Mtazamo na Matendo Bora ya Mtu Anayependa Kujinyenyekeza katika Mamlaka ya Mungu

Mwanadamu anatakiwa kuwa na mtazamo gani sasa katika kujua na kujali mamlaka ya Mungu, hoja ya ukuu wa Mungu juu ya hatima ya binadamu? Hili ni tatizo la kweli linalokabili kila mmoja. Wakati wa kukabiliana na matatizo ya kweli ya maisha, unafaa kujua na kuelewa vipi mamlaka ya Mungu na ukuu Wake? Wakati hujui namna ya kuelewa, kushughulikia, na kupitia matatizo haya, ni mtazamo gani unaofaa kutumia ili kuonyesha nia yako, tamanio lako, na uhalisia wako wa kujinyenyekeza katika ukuu na mipangilio ya Mungu? Kwanza lazima ujifunze kusubiri; kisha lazima ujifunze kutafuta; kisha lazima ujifunze kujinyenyekeza. “Kusubiri” kunamaanisha kusubiria muda wa Mungu, kusubiria watu, matukio, na mambo ambayo Amekupangilia wewe, kusubiria mapenzi Yake ili yaweze kwa utaratibu kujifichua kwako. “Kutafuta” kunamaanisha kuangalia na kuelewa nia za Mungu katika fikira Zake kwako wewe kupitia watu, matukio, na mambo ambayo Amekuwekea wazi, kuelewa ukweli kupitia mambo hayo, kuelewa kile ambacho binadamu lazima watimize na njia ambazo lazima waendeleze, kuelewa kile ambacho lazima kitimizwe na njia ambazo lazima wahifadhi, waelewe ni matokeo gani ambayo Mungu analenga kutimiza kwa binadamu na ni utimilifu gani Analenga kutimiza ndani yao. “Kujinyenyekeza,” bila shaka, kunaashiria kukubali watu, matukio, na mambo ambayo Mungu amepanga, kukubali ukuu Wake na, kwa yote, kupata kujua namna ambavyo Muumba anaamuru hatima ya binadamu, namna Anavyomjaliza binadamu na maisha Yake, na namna Anavyofanya kazi ya ukweli katika binadamu. Mambo yote katika mipangilio na ukuu wa Mungu hutii sheria za kimaumbile, na kama utaamua kumwachia Mungu kupangilia na kuamuru kila kitu kwa niaba yako, unafaa kujifunza kusubiri, unafaa kujifunza kutafuta, unafaa kujifunza kujinyenyekeza. Huu ndio mtazamo ambao kila mtu anayetaka kujinyenyekeza katika mamlaka ya Mungu lazima awe nao, ubora wa kimsingi ambao kila mmoja anayetaka kuukubali ukuu na mipangilio ya Mungu lazima aumiliki. Ili kushikilia mtazamo kama huu, kumiliki ubora kama huu, lazima mfanye kazi kwa bidii zaidi; na ndipo mnapoweza kuingia kwenye uhalisi wa kweli.

Kimetoholewa kutoka katika Neno Laonekana katika Mwili

How to Submit to God’s Authority

I

How should humanity know and regard God’s authority, His sovereignty over human fate? This problem confronts all mankind. When facing problems in your life, how will you fathom and taste God’s authority and sovereignty? When you cannot understand, when you face the problems of your life, what attitude should you assume to demonstrate your will and desire to obey God’s sovereign plan?

II

You should wait on God’s timing, on people, events, and things arranged and planned by God. Bit by bit, God will show you His will. You should seek through people and things to see how God’s intentions are kind. You will understand His truth and the ways that you must keep. God will lay before your eyes the fruits He wants to achieve.

III

Submit and accept God’s sovereignty and all things that are set up by Him, to taste how your Maker directs your fate, supplies you with life, and fills you with truth. All things obey natural laws under God’s plan and sovereignty. If you determine to let God lead, arrange and direct everything for you, you must wait, seek, and submit. This attitude is needed by all who bow before God. Those who toil to have this quality shall reach true reality.

from Follow the Lamb and Sing New Songs