Tikukhala m'nthawi zosangalatsa monga anthu amalonda ndi akatswiri. Ndine m'gulu la m'badwo ku United States womwe umatchedwa "Baby Boomers," ndipo kwa ambiri a ife, cholinga chachikulu pantchito ndikupuma pantchito.
Mwachitsanzo, posachedwapa ndinamva kukambirana paphwando. Munthu wina amene ankatsala pang’ono kusiya ntchitoyo ananena kuti sakanatha kudikira mpaka atasiya ntchito. Iye ananena kuti amadana ndi ntchito yake ndipo chifukwa chokha chimene ankapitirizira kupita ku ntchito tsiku lililonse n’chakuti ankafunika ndalamazo.
Sindinanene chilichonse kwa iye, koma lingaliro langa linali, "Ndi njira yomvetsa chisoni bwanji kukhala ndi moyo." Sindingayerekeze kukhala m'moyo ndikudana ndi zomwe ndimawononga nthawi yanga ndikuchita. Ntchito zina zimapindulitsa kwambiri kuposa zina. Koma ngakhale ndikakhala ndi masiku ofooketsa, ndimakondabe zimene ndimachita. Nthawi zina m'moyo wanga ntchito yomwe ndimagwira mwina sinakhale yolimbikitsa, koma anthu omwe ndimakumana nawo tsiku ndi tsiku anali olimbikitsa kudziwa ndi kucheza nawo.
Ndikamva anthu akulankhula mokhumbira za kupuma pantchito, nthaŵi zonse ndimalingalira za phindu lenileni la ntchito. Ndipotu m’Baibulo muli maumboni ambiri amene amanena za ntchito yolemekezeka. Mwachitsanzo, lemba la Akolose 3:23 limati tiyenera kugwira ntchito ndi mtima wonse pa chilichonse chimene tichita. Kupatula apo, limati, pamapeto pake tikugwira ntchito ngati kwa Ambuye.
Buku la Mlaliki la Chipangano Chakale lili ndi malangizo ambiri oti tizigwira ntchito molimbika ndi kusangalala nalo. Lemba la Mlaliki 3:22 limati: Choncho ndinaona kuti palibe chabwino kwa munthu kuposa kusangalala ndi ntchito yake, chifukwa ndicho gawo lake. M'mawu odziwika bwino a m'Baibulo, Uthenga, akuti, “Choncho ndinaganiza kuti palibe chinthu chabwino kwa ife amuna ndi akazi kuposa kusangalala ndi chilichonse chimene tichita—ndicho moyo wathu.” Ntchito ingakhale yovuta komanso yovuta, koma Mulungu anakonza ntchito kuti tizisangalala nayo.
Lemba la Miyambo 22:29 limati: Kodi uona munthu waluso pa ntchito yake, amene adzatumikira pamaso pa mafumu? Munganene kuti chinsinsi cha chipambano ndicho kugwira ntchito yabwino ndiyeno kuzisonyeza kwa anthu. Masiku ano timachitcha "chinthu ndi malonda." Ndikukhulupirira kuti kutsindika kuyenera kuyikidwa pa chinthucho osati kuyesetsa kukopa anthu kuti agule. M'mawu ena, "kupanga zinthu zabwino." Ngati mutero, simudzakhala ndi vuto pakuligulitsa.
Tikamagwira ntchito motere, mfundo yopuma pantchito imakhala yosasangalatsa kwambiri. Ndipotu sindiyembekezera nthaŵi imene sindingathe kuchita zimene ndimachita. Ndikafika pamenepa ndiyenera kusiya chifukwa chosowa; koma sindikufuna kusiya kugwira ntchito chifukwa kalendala imati ndayika nthawi yokwanira. Kuyanjanitsa kupuma pantchito ndi ndalama zomwe munthu wasunga kumawoneka ngati chinthu chaching'ono.
Pali malangizo ochepa a m’Malemba pa nkhani ya kupuma pantchito. Mawuwa sagwiritsidwa ntchito kawirikawiri, ndipo pamene ali, amatanthauza "kuchoka." Cholinga chachikulu cha ntchito ndi kungofikira nthawi yomwe mungathe mupewe kuchokera ku moyo wopindulitsa? Nkhani yokhayo m’Baibulo yofotokoza za kupuma pantchito ikukhudza Alevi, ansembe amene anauzidwa kuti apume pantchito ali ndi zaka 50, koma ngakhale pamenepo anayenera kupitiriza kuthandiza ansembe ang’onoang’ono.
Lingaliro lopuma pantchito monga tikudziwira lero ndizochitika zaposachedwa, makamaka 20th Lingaliro lazaka zana lobwera ndi nthawi yayitali ya moyo ndi Revolution Revolution. Ndi zaka 60 zokha zapitazi pamene kupuma pantchito kwakhala chinthu chomwe anthu ambiri amalakalaka. Mibadwo yowerengeka yokha mmbuyomo, kupuma pantchito kunkaganiziridwa ngati "kwakale kwambiri kuti ugwire ntchito" kapena "kukagonekedwa msipu." Pokhapokha ngati mwakonzeka kuikidwa msipu, phunzirani kusangalala ndi ntchito yanu!
Jim Mathis ndi mwiniwake wa situdiyo yojambulira ku Overland Park, Kansas, yemwe amagwira ntchito pazithunzithunzi zapamwamba, zamalonda ndi zisudzo, ndipo amakhala ndi sukulu yojambula. Jim ndiye wolemba Makamera Ogwira Ntchito Kwambiri kwa Anthu Wamba, buku la kujambula kwa digito. M'mbuyomu anali manejala ogulitsa khofi komanso director wamkulu wa CBMC ku Kansas City, Kansas ndi Kansas City, Missouri.
Kulingalira/Kukambirana Mafunso
1. Kodi mumaiona bwanji ntchito yanu? Kodi mumakhala ndi malingaliro abwino - kapena oyipa - pa izo? Fotokozani yankho lanu.
2. Kodi malingaliro anu opuma pantchito asinthidwa bwanji ndi chikhalidwe chomwe mukukhala?
3. Potengera zimene mwawerenga mu “Lolemba Manna,” kodi mukuganiza kuti pangafunike kusintha maganizo anu pa ntchito kuti agwirizane ndi zimene Baibulo limanena? Chifukwa chiyani?
4. Kodi ndi zosintha ziti, ngati zilipo, zomwe mungasinthe pa ntchito yanu - kapena ntchito zina zomwe mungafune kuchita - kuti zikhale zosangalatsa, kotero kuti simungawonenso kufunikira kwa kuwona kupuma pantchito ngati "kuthawa" komwe mukufuna?
Ngati mukufuna kuona kapena kukambirana ndime zina za m’Baibulo zimene zikugwirizana ndi nkhaniyi, ganizirani zitsanzo za ndime zotsatirazi:
Numbers 8:23-26; Proverbs 10:4-5,7, 11:30, 12:11, 13:9, 16:26, 20:13, 21:5, 23:4-5, 27:18;