Pofunafuna Mulungu mumdima, masiku 30 ndi Teresa waku Avila

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Masiku 30 ndi Teresa waku Avila, kutumiza

Kodi kuya kwa Mulungu wathu wobisika ndi kotani kumene timalowa tikamapemphera? Oyera mtima kwambiri sanalowerere mwakuya kwawo, kapena akatswiri azamisala, kapena zamatsenga kapena akatswiri. Tikaganiza kuti tapangidwa m'chifanizo cha Mulungu ndipo tili ndi mizimu yosakhoza kufa, timadziwa kuti tili ndi mphamvu zopanda malire. Izi zimatithandiza kulingalira momwe kukula kwakukulu kuyenera kukhalira gawo la mtima wathu wamunthu kapena mzimu womwe sitidziwa kapena kuwukira. M'malo mwake, ndife loboti yopanda tom pit! Timadziwa izi tikamayesetsa kudzaza kapena kukwaniritsa zomwe tili nazo. Pali malo ozama mwa ife pomwe Mulungu amapezeka kwambiri. Timadziwa malowa powadziwa. Sitikudziwa malowa kwathunthu; Mulungu yekha ndiye amachita, chifukwa ndi Mulungu amene amasamalira zonse, amadziwa zonse, amakonda chilichonse, kuchokera mkati mpaka kunja. Kotero ife tikupeza kuti Mulungu anatikonda ife poyamba! Siife amene timapereka malo kwa Mulungu, ndi Mulungu amene amatipatsa malo. Ngati Mulungu ali kutali kwambiri ndi ife, ndi Iye yekha amene angatigwirizanitse kwa ife tokha, ndipo amatero potipanga ife kukhala amodzi ndi Iye amene ali pafupi ndi ife kuposa momwe ife tiriri.

Zinthu ziwiri zomwe sitimakonda kwambiri pamapemphero ndizomwe timapemphera osamva kalikonse, kapena tikamapemphera ndipo zonse zimakhala zowuma komanso zamdima. Tikuwona kuti pemphero silabwino nthawi imeneyo, siligwira ntchito. M'malo mwake, izi ndi zinthu ziwiri zomwe zikuwonetsa kuti tikupempheradi kwa Mulungu ndikulumikizana ndi Iye amene wabisika, osati kungosangalatsa malingaliro ndi malingaliro athu.

Tiyenera kufunafuna mdima ndikufunafuna chete, osayesetsa kuwapewa! Popeza Mulungu alibe malire, chifukwa samapezeka kapena kupezeka mlengalenga ndi nthawi, Iye amangowoneka mumdima wa mphamvu zanga, zakunja (mphamvu zisanu) komanso ngakhale mkati (m'malingaliro ndi kukumbukira). Mulungu wabisika chifukwa ndi wamkulu kuposa izi ndipo sangathe kupezeka bwino, kupezeka kapena kutsutsidwa, ndipo amapezeka kokha chifukwa cha chikhulupiriro chomwe chimawona mumdima, chikuwona mseri. Momwemonso, chikhulupiriro chimawona kapena kumva Mulungu yekha wobisika chete ndi mumdima.

Chiphunzitso chachikatolika chatiwonetsa kuti kukhalapo kwa Mulungu ndikwanzeru, koma kulingalira ndi malingaliro zimangotipatsa ziwonetsero za Iye, osati kumudziwa molunjika monga momwe mphamvu zisanu sizingatithandizire kuzindikira za Iye. malingaliro athu sangathe kumvetsa. Titha kugwiritsa ntchito chithunzi cha malingaliro ndi malingaliro amalingaliro kuti tipeze chidziwitso chofananira cha Iye, osamvetsetsa molunjika. Dionysius adati, "Popeza [Mulungu] ndiye amene adayambitsa zolengedwa zonse, tiyenera kumuthandiza ndikumunamizira [Iye] zonse zomwe timanena zokhudzana ndi zolengedwa ndipo, moyenera, tiyenera kukana zonsezi, popeza [Iye] amaposa zonse kukhala. “Ndi chikhulupiriro chokha chomwe chimatha kudziwa Mulungu molunjika, ndipo izi zili mumdima wakumvetsetsa ndi malingaliro.

Chifukwa chake, kuwerenga za Iye, ngakhale m'Malemba, ndikumuyerekeza kungangotipangitsa ife kupemphera ndikukulitsa chikhulupiriro chathu. Chikhulupiriro chikakhala chamdima, ndiye kuti timayandikira kumvetsetsa. Mulungu amalankhula mwa chikhulupiriro chomwe chimakondedwa ndi kukhala chete kwathunthu, chifukwa kwenikweni mdima ndi kuwala kwakukulu, kuwala kopanda malire, ndi chete sikungokhala kwakungokhala phokoso koma kungokhala chete kwa mawu. Sikuti kuli chete komwe kumafooketsa mawu, koma kukhala chete komwe kumapangitsa mawu kapena mawu kukhala otheka, chete omwe amatilola kuti timvere, kuti timvere Mulungu.

Monga tawonera, mphatso yoyera ya Mulungu ya chikhulupiriro chauzimu imadalira pa kuyesayesa kwathu kwachilengedwe. Popeza chikhulupiriro monga mphatso ya umulungu imalowetsedwa kapena "kutsanuliridwa" mwachindunji, mdima wachikhulupiriro umakhala ndi chitsimikizo chachikulu. Chikhulupiriro chauzimu ichi ndi chamdima chifukwa chimaperekedwa mumdima wamalingaliro amkati ndi akunja. Ndizowona chifukwa kutsimikizika kwake ndi ulamuliro wake umakhala mwa womupatsa, Mulungu.Choncho sichitsimikiziro chachilengedwe koma kutsimikizika kwauzimu, monganso mdima suli wachibadwidwe koma mdima wauzimu. Kutsimikizika sikuchotsa mdima chifukwa Mulungu sangadziwike kapena kuwonedwa ndi china chilichonse kupatula chikhulupiriro chauzimu, chifukwa chake amawonedwa mumdima ndikumveka chete. kotero kukhala chete ndi mdima sizoperewera kapena kuperewera mu pemphero, koma ndi njira yokhayo yomwe tingapezere kulumikizana kwachindunji ndi Mulungu komwe kumangokhala chikhulupiriro chauzimu chokha.

Izi sizopweteka kapena kuphana. Izi sizikuthawira kuzinsinsi komanso umbuli. Ndi kuyesa kuona chifukwa chake Mulungu wabisika. Ikuwonetsera chinthu chosinkhasinkha chosinkhasinkha cha pemphero lirilonse. Zikuwonetsa chifukwa chomwe oyera mtima ndi zamatsenga amati kuti akwaniritse kulingalira kwachilengedwe kotereku, munthu ayenera kulowa usiku wamalingaliro amkati ndi akunja momwe zimawoneka ngati tikutaya chikhulupiriro, chifukwa chikhulupiriro chachilengedwe chimasowa chikhulupiriro champhamvu chikayamba. . Ngati palibe chilichonse chomwe chingawoneke chikuwulula Mulungu kapena Mulungu, Mulungu amangowoneka polowa mumdima kapena "osawona". Ngati Mulungu samamveka mwanjira wamba, ayenera kumumvera mwakachetechete.