Kodi Mulungu amasamala za momwe ndimagwiritsira ntchito nthawi yanga yaulere?

"Chifukwa chake mungakhale mudya, mungakhale mumwa, mungakhale muchita kanthu kena, chitani zonse ku ulemerero wa Mulungu" (1 Akorinto 10:31).

Kodi Mulungu amasamala ngati ndiziwerenga, kuonera Netflix, dimba, kuyenda, kumvetsera nyimbo kapena kusewera gofu? Mwanjira ina, kodi Mulungu amasamala momwe ndimagwiritsira ntchito nthawi yanga?

Njira ina yolingalirira ndi iyi: kodi pali gawo lakuthupi kapena lakuthupi lomwe ndi losiyana ndi moyo wathu wauzimu?

CS Lewis m'buku lake Beyond Personality (pambuyo pake adalumikizidwa ndi The Case for Christianity and Christian Behaeve kuti apange Mere Christianity), amasiyanitsa moyo wachilengedwe, womwe amawutcha kuti Bios, ndi moyo wauzimu, womwe amawutcha Zoe. Amatanthauzira Zoe ngati "Moyo wa uzimu womwe uli mwa Mulungu kuyambira kalekale komanso amene adalenga chilengedwe chonse". Ku Beyond Personality, amagwiritsa ntchito fanizo la anthu okhala ndi Bios yokha, monga zifanizo:

"Mwamuna yemwe adachoka pa kukhala ndi Bios kupita ku Zoe akadasintha pang'ono ngati chifanizo chomwe chidachoka pakukhala mwala wosemedwa mpaka kukhala munthu weniweni. Ndipo izi ndi zomwe Chikhristu chiri. Dzikoli ndi shopu la wosema ziboliboli. Ndife ziboliboli ndipo mphekesera zikumveka kuti enafe tsiku lina tidzakhalanso ndi moyo ".

Zakuthupi ndi zauzimu sizosiyana
Luka ndi mtumwi Paulo onse amalankhula za zochitika m'thupi, monga kudya ndi kumwa. Luka akuwatchula kuti "zinthu zachikunja zimatsata" (Luka 12: 29-30) ndipo Paulo akuti "chitani zonse kuulemerero wa Mulungu". Amuna onsewa amadziwa kuti ma Bios athu, kapena moyo wakuthupi, sangapitilize opanda chakudya kapena chakumwa, komabe titapeza moyo wauzimu, O Zoe, mwa chikhulupiriro mwa Khristu, zinthu zonse zathupi zimakhala zauzimu, kapena ulemerero wa Mulungu.

Kubwerera kwa Lewis: "Chopereka chonse chomwe Chikhristu chimapanga ndi ichi: kuti, ngati tingalole Mulungu kukhala ndi njira Yake, kutenga nawo mbali m'moyo wa Khristu. Ngati titero, tigawana moyo womwe unabadwa, osati kulengedwa, umene unalipo kale ndipo upezekabe… Mkhristu aliyense ayenera kukhala Khristu wamng'ono. Cholinga chonse chokhala mkhristu ndi ichi: Palibe china ”.

Kwa Akhrisitu, otsatira Khristu, okhala ndi moyo wauzimu, palibe moyo wina wakuthupi. Moyo wonse umafotokoza za Mulungu. Kwa Iye kukhale ulemerero ku nthawi za nthawi! Amen "(Aroma 11:36).

Khalani moyo kwa Mulungu, osati ife tokha
Chowonadi chovuta kwambiri kumvetsetsa ndikuti tikadzipeza "tili mwa Khristu" mwa chikhulupiriro mwa Iye, tiyenera "kupha zonse za dziko lapansi" (Akolose 3: 5) kapena moyo wathupi. "Sitipha" zinthu zakuthupi monga kudya, kumwa, kugwira ntchito, kuvala, kugula, kuphunzira, kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi, kucheza, kusangalala ndi chilengedwe, ndi zina zambiri, koma tiyenera kupha zifukwa zakale zokhalira moyo ndikusangalala moyo wathupi: chilichonse chomwe chimakhudza zosangalatsa zathu zokha ndi thupi lathu. (Paul, wolemba buku la Akolose, adalemba izi:

Kodi ndi chiyani? Mfundo ndiyakuti, ngati chikhulupiriro chanu chili mwa Khristu, ngati mwasintha "chilengedwe" chanu chakale kapena moyo wathupi m'malo mwa moyo Wake wauzimu, inde, zonse zimasintha. Izi zikuphatikiza momwe mumagwiritsira ntchito nthawi yanu yopumula. Mutha kupitiliza kuchita zambiri zomwe mudachita musanadziwe Khristu, koma cholinga chomwe mumazisinthira muyenera kusintha. Mophweka, ayenera kuyang'ana pa Iye m'malo mwa inu.

Tsopano tili ndi moyo, choyambirira, ku Ulemelero wa Mulungu. Timakhalanso amoyo "kupatsira" ena ndi moyo wa uzimu womwe tapeza. "Amuna ndi akalirole kapena 'onyamula' a Khristu kwa amuna ena," analemba Lewis. Lewis adatcha "matenda abwino".

“Ndipo tsopano tiyeni tiyambe kuwona zomwe Chipangano Chatsopano chimakhala chokhudzana nthawi zonse. Amalankhula za akhristu "Kubadwanso mwatsopano"; akunena za iwo "kuvala Khristu"; za Khristu "amene anapangidwa mwa ife"; za kubwera kwathu 'kukhala ndi mtima wa Khristu'. Ndizokhudza kubwera kwa Yesu kudzadzisokoneza nokha; kupha munthu wakale wakale mwa inu ndikusintha ndi mtundu womwe udakhala nawo. Pachiyambi, kwa mphindi zokha. Chifukwa chake kwa nthawi yayitali. Pomaliza, mwachiyembekezo, musintha kukhala chinthu china; mwa Khristu watsopano, munthu, wobungika, ali ndi moyo wofanana ndi Mulungu: amene amagawana mphamvu zake, chisangalalo, chidziwitso ndi muyaya ”(Lewis).

Chitani zonsezo kuulemerero wake
Muyenera kuti mukuganiza pano, ngati izi ndi zomwe Chikhristu chiri, sindikufuna. Chomwe ndimafuna chinali moyo wanga ndi kuwonjezera kwa Yesu, koma izi ndizosatheka. Yesu sali chowonjezera, monga chomata chobowolera nsomba kapena mtanda womwe mutha kumangirira unyolo. Ndiwothandizira kusintha. Ndipo ine! Ndipo sakufuna gawo lathu, koma tonsefe, kuphatikiza nthawi yathu "yaulere". Amafuna kuti tikhale monga iye komanso kuti moyo wathu ukhale pafupi naye.

Ziyenera kukhala zoona ngati Mau ake anena, "Chifukwa chake mungakhale mudya, mungakhale mumwa, kapena mungachite kanthu kena, chitani zonse kuulemekeza Mulungu" (1 Akorinto 10:31). Chifukwa chake yankho lake ndi losavuta: Ngati simungathe kuzichitira ulemerero wake, musazichite. Ngati ena akukuyang'anani sangakopeke ndi Yesu chifukwa cha chitsanzo chanu, musatero.

Mtumwi Paulo anamvetsetsa pamene anati, "Kwa ine kukhala ndi moyo ndiye Khristu" (Afilipi 1:21).

Chifukwa chake, kodi mutha kuwerengera ku ulemerero wa Mulungu? Kodi mungayang'ane Netflix ndikuchita m'njira yomwe amakonda komanso kuwonetsa moyo wake? Palibe amene angayankhe funsoli, koma ndikukulonjezani izi: pemphani Mulungu kuti ayambe kusintha ma Bios anu kukhala Zoe Yake ndipo adzatero! Ndipo ayi, moyo sudzaipiraipira, ukhala wabwino kuposa momwe mumaganizira! Mutha kusangalala kumwamba padziko lapansi. Mudzaphunzira za Mulungu ndipo mudzagulitsa zopanda pake ndi zipatso za zipatso zosatha.

Apanso, palibe amene amamuyesa ngati Lewis: "Ndife zolengedwa zosatsimikizika, zomwe timapusitsika ndi kumwa, kugonana komanso kukhumba tikapatsidwa chisangalalo chosatha, ngati mwana wopanda nzeru yemwe akufuna kupitiliza kupanga matope m'modzi. Wosakhazikika chifukwa sangathe kulingalira zomwe zikutanthauza kupatsa tchuthi maholide. Tonsefe timakhutira mosavuta. "

Mulungu amasamala za moyo wathu. Amafuna kuzisintha kwathunthu ndikugwiritsa ntchito! Lingaliro labwino bwanji!