Kusinkhasinkha kwamasiku ano: Kufunafuna nzeru

Tiyeni tipeze chakudya chomwe sichitha, tiyeni tichite ntchito ya chipulumutso chathu. Timagwira ntchito m'munda wamphesa wa Ambuye, kuti titha kulandira ndalama zathu za tsiku ndi tsiku. Tiyeni tichite mogwirizana ndi nzeru yomwe imati: Iye amene achita ntchito zake m'kuwala kwanga sadzachimwa (onaninso 24 21). "Munda ndiye dziko lapansi (Mt 13: 38), ikutero Choonadi. Tiyeni tikumbiremo ndikupeza chuma chobisika. Tiyeni timutulutse. M'malo mwake, ndi nzeru zomwezi zomwe zimachotsedwa kumalo obisalirako. Tonsefe timafuna, tonse timafuna.
Imati: "Ngati mukufuna kufunsa, funsani, sinthani, idzani!" (Is 21:12). Mukundifunsa kuti nditembenukire ku chiyani? Chokani ku zolakalaka zanu. Ndipo ngati sindimazipeza pazokhumba zanga, ndingapeze kuti nzeru? Chifukwa moyo wanga umalakalaka. Ngati mukuzifuna mudzazipeza. Koma kuzipeza sikokwanira. Ikapezeka, imayenera kuthiridwa mu mtima m'njira yabwino, kukanikizidwa, kugwedezeka komanso kusefukira (cf. Lk 6, 38). Ndipo zili choncho. Zowonadi: Wodala munthu amene apeza nzeru, ndi wanzeru zochuluka (onaninso Pro 3, 13). Chifukwa chake chitafunafuna ukachipeza, pomwe chikhala pafupi ndi iwe. Kodi mukufuna kumva kuti kuyandikira kwa inu ndi kotani? Pafupi ndi inu ndi mawu omwe ali mumtima mwanu ndi mkamwa mwanu (onaninso Aroma 10: 8), koma pokhapokha ngati muwafunafuna ndi mtima wowongoka. Chifukwa chake, udzapeza nzeru mumtima mwako, ndipo udzakhala wanzeru pakamwa pako; koma samalani kuti ikuyenda kwa inu, osati kuti ikuyenda kapena kukanidwa.
Zachidziwikire kuti wapeza uchi, ngati wapeza nzeru. Osangodya kwambiri, chifukwa sindiyenera kukana pambuyo pokukomerani. Idyani kuti mukhale ndi njala nthawi zonse. M'malo mwake, nzeru imati: "Iwo amene akudya pa ine adzakhala ndi njala" (Sir 24:20). Osatengera kwambiri zomwe muli nazo. Osamadya zouma kuti musakane ndipo chifukwa zomwe mukuganiza kuti muli nazo, sizinakuchokerani, popeza mwatsala nthawi isanakwane. M'malo mwake, munthu sayenera kusiya kufunafuna kapena kukopa nzeru, pomwe ikhoza kupezeka ili pafupi. Kupanda kutero, monga Solomo mwiniyo amanenera, ngati munthu amene amadya uchi wambiri amawonongeka, momwemonso amene akufuna kuyang'ana ukulu waumulungu amaphwanyidwa ndiulemelero wake (cf. Pro 25, 27). Monga momwe munthu wopeza nzeru adalitsidwira, momwemonso wodalitsika, kapena wodala koposa iye, wokhala munzeru. Izi mwina zingakhudze kuchuluka kwake.
Inde pazochitika zitatu izi pali nzeru zambiri ndi kuchenjera pakamwa pako: ngati ungavomereze cholakwa chako pakamwa pako, ngati uyamika ndi nyimbo ya chitamando, ngati ulinso ndi nkhani yolimbikitsa. Mu zenizeni "ndi mtima munthu akhulupilira kuti chilungamo chichitike ndipo ndi mkamwa munthu amachititsa chintchito cha chikhulupiriro kukhala ndi chipulumutso" (Aroma 10: 10). Komanso: Wolungamayo amadzipanga yekha kukhala wotsutsa kuyambira pachiyambi cha zonena zake (onaninso Pro 18, 12), pakati ayenera kukweza Mulungu ndipo munthawi yachitatu ayenera kudzazidwa ndi nzeru kuti athe kumanga mnzake.