Mphamvu ya pemphero panthawi ya mliri

Pali malingaliro ndi zikhulupiriro zambiri pemphero. Okhulupirira ena amangowona kupemphera ngati "kulumikizana ndi Mulungu", pomwe ena mwa fanizo amafotokoza pemphero ngati "foni yolowera Kumwamba" kapena "fungulo lalikulu" lotsegulira chitseko cha Mulungu. Koma ziribe kanthu momwe inu mumaonera pemphero, mfundo yayikulu pamapemphero ndi iyi: Pemphero ndichinthu chophatikizika chophatikizika. Tikamapemphera, timamvera Mulungu ndipo pakagwa tsoka, anthu amachita mosiyana ndi pemphero. Choyamba, kulira kwa Mulungu kumayankhidwa nthawi yomweyo kwa anthu ambiri achipembedzo pakagwa tsoka. Zachidziwikire, mliri womwe ulipo wa COVID-19 udadzutsa anthu azikhulupiriro zosiyanasiyana kuti apemphe milungu yawo. Ndipo mosakaika, akhristu ambiri ayenera kuti adakumbukira malangizo a Mulungu a m'Malemba akuti: “Mundiitane pakabwera vuto. Ndidzakupulumutsa. Ndipo mudzandilemekeza. ”(Masalmo 50:15; onaninso Masalmo 91:15) Chifukwa chake, mzere wa Mulungu uyenera kusefukira ndi mayitanidwe okhumudwitsa okhulupirira, pomwe anthu amapemphera ndi chidwi chachikulu ndi chiyembekezo chofuna chipulumutso munthawi yovutayi. Ngakhale iwo omwe sanazolowere kupemphera atha kukhala ndi chidwi chofunafuna mphamvu zoposa za nzeru, chitetezo, ndi mayankho. Kwa ena, tsoka limawapangitsa kumva kuti Mulungu wawasiya kapena sangakhale ndi mphamvu zopemphera. Nthawi zina, chikhulupiriro chitha kuphatikizika kwakanthawi m'madzi amvuto lomwe lilipoli.

Izi ndi zomwe zidachitikira mayi wamasiye wa wodwala yemwe kale ndidakumana naye zaka zoposa khumi zapitazo. Ndinawona zinthu zachipembedzo zingapo kunyumba kwawo nditafika kumeneko kudzapereka chithandizo cha chisoni cha abusa: mawu olimbikitsa a m'malemba okhala pamakoma, Baibulo lotseguka, ndi mabuku achipembedzo pabedi lawo pafupi ndi mtembo wa mwamuna wake - zonse zomwe zidatsimikizira kutseka kwawo chikhulupiriro - kuyenda ndi Mulungu mpaka imfa idagwedeza dziko lawo. Chisoni choyambirira cha mayiyo chimaphatikizapo kusokonezedwa mwakachetechete ndi misozi nthawi ndi nthawi, nkhani kuchokera paulendo wawo wamoyo, komanso zokambirana zambiri "kwa Mulungu." Patapita nthawi, ndidamufunsa mayiyo ngati pemphero lingathandize. Yankho lake linatsimikizira kukayika kwanga. Anandiyang'ana nati, "Pemphero? Pemphero? Za ine, Mulungu kulibe pakadali pano. "

Momwe mungalumikizirane ndi Mulungu pamavuto
Zochitika zowopsa, kaya matenda, imfa, kutha kwa ntchito kapena mliri wapadziko lonse, zitha kufooketsa mapemphero ndikupeza mphamvu kuchokera kwa omenyera nkhondo akale. Chifukwa chake, pamene "kubisala kwa Mulungu" kulola mdima wandiweyani kulowa m'malo mwathu pakagwa zovuta, tingakhale bwanji olumikizana ndi Mulungu? Ndikulangiza njira zotsatirazi: Yesani kusinkhasinkha koyambirira. Pemphero sikumangolankhula ndi Mulungu nthawi zonse koma m'malo mongodabwa ndikusinthasintha malingaliro, sungani kusowa tulo kwanu kukhala kudzipereka. Kupatula apo, chikumbumtima chanu chimadziwirabe kukhalapo kopambana kwa Mulungu. Muzicheza ndi Mulungu. Mulungu amadziwa kuti mukumva kuwawa kwambiri, komabe mutha kumuuza momwe mukumvera. Zowawa pamtanda, Yesu adadzimva kuti wasiyidwa ndi Mulungu, ndipo adali wowona mtima pofunsa bambo ake Akumwamba kuti: "Mulungu wanga, Mulungu wanga, mwandisiyiranji Ine?" (Mateyu 27:46) Pemphererani zosowa zenizeni. Thanzi ndi chitetezo cha okondedwa anu komanso thanzi lanu.
Chitetezo ndi kukhazikika pamizere yakutsogolo yomwe imasamalira anthu omwe ali ndi kachilomboka. Kuwongolera kwaumulungu ndi nzeru kwa andale athu apadziko lonse lapansi komanso apadziko lonse lapansi momwe amatitsogolera munthawi yovutayi.
Chifundo chogawana kuwona ndikuchita mogwirizana ndi zosowa za omwe atizungulira. Madokotala ndi ofufuza amayesetsa kupeza njira yothetsera vutoli. Sinthani kwa otetezera mapemphero. Phindu lofunikira pagulu lachipembedzo la okhulupirira ndi pemphero lothandizana, chifukwa chake mungapeze chitonthozo, chitetezo ndi chilimbikitso. Fikirani ku chithandizo chanu chomwe chilipo kapena tengani mwayi wolimbitsa kulumikizana kwanu ndi munthu amene mumamudziwa kuti ndi msirikali wamphamvu pemphero. Ndipo, zachidziwikire, ndizolimbikitsa kudziwa kapena kukumbukira kuti Mzimu Woyera wa Mulungu amapembedzeranso anthu a Mulungu pakagwa pemphero. Titha kupeza chitonthozo ndi mtendere podziwa kuti zovuta zonse zimakhala ndi moyo. Mbiri imatiuza. Mliri wamakonowu uchepa ndipo potero, tidzatha kupitiriza kulankhula ndi Mulungu kudzera munjira yopempherera.