Kupona kutoka kwa Dhambi na Uraibu - Hatua ya 8 - Uwajibikaji

8. Tulifanya orodha ya watu ambao tuliwadhuru, na tukawa tayari kuwasahihisha wote.

Tumia hii worksheet to make a list of: who I hurt, and how I hurt them.

Hatua hii ni sehemu ya kudhibitisha mabadiliko yaliyotokea: kwetu sisi wenyewe, na kwa wengine.

Lazima tuwajibike kwa matendo yetu ya zamani. Hasa matendo yetu ambayo yameumiza wengine.

“Yesu alipofika mahali hapo, akatazama juu, akamwona, akamwambia, Zakayo, fanya haraka, ushuke; kwa leo lazima nikae nyumbani kwako. Akafanya haraka, akashuka, akampokea kwa furaha. Walipoona hayo, wote walinung'unika, wakisema, Ameenda kukaa na mtu mwenye dhambi. Zakayo akasimama, akamwambia Bwana; Tazama, Bwana, nusu ya mali yangu nawapa maskini; na ikiwa nimechukua kitu kutoka kwa mtu yeyote kwa mashtaka ya uwongo, namrudisha mara nne. Yesu akamwambia, Leo wokovu umefika katika nyumba hii, kwa kuwa yeye pia ni mwana wa Ibrahimu. Kwa maana Mwana wa Adamu amekuja kutafuta na kuokoa kile kilichopotea. ” ~ Luka 19: 5-10

Yesu alikuja nyumbani kwa Zakayo, kwa sababu alijua hilo Zakayo alikuwa tayari ameandika orodha yake of those whom he had hurt. So he knew Zacchaeus was taking personal accountability for how he had hurt others in the past. And that now he was sincerely seeking to be reconciled to them. So Jesus was not just casually talking with Zacchaeus. He was coming to his house to stay with him, as a close friend!

We all need Jesus to be free to come and stay at our spiritual house: our heart. And he will, if we are taking seriously our responsibility to try to be reconciled to all whom we have wronged.

Upatanisho na Wengine ni Muhimu

This testimony of restoration was important. Not just for Zacchaeus, but also for those who knew Zacchaeus. Everyone knew the holiness in the life of Jesus Christ. How could Zacchaeus be part of Jesus’ purpose – unless he had already determined, and was showing publicly, that he wanted a change in his heart and behavior.

Yes, it matters to Jesus that we make our wrongs right! Zacchaeus in his heart knew this. True salvation will bring forgiveness, and a complete change in our heart. Salvation reconciles us to God. But yet we still need to do our part to be reconciled to those whom we have harmed.

“Kwa hiyo ukileta zawadi yako madhabahuni, na hapo ukakumbuka ya kuwa ndugu yako ana kitu juu yako; Wacha hapo zawadi yako mbele ya madhabahu, uende zako; kwanza patanisha na ndugu yako, kisha uje kutoa zawadi yako. ” ~ Mathayo 5: 23-24

Don’t ignore your need to be reconciled to others! Otherwise God will again begin to feel distant to you. It matters a lot to God! So we dare not neglect to make an effort to apologize and to correct the wrongs we have done to others.

Jitolee kwa bidii Jitihada

Kuwa mwangalifu tusifuate njia ya wanafiki wengi wa kidini wa siku zetu. Wanadai kufanya vitu, lakini hawafuati kweli. Kumbuka kwamba Yesu huwapatia tu wale wanaotenda mapenzi yake.

“Lakini iweni watendaji wa neno, wala sio wasikiaji tu, mkijidanganya wenyewe. Maana, ikiwa mtu ni msikiaji wa neno, na si mtekelezaji, huyo ni kama mtu anayeangalia uso wake wa asili katika kioo. Maana anajitazama, na kwenda zake, na mara husahau jinsi alivyokuwa mtu huyo. Lakini mtu ye yote atakayeitazama sheria kamilifu ya uhuru, na kudumu ndani yake, yeye akiwa si msikiaji msahaulifu, bali mtendaji wa kazi, mtu huyu atabarikiwa katika tendo lake. ” ~ Yakobo 1: 22-25

Most of the religious world today still has some kind of “sin addiction.” They claim to have changed through Jesus Christ. But they don’t complete the work of God in their lives. And because they will not seek to be personally reconciled to everyone, they also do not seek to fully reconcile others to Jesus Christ.

“Lakini mnaonaje? Mtu mmoja alikuwa na wana wawili; akamwendea wa kwanza, akasema, Mwanangu, nenda kafanye kazi leo katika shamba langu la mizabibu. Akajibu akasema, Sitaki; lakini baadaye akatubu, akaenda. Akamwendea yule wa pili, akasema vivyo hivyo. Naye akajibu, "Nenda, bwana." Na hakuenda. Je! Ni yupi kati ya hao wawili alifanya mapenzi ya baba yake? Wakamwambia, Wa kwanza. Yesu akawaambia, "Kweli nawaambieni, watoza ushuru na waasherati wanakwenda mbele yenu katika Ufalme wa Mungu. Kwa maana Yohana alikuja kwenu kwa njia ya haki, nanyi hamkumwamini; lakini watoza ushuru na waasherati walimwamini; na ninyi, mlipoona, hamkutubu baadaye, ili mpate kumwamini. ” ~ Mathayo 21: 28-32

Ni jambo la kuchukiza sana kwa Yesu Kristo kudai "nitafanya hivyo" halafu usifuate.

“Wale wanaoona ubatili wa uwongo huacha rehema zao. Lakini nitakutolea dhabihu kwa sauti ya shukrani; Nitalipa hiyo niliyoapa. Wokovu ni wa Bwana. ” ~ Yona 2: 8-9

Ikiwa kweli tumesamehewa na Yesu Kristo, basi sisi pia tumepatanishwa naye kikamilifu. Kwa sababu hii, kuna hamu ya kuwa wa kweli kwa nadhiri yetu ya uaminifu. Nadhiri ambayo kwa kawaida inatuhamasisha kupatanishwa na wengine, na kuwapatanisha pia na Mungu.

“Yaani Mungu alikuwa katika Kristo akiupatanisha ulimwengu na yeye mwenyewe, bila kuwahesabia makosa yao; na ametukabidhi neno la upatanisho. Sasa basi sisi ni mabalozi wa Kristo, kana kwamba Mungu amekusihi nasi. Tunawaombeni badala ya Kristo, mpatanishwe na Mungu. ” ~ 2 Wakorintho 5: 19-20

Hata wale ambao zamani walikuwa adui yetu, sisi sasa pia tunatamani kupatanishwa nao, ikiwa inawezekana.

“Kwa rehema na kweli uovu umesafishwa, na kwa kumcha Bwana watu hujiepusha na uovu. Njia za mwanadamu zinapompendeza Bwana, huwafanya hata adui zake wawe na amani naye. ” ~ Mithali 16: 6-7