YESU amatuluka m’njira Yake kugogomezera kufunika kwa “kudikira ndi kupemphera” mu Mauthenga Abwino onse. Nthawi zambiri zinali mu nkhani ya kubweranso kwake. Kudikira ndi kupemphera ndiko “kukhala ndi moyo mwa Mzimu,” akutero mtumwi Paulo.
I say then: live by the Spirit and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh...
(Agal. 6: 16-17)
Nthawi yomwe ambiri aife timayamba kukhala ndi moyo "mwa thupi" ndi chinthu choyamba m'mawa. Chifukwa chiyani? Chifukwa chakuti timadzuka, timachita zinthu zongochitika tsiku ndi tsiku, osaganizira kalikonse za Mulungu. Ndipo kotero, timayamba mu thupi, ndipo kawirikawiri modandaula. Timalola kutsogozedwa ndi mphuno ku machimo "aang'ono".
Koma Petro anati,
Therefore, gird up the loins of your mind, live soberly, and set your hopes completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
(1 Petro 1: 13)
Mukadzuka m'mawa, vomerezani Mulungu, pemphani chithandizo Chake, ndipo gwiritsitsani dzanja lake - kutanthauza, pitirizani kulankhula ndi Iye tsiku lonse. Tiyenera mokangalika, ndi mofunitsitsa kuika maganizo athu pa zinthu za Mulungu, ndi zimene Iye akufuna kwa inu mu mphindi ino. Monga Paulo akunena,
Think of what is above, not of what is on earth.
(Akol. 3:2)
Ndili ndi zambiri zoti ndinene pa izi mawa, mawu omwe akhala akukulirakulira mu mtima mwanga kwa milungu ingapo tsopano. Koma ngati tingangoyang'ana pa chinthu chimodzi -kukhala ndi moyo mwa Mzimu poika maganizo athu pa kukhalapo kwa Mulungu ndi lamulo lake lokonda - sitingafune mawa.
Sizidzatsimikizira kuti simudzakumana ndi mayesero, mavuto, ngakhale kuphunthwa. Koma ngati inu muli pafupi ndi Khristu, inu mudzawuka mofulumira kwambiri chotero, pakuti Iye Mwiniwake adzakunyamulani inu.
...take every thought captive in obedience to Christ...
(2 Cor 10: 5)