotheratu ku moyo wachigonjetso mwa Khristu kupyola mu moyo wonse, mpaka, mpaka imfa, pamene chiyembekezo changa chikadali mwa Ambuye wanga ndi mphamvu yake ndi chikhumbo chondiukitsa ku moyo wosatha pamodzi ndi Iye. Zinthu ziwiri zimandipangitsa kukhala wotsimikizika komanso wotetezeka. Choyamba, Yesu ndi wanga. Ine ndikumutengera Iye! Ngakhale ndikumvetsetsa kuti amandinenanso, ndikofunikira kwa ine kutsimikizira zonena zanga pa Iye. Chifukwa Iye wandilonjeza kuti sadzandisiya kapena kundisiya, ndimadzinenera kuti ali wotero, ndikumugwira Iye ku lonjezo Lake, ndipo ndimadzitengera mphamvu zonse, ndi chitsogozo, kulimba mtima, kulimba mtima, ndi kuleza mtima komwe kuli kofunikira kuti ndikwaniritse zonse zomwe Iye walonjeza. amandipempha kuti ndipezeke wokondweretsa kwa Iye, ndikulemekeza Iye, ndikutha kukhala ndi Iye mpaka muyaya.

Mpaka Umuyaya umenewo udzawala, ndipo ine ndiri kwathunthu mwa Iye, ine ndikukhala moyo tsopano mu mphamvu Yake. 2 Akorinto 12:9, “Mphamvu yake imakhala yangwiro m’kufooka kwanga.” Agalatiya 2:20, “Siinenso ndikukhala ndi moyo, koma Khristu wakukhala mwa ine.”

Ndimakonda malemba. Ndimakonda kusinkhasinkha mwa iwo. Ndimakonda zimene Ambuye akupitiriza kundiululira nthawi zonse mwa iwo. Koma ndikuthokozanso kwambiri chifukwa cha nyimbo. Ndili ndi nyimbo zambiri zomwe ndimakonda. Nyimbo imene ndatchula apa ndi imodzi mwa nyimbo zakale kwambiri zimene ndinaphunzira. Ndikudziwa ena ambiri kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, koma iyi ili ndi malo apadera ndi ine, chifukwa idandiphunzitsa zina zakuya za Khristu. Chomwe ndimachikonda kwambiri ndikuti chimakula ndi ine pamene ndikukula. Zimandiphunzitsabe zina mwa zinthu zozama za Khristu. Akadali nyimbo yoti ndiikonde. Ndikadali chifukwa chokhalira othokoza kwa Mulungu kuti zomwe adandiphunzitsa koyambirira za Khristu sizinazimiririke ndi zaka, koma zakhala zamphamvu komanso zatanthauzo.

Tamandani Mulungu chifukwa cha mphamvu Yake! Tamandani Khristu chifukwa cha kupezeka kwake kwamphamvu! Khalani mwachigonjetso mwa Iye!

They are simple words. A child can easily learn this hymn. But there is a lot of appreciation for Jesus, and a lot of commitment to Him that is expressed in these words and this is what has always drawn me to sing it so often. The first verse is so general that it can be applied to the most recent great blessing I have received, and still have the same full impact of appreciation that it had when I first understood it to mean the love Jesus had for me as a child.

It was actually later in more mature but still relatively young years, when I came to understand in greater detail the great blessing Jesus had wrought for me when He came to earth, suffered so intently for me, and then died such a terrible death on the cross. For a long period after that I had His sacrifice in mind when I sang that verse. This same verse and His sacrifice very often come to mind during my Memorial meditations.

That is not to say that I have displaced that understanding. Not at all. But I have learned to add to that all the many blessings that the Lord continues to pour out upon me so that the level of my appreciation increases constantly with His increasing blessings to me. This becomes a perfect way to count all my blessings and at the same time give the praise for them to whom it is due.

The last two lines of the first verse draw me often to be silently in His presence, just worshiping and adoring. It is a most peaceful posture to assume. It is an attitude I try to acquire as part of my daily morning and evening prayers. But often it is just a special quiet time of meditation and worship.

I've always, since a very young child, felt certain that I would conform well to the last three lines of the chorus. As I've grown older, I am no where near as cocky about it, but I still have a quiet hope and a peaceful expectation that such will be the case. I certainly want it to be the case, and I pray at times to that end. It establishes a great attitude and commitment well in advance to expect to be triumphant even at the end of my life. Certainly I want to be triumphant in the overcoming sense of being able to be part of the bride of Christ. But I like to apply it too to the way my life might end, that I would still be strongly rejoicing and confident in Jesus at the very end, and expressing that to those around me, that it might be an encouragement to them. I've seen this accomplished in others, and I want it to be part of my record also for the glory of God and Christ in showing what they have accomplished in me.

The line of greatest challenge to me has always been the first line of the chorus, "In Jesus triumphant I'll live". It has been a challenge because it expresses such a high ideal, and inherently also a very positive and joyful attitude of overcoming. This line contributed greatly to my making a commitment early in life, that no matter how often I might fall from grace, "I will never give up, never give up, never give up!" And there has been more than one occasion where I have had to hold myself to that promise. It is one vow I know I will never regret making.

The second verse reconfirms the total commitment to triumphant life in Christ through all of life and unto, and even into death, where my hope lies still in my Lord and His power and desire to raise me to life eternal with Him. Two things hold me certain and secure. First, Jesus is mine. I claim Him! While I understand He claims me also, it is important to me to assert my claim on Him. Because He has promised He would never leave me nor forsake me, I claim Him as such, holding Him to His promise, and claim all the power, and direction, courage, stamina, and patience that is necessary for me to fulfill all that He asks of me that I might be found pleasing to Him, glorifying of Him, and able to be with Him through eternity.

Till that eternity shines, and I am fully in Him, I live now in His strength. 2 Cor 12:9, "His strength is made perfect in my weakness." Gal 2:20, "It is no longer I that live, but Christ that lives in me."

I love the scriptures. I love to meditate in them. I love what the Lord continues to constantly reveal to me in them. But I am very thankful for the hymns also. I have very many favorite hymns. The hymn I've referenced here is just one of the very oldest I had learned. I know many others from that era, but this one holds a special place with me, because it first taught me some of the deeper things concerning Christ. What I especially love about it is that it has grown with me as I have grown. It still teaches me some of the deeper things of Christ. It is still a hymn for me to love. It is still reason to be thankful to God that what He early taught me concerning Christ has not faded with the years, but has grown ever stronger and more meaningful.

Praise God for His mighty being! Praise Christ for His mighty presence! Live triumphantly in Him!

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