Kulingalira kwamakono: Mphamvu yakukonda ili mwa ife tokha

Kukonda Mulungu sikumangidwa kwa munthu kuchokera kunja, koma kumangochokera mu mtima monga katundu wina amene amalabadira chilengedwe chathu. Sitinaphunzire kuchokera kwa ena kuti tisakondwere ndi kuunika, kapena kulakalaka moyo, zochepa kwambiri kukonda makolo athu kapena aphunzitsi athu. Chifukwa chake, makamaka, kwambiri, chikondi cha Mulungu sichimachokera kuchilango chakunja, koma chimapezeka mgulu lomwelo la munthu, monga nyongolosi ndi mphamvu ya chilengedwe chomwe. Mzimu wa munthu ali ndi kuthekera komanso kukonda.
Chiphunzitsochi chimazindikira mphamvu iyi, chimathandizira kuti chikule ndi kulimbikira, kuchidyetsa mokwanira komanso kuti chibweretse, mothandizidwa ndi Mulungu, kufikira ungwiro wake wonse. Mwayesesa kutsatira njira iyi. Pomwe tikuvomereza, tikufuna kupereka, mwachisomo cha Mulungu ndi mapemphero anu, kuti chiyembekezo ichi cha chikondi cha Mulungu chizikhala champhamvu kwambiri, chobisika mwa inu mwa mphamvu ya Mzimu Woyera.
Choyamba, tinene kuti talandira kale mphamvu ndi kuthekera kosunga malamulo onse aumulungu, kotero sitimawanyengerera ngati kuti chinthu china chapamwamba kuposa mphamvu zathu chikufunika kwa ife, komanso sitikakamizidwa kubweza zoposa kuchuluka kwatipatsa chiyani. Chifukwa chake tikamagwiritsa ntchito bwino zinthuzi, timakhala ndi moyo wolemera mu zabwino zonse, pomwe, tikazigwiritsa ntchito molakwika, timakhala ndikuchita zoyipa.
M'malo mwake, tanthauzo la zoyipa ndi izi: Kugwiritsa ntchito zoyipa ndi zosayenerana ndi malingaliro a Mbuye wa mphamvu zomwe amatipatsa kuti tichite zabwino. M'malo mwake, tanthauzo la ukoma womwe Mulungu amafuna kwa ife ndi: kugwiritsa ntchito moyenera maluso omwewo, omwe amachokera ku chikumbumtima chabwino malinga ndi zomwe Ambuye adalamulira.
Malamulo ogwiritsa ntchito bwino amagwiranso ntchito ku mphatso ya chikondi. M'malamulo athu okhala ndi chilengedwe tili ndi mphamvu zakukonda ngakhale sitingathe kuzisonyeza ndi malingaliro akunja, koma aliyense wa ife atha kuzitha zomwezi. Ife, mwachilengedwe, timalakalaka chilichonse chabwino komanso chokongola, ngakhale si aliyense amene amawoneka chimodzimodzi kukhala wokongola komanso wokongola. Momwemonso timadzimva ngati ife, ngakhale titakhala kuti tili osazindikira, kupezeka kwapadera kwa iwo omwe ali pafupi nafe mwina mwaubwenzi kapena mwaubwenzi, ndipo timakumbatira ndi mtima wonse awo omwe amatichitira zabwino.
Tsopano ndi chiyani chomwe chingakhale chosangalatsa kuposa kukongola kwaumulungu? Kodi ndi lingaliro liti lomwe limasangalatsa komanso kufewa kuposa ukulu wa Mulungu? Ndi chikhumbo chiti cha mzimu chomwe chiri chokwanira komanso cholimba monga momwe chidalowetsedwera Mulungu kukhala mzimu woyeretsedwa wamachimo onse ndipo umati ndi chikondi chenicheni: Ndasweka ndi chikondi? (cf.Cts 2, 5). Chifukwa chosasinthika komanso chosasinthika ndiye mawonekedwe okongola aumulungu.