Be Different

By Dorcas Moyo

MaVegetables anogona kutaridza kuti akaora uye ane manyowa, asi pakupedzisira, miriwo ichiri nyowani uye ine hutano. Zvinoratidza kuti mukati mekusagadzikana kweenvironment, miriwo inogona kugara ichiripo ichiri kuzvichengeta.

Samuel akakurira paShiloh, panzvimbo iyo Hophni naPhinehas vakaita zvinhu zvakaipa. Asi, panguva imwe cheteyo, Samuel akava muporofita wechokwadi waMwari uye akabata basa rakakodzera. 1 Samuel 2:26 inoti, “Iye mwana Samueli akaramba achikura, akadiwa naJehovha uye navanhu." Izvi zvakafanana nemashoko ari paLuke 2:52 anoti, “Akakura muuchenjeri, achiwedzera muviri uye achikudzwa naMwari uye vanhu.”

Zvinoreva kuti, kunyange uri munyika yakaipa, unogona kusiyana uye kufadza Mwari pamwe chete nevanhu. (Hapana chakaoma kufadza vanhu, asi kufadza Mwari kwekutanga ndiko kwakakosha, uye izvo zvinoita kuti ufadze vanhuwo zvavo.)

Nathanael, paakanzwa kubva kuna Philip kuti tawana Jesu weNazareta, akabvunza achiti, “Pane chinhu chakanaka chingabva Nazareta here?” (John 1:45-46). Nathanael haana kutarisira chakanaka kubva kuNazareta, asi ndizvo chaizvo zvakatangira Jesu. Izvi zvinoratidza kuti unogona kuva munhu akanaka, kunyange kubva kunzvimbo inofungidzirwa kuipa. Unogona kutya Mwari, kunyange kubva kumhuri isingachemi.

Noah akava mutendi munyika yakaipa. Lot akava mutendi muSodom, uye Samuel akava muporofita wechokwadi kubva munzvimbo isina kugamuchira Mwari. Unogona kusiyana.

Romans 12:2 inoti: “Musafanana nenyika ino, asi shandurai pfungwa dzenyu, kuti mugamuchire kuchinja kwepfungwa, kuti muone kuda kwaMwari kwakakodzera, kunofadza, uye kwakakwana.”