Zifukwa zosakhutira ndi kusamvera Mulungu

Ikhoza kukhala chovuta kwambiri pamakhalidwe onse achikhristu kupatula kudzichepetsa, kukhutitsidwa. Zachidziwikire kuti sindine wokondwa. Mu thupi langa lakugwa sindisangalala ndi chilengedwe. Sindikondwa chifukwa nthawi zonse ndimasewera m'maganizo mwanga zomwe Paul Tripp amatcha moyo "ngati": ndikadakhala ndi ndalama zambiri muakaunti yanga yaku banki, ndikadakhala osangalala, ndikadakhala ndi mpingo womwe umatsatira utsogoleri wanga, bola ana anga akhala akuchita bwino, ndikadakhala ndi ntchito yomwe ndimakonda…. Ndi mzera wobadwira wa Adamu, "zikadakhala" zinali zopanda malire. Pakupembedza kwathu tokha, timaganiza kuti kusintha zinthu kungatibweretsere chisangalalo komanso kukwaniritsidwa. Kwa ife, udzu nthawi zonse umakhala wobiriwira pokhapokha titaphunzira kuti tipeze kukhutitsidwa ndi china chake komanso chamuyaya.

Zikuoneka kuti mtumwi Paulo adamenyanso nkhondo yankhondoyi. Mu Afilipi 4, amauza mpingo kumeneko kuti "adaphunzira chinsinsi" chokhala wachimwemwe nthawi zonse. Chinsinsi chake? Ili ku Phil. 4: 13, vesi lomwe timagwiritsa ntchito kuti akhazikitse akhristu kuoneka ngati Popeye ndi Khristu ngati sipinachi, anthu omwe amatha kukwaniritsa chilichonse chomwe malingaliro awo amatha kuzindikira (lingaliro la New Age) chifukwa cha Khristu: "Ndingathe kuchita kudzera mwa iye (Yesu) wondipatsa mphamvu ”.

M'mawu ake, mawu a Paulo, ngati amvetsedwa bwino, ndi ofunikira kuposa kutanthauzira kwa bwino kwa vesi ili: kuthokoza kwa Kristu, titha kukwaniritsa mosasamala kanthu za machitidwe omwe tsiku lina amabweretsa m'miyoyo yathu. Kodi kukhutira nkofunika bwanji ndipo chifukwa chiyani nkovuta? Ndikofunikira kumvetsetsa kaye kuti kusakhutitsidwa kwathu kuli koyipa bwanji.

Monga akatswiri azachipatala a mizimu, Oyeretsa adalemba zambiri ndikuganiza mwakuya pankhani yofunikira iyi. Zina mwazabwino kwambiri za Oyeretsa zokhutira (ntchito zingapo za Oyeretsa pamutuwu adasindikizidwanso ndi Banner of True) ndi a Jeremiah Burroughs 'The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, a Thomas Watson's The Art of Divine Contentment, a Thomas's Crook ku Lot. Boston ndi ulaliki wabwino kwambiri wa Boston wotchedwa "The infernal Sin of Discontent". E -book yabwino komanso yotsika mtengo yotchedwa The Art and Grace of Contentment ikupezeka ku Amazon yomwe imasonkhanitsa mabuku ambiri a Oyeretsa (kuphatikiza atatu omwe atchulidwa), amalalikira (kuphatikiza ulaliki wa Boston) ndi nkhani zokhutira.

Kufotokozera kwa Boston zauchimo wosakhutira ndikuyang'ana kwa lamulo lakhumi kumawonetsa kusakhulupirira kopitilira muyeso komwe kumapangitsa kusakhutira. Boston (1676-1732), m'busa ndi mwana wa Scottish Co Conventioners, akutsimikiza kuti lamulo lakhumi limaletsa kusakhutira: avarice. Chifukwa? Chifukwa:

Kukhudzika ndikusakhulupirira Mulungu. Kukhutitsidwa ndikudalira kwathunthu mwa Mulungu. Chifukwa chake, kusakhutitsidwa ndikusiyana ndi chikhulupiriro.

Kusakhutira ndikufanana ndikudandaula za chikonzero cha Mulungu. Pofunitsitsa kuti ndikhale wolemekezeka, ndikuganiza lingaliro langa ndibwino. Monga momwe Paul Tripp amanenera, "Ndimadzikonda ndipo ndili ndi chikonzero chabwino cha moyo wanga."
Kusakhutira kumawonetsa kufuna kukhala wochita pawokha. Onani ayi. 2. Monga Adamu ndi Hava, timafuna kulawa mtengo womwe udzatisanduliza kukhala mafumu olamulira.

Osakhumba amalakalaka chinthu chomwe Mulungu sanasangalale kutipatsa. Adatipatsa mwana wake; kotero, kodi sitingamudalire chifukwa cha zinthu zazing'ono? (Aroma 8:32)

Osakhudzika mochenjera (kapena mwinanso osachita mochenjera) amalankhula kuti Mulungu walakwitsa. Zochitika zanga pano sizolakwika ndipo ziyenera kukhala zosiyana. Ndidzakhala wokondwa pokhapokha atasintha kuti akwaniritse zofuna zanga.

Osakwiya amakana nzeru za Mulungu ndikukweza nzeru zanga. Kodi sizomwezo zomwe Hava adachita m'mundamu pokayikira zabwino za Mawu a Mulungu? Chifukwa chake, kusakhutira kudali pakati pa chimo loyamba. "Kodi Mulungu Amanenadi?" Ili ndiye funso lomwe lili pakatikati pa kusakhutitsidwa kwathu konse.
Mu gawo lachiwiri, tionanso zabwino za chiphunzitsochi komanso momwe Paulo anaphunzirira kukhutira ndi momwe ifenso titha. Apanso, ndipempha umboni wa makolo athu Achi puritan kuti tidziwe zambiri za m'Malemba.