Kuwa Kwemunhu
Mwari haana kusika munhu kuti atambure.
Akasika Adhamu naEvha, vabereki vedu vokutanga, kutadza kubatwa nemarwadzo nerufu.
Kutambura kwakakokwa munyika pavakafuratira Mwari. Mupfungwa iyoyo, kutambura hakusi kusikwa kwaMwari asi kwomunhu, kana, dai wango, mhedzisiro yezviito zveMunhu.
Nemhaka yokuparadzana naMwari kwakaparirwa nokusateerera kwaAdhama naEvha, rudzi rwose rwomunhu rwakafanira kutsungirira kutambura (maona Genesis 3:16 naPauro Tsamba kuvaRoma 5:19).
Kunyange isu tichigona kugamuchira chokwadi ichi sechinyorwa chekutenda, zvirokwazvo hazviiti kuti kuve nyore kubata nekutambura kuri muhupenyu hwedu pachedu. Takatarisana nokutambura, tingazviwana timene tichida kusava nechokwadi nokunaka kwaMwari uye kunyange kuvapo Kwake chaiko. Asi chokwadi chenyaya yacho Mwari haambokonzeri kutambura, kunyange dzimwe nguva Anozviita allow kuti zviitike.
Mwari akanaka nehunhu uye, naizvozvo, kusakwanisa kukonzera zvakaipa. Kana akabvumira zvakaipa kuti zviitike, Anoita kudaro nguva dzose kuitira kuti aunze kunaka kukuru (Ona yaPauro Tsamba kuvaRoma 8:28).
Izvi ndizvo zvakaitika mukudonha kweMunhu: Mwari akatibvumira kuti tirasikirwe nomufaro wepanyika weEdheni kuti uwanike kwatiri, kuburikidza nechibayiro cheMwanakomana Wake, kubwinya kukuru kweKudenga.
Kunamata muBindu reGetsemane pausiku hwekusungwa Kwake, Jesu akatipa muenzaniso wakakwana wezvatinofanira kuita kana tatambura. Kutanga akakumbira Baba kuti vatore marwadzo kubva kwaAri. Akabva awedzera, “Kwete kuda kwangu, asi wako, zviitwe” (Ruka 22:42).
Mufananidzo Mukuru
Kunamata munamato uyu kunoda kuvimba kukuru mukunaka kwaMwari: kuti Anoda mufaro wedu kunyange kupfuura zvatinoita uye kuti Anonyatsoziva zvakatinakira. Kuti isu tizive, zvakasiyana, kuti Mwari haana rudo nokubvumira kutambura kuMutonga kubva munjere dzedu dzohunhu dzakaganhurirwa. “Iwe wakanga uripi pandakaisa nheyo dzenyika?” Anogona kutibvunza. "Ndiudze, kana uchinzwisisa” (Job 38:4). Hatigoni kuona zvose zvinoonekwa naMwari. Hatigoni kunzwisisa nzira dzose dzakavanzwa dzaAnoshandisa nadzo mamiriro ezvinhu akaipa kutungamirira mwoyo yevana Vake kutendeuka uye kuti tiwane kukwana kwemweya matiri.. Nepo isu tichida kukanganisa mukuona hupenyu uhu sehunatso hwedu hwekupedzisira, Mwari anoona mufananidzo wakafara, mufananidzo usingaperi. Anonyatsonzwisisa kunaka kwedu kwekupedzisira kuva chinangwa chaakatisikira: kurarama uye kufara Naye nokusingaperi kuDenga.
Kuti tiuye pamberi paMwari kuDenga zvinoda kuti tishandurwe: kuti muviri wedu wenyama uitwe mutsvene; nokuti Rugwaro runoti, “Hapana chine tsvina chingapinda [Kudenga]” (ona Bhuku raZvakazarurwa 21:27). (Kuti uwane zvakawanda nezvenyaya iyi, ndapota ona peji yedu pa Purigatori, Kukanganwira & Migumisiro.
Kucheneswa uku kunosanganisira kutambura. “Kunze kwokunge tsanga yegorosi yawira muvhu ikafa,” anodaro Jesu, “inoramba iri yoga; asi kana ikafa, unobereka zvibereko zvakawanda. Uyo unoda upenyu hwake ucharashikirwa nahwo;, uye anovenga upenyu hwake munyika ino achahuchengetera upenyu husingaperi” (Johani 12:24-25).
Zvinorwadza kugura batano dzedu dzisina kufanira kuzvinhu zvenyika ino, asi mubairo wakamirira isu munyika inouya unokodzera mutengo wacho. Mwana asati aberekwa angada kuramba ari murima akajairana nedumbu raamai vake. Agara ikoko kwemwedzi mipfumbamwe; ndicho chokwadi chega chaanoziva. Kubviswa munzvimbo ino yakanaka uye kuunzwa muchiedza chenyika zvinorwadza. Asi ndiani wedu anodemba, kana kutorangarira, kurwadziwa kwokuberekwa kwake, kupinda kwake munyika ino?
Zvikuru sei marwadzo edu epanyika achatibatsira kana tapinda muchokwadi cheKudenga. Pasinei nokutambura kwatingave tiri kutsungirira iye zvino, kana kuti angatsungirira mune ramangwana, tinonyaradzwa kuziva kuti marwadzo eupenyu huno ndeechinguvana chete—kuti iwo, zvakare, zuva richapfuura—uye kuti rufaro rweKudenga rwakakwana uye rwusingaperi.
Bhuku raZvakazarurwa (21:4) anodaro, “[Mwari] uchapusika misodzi yose pameso avo, uye rufu haruchazovipo, hakungavi nokuchema kana kuridza mhere, nokuti zvokutanga zvapfuura. Uye izvi ndizvo zvinoita Mwari kuti arambe achitiona, Vana vake vaaida, kutambudzika pano kwechinguva panyika. Kubva pamaonero ake, matambudziko edu epanyika anopfuura mukubwaira kweziso, apo isu tichirarama Naye Kudenga, mufaro wedu, zvichava zvisingagumi.
Kutenda kwechiKristu kwakaparadzaniswa nezvimwe zvitendero zvose pakuti ndiko chete kunodzidzisa kuti Mwari akava munhu–mumwe wedu–kutambura uye kufira zvedu zvivi. “[H]akakuvadzwa nokuda kwokudarika kwedu,” anodaro muprofita Isaya (53:5), “Akarwadziwa nokuda kwezvakaipa zvedu; pamusoro pake kurohwa kwakatiponesa, uye nemavanga ake takaporeswa.
Rangarira, kuti Jesu, kuva Mwari, aiva (uye ndizvo) vasina zvivi, asi zvake kutambura kwairwadza pachinzvimbo chedu, uye isu, rudzi rwevanhu, vakadzikinurwa kuburikidza neKurwadziwa kwaJesu Kristu.
Ichokwadi kuti kutambura kwake nokuda kwedu hakuna kubvisa marwadzo ose muupenyu hwedu. Zvakasiyana, sezvakanyora muApostora Pauro mubhuku rake Tsamba kuvaFiripi (1:29), “Makatenderwa kuti murege kutenda kwaari nokuda kwaKristu bedzi, asi kuti mutambudzike nokuda kwake.”
Saka, kubudikidza nemiedzo yedu tinoswededzwa pedyo naKristu uye touya kunyange kuzogoverana mukubwinya kwake (ona yaPauro Tsamba yechipiri kuvaKorinde, 1:5). Naizvozvo Jesu anosanosanowirirana neanotambura zvokuti anotambura anova mufananidzo mupenyu Wake. Amai Teresa vaiwanzotaura vachiona muzviso zvemweya yaishungurudzika, waakatora pamigero yeCalcutta, chiso chaJesu chaicho.
Saka, Kuda kwaKristu hakuna kubvisa kutambudzika kwedu pachedu, asi wakaishandura. Sezvakanyorwa naPope John Paul the Great,“Mumuchinjikwa waKristu haungori Ruregerero rwunoitwa kuburikidza nekutambudzika, asiwo kutambura kwevanhu kwadzikinurwa” (Kubvisa marwadzo 19).
Matambudziko ayo Mwari anotendera kuti auye muhupenyu hwedu, painopirwa mukubatana nekutambudzika kwaKristu paMuchinjikwa, tora rudzi rwekudzikinura uye rigopirwa kuna Mwari ruponeso rwemweya. Zvedu, zvino, kutambura hakusi pasina chinangwa; zvinoshamisa, inzira yekuwana nyasha dzaMwari. Marwadzo chishandiso icho Mwari anogona nacho kuita kuti tiitwe vatsvene, nzira yekuchekerera mumweya angati.
The Tsamba kuvaHebheru (5:8) inotiudza Jesu, Iye pachake,
“akadzidza kuteerera kuburikidza nezvaakatambura.” Uye tsamba inoenderera mberi, “Nokuti Ishe anoranga waanoda, uye anoranga mwanakomana mumwe nomumwe waanogamuchira. Kurangwa ndiko kwaunofanira kutsungirira. Mwari ari kukubatai sevanakomana; nokuti ndoupiko mwanakomana asingarangwi nababa vake? … [Baba] anotiranga kuti zvitinakire, kuti tigogoverana muutsvene hwake. Nokuti chirango chose chinoita sechinorwadza pane kufadza; pashure kunobereka zvibereko zvorugare zvokururama kuna avo vakadzidziswa nako.” (12:6-7, 10-11)
Kubata pfungwa yekutambudzika kwekudzikinura, Mutsvene Pauro akareurura mutsamba yake kuvaKorose 1:24, “Munyama yangu ndinozadzisa chinoshayiwa mukutambudzika kwaKristu nokuda kwomuviri wake, ndiyo Chechi.”
Izvi hazvireve, ehe saizvozvo, kuti Kuda kwaKristu kwakanga kusina kukwana nenzira ipi zvayo. Chibayiro chake nokuda kwedu pachacho chakakwana zvakakwana uye chinoshanda. Zvakadaro, nokuda kweKuda Kwake, Jesu anotidaidza kuti titakure muchinjikwa wedu timutevere; kunyengetererana, mukutevedzera Iye, nokunyengetera nokutambura (maona Ruka 9:23 naPauro Tsamba Yokutanga kuna Timotio 2:1-3).
Saizvozvowo, mutsamba yake yokutanga (3:16), Mutsvene Johane anonyora, “Naizvozvi tinoziva rudo, kuti akaisa upenyu hwake nokuda kwedu; nesu tinofanira kuradzikira hama upenyu hwedu.
“Unotenda kwandiri, achaitawo mabasa ini andinoita;,” ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; “Uye achaita makuru kune aya, nokuti ndinoenda kuna Baba” (Johani 14:12). Saka, Jesu anoshuvira kuti titore chikamu mubasa rerudzikinuro kwete nekuda kwekudikanwa asi nekuda kwerudo, zvakafanana nezvitarisiko zvababa vepasi kuti vabatanidze mwanakomana wavo mumabasa ake. Kureverera kwedu kune mumwe nemumwe, uyezve, inokwevera pakuyananisa kwaKristu kwakasiyana uye kwakazvimiririra naMwari (ona Tsamba Yokutanga yaPauro kuna Timotio, zvakare, 2:5).
Kutaura chokwadi, zvese zvatinoita zvinoenderana nezvaAkaita uye hazvigoneke kunze kwazvo. Sezvakataurwa naJesu muna Johane 15:5, “Ini ndiri muzambiringa, imi muri matavi. unogara mandiri, uye ini maari, ndiye unobereka zvibereko zvizhinji, nekuti kunze kwangu hamugoni kuita chinhu. Saka, Kuzvipira kwedu kutamburira Iye uye naIye “anoshayiwa,” kushandisa izwi raPauro, mumatambudziko aKristu.
Kukokwa kwekutora chikamu mubasa rekudzikinura kwaKristu kuburikidza nekubatanidza kutambudzika kwedu kune Ake kuti tiponeswe uye ruponeso rwevamwe zvirokwazvo inyaradzo inoshamisa.. Saint Therese weLisieux akanyora:
“Munyika, pakumuka mangwanani ndaifunga pamusoro pezvingangoitika zvingave zvinofadza kana kushungurudza mukati mezuva.; uye dai ndakafanoona zviitiko zvinoedza chete ndaisimuka ndapererwa. Iye zvino zvave neimwe nzira: Ndinofunga nezvematambudziko uye kutambura kwakandimirira, uye ndinosimuka ndichifara uye ndizere nekushinga pandinofanoona mikana yekuratidza rudo rwangu kuna Jesu… . Ndobva ndatsvoda muchinjikwa wangu ndokuuisa papillow ndichipfeka, uye ndinoti kwaari: ‘Jesu wangu, washanda zvakakwana uye wakachema zvakakwana mukati memakore ane makumi matatu nemakumi matatu ehupenyu hwako panyika ino ine urombo. Zorora zvino. …Chijana changu ndere kutambura nekurwa’” (Mazano uye Zviyeuchidzo).
Nepo kutambura pamwe naIshe Jesu kune tariro–kunyangwe zvichiri kurwadza–kunze kwake zvinovava uye hazvina maturo.
Muzviitiko izvozvo, hapana kukosha mukutambura, uye nyika inotiza kubva pairi–vachitsvaka kuzvinzvenga pazvose–kana kuti anopomera munhu wacho nhamo yake. Semuyenzaniso, vamwe vanoona kurwadziwa uye kushayiwa sechirango chinoitwa naMwari kune vasina kutenda, kana kutambura uye pakupedzisira rufu kubva, iti, kenza yemapapu sezvakaunzwa nekushaya kutenda kwako. Saizvozvo, kune vanhu vanotenda kuti Mwari anoda kuti mutendi wese ararame asina hurwere nehurwere; it is up to the person to decide or that Being poor is a sin when God promises prosperity.
The Bible, ehe saizvozvo, completely refutes this perspective any number of times, including the Sermon of the Mount in Mateu 5, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they shall be satisfied,” uye Ruka 6:20, e.g., “Blessed are you poor …,” and “Woe to you that are rich” (Ruka 6:24; cf. Mateu 6:19-21; the Tsamba yaJames 2:5).
Job, whom the Bible describes as “a blameless and upright man” (Job 2:3), suffered illness, the death of loved ones, and the loss of his possessions.
Mhandara Maria, who was sinless (Ruka 1:28), suffered rejection, homelessness, persecution, and the loss of Her Son—“a sword shall pierce your own soul also,” Simeon had revealed to her (Ruka 2:35).
John the Baptist, the Precursor of Jesus, “wore a garment of camel’s hair” and ate “locusts and wild honey” (Mateu 3:4). Timothy suffered from chronic stomach ailments (ona yaPauro Tsamba Yokutanga kuna Timotio 5:23); and Paul had to leave his co-worker, Trophimus, behind due to illness (see Paul’s Second Letter to Timothy 4:20).
Uyezve, when the Saint Peter tempted Jesus to forgo the Passion, Jesu akapindura, “Enda shure kwangu, Satani! Muri chigumbuso kwandiri; nokuti hausi kudivi raMwari, but of men” (Mateu 16:23).
Chokwadi, any attempt to obtain glory while bypassing the Cross is demonic in nature (cf. Tim Staples, quoting Fulton J. Sheen, “Catholic Answers Live” radio program [Kukadzi 24, 2004]; available at catholic.com).
Near the end of his life, the same Peter, who had once been rebuked by Jesus for wanting Him to avoid suffering, declared to the faithful:
“In this [heavenly inheritance] you rejoice, though now for a little while you may have to suffer various trials, so that the genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold which though perishable is tested by fire, may redound to praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.” (Peter’s Tsamba Yokutanga 1:6-7)
Saka, Is It Worth It?
To answer that question, we can turn to Saint Paul in his Letter to the Romans 8:18: “I consider that the sufferings of this present time re not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.”
In that regard, we must never lose sight of the prize: that one day, nenyasha dzaMwari, each of us here will see the Lord Jesus Christ in His Kingdom; behold His luminous face; hear His angelic voice; and kiss His sacred hands and feet, wounded for our sake. Till that day, we can proclaim like Saint Francis of Assisi in The Way of the Cross, “We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You, because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world. Ameni.