“Mubeere mu Nze.” Mu kiro ekyasembayo nga tannafa, ng’omutima gwe gujjudde byonna bye yali asinga okwagala mikwano gye bajjukire, kino kye kimu ku bintu Yesu bye yasalawo okwogera. Si munkolerenga n’amaanyi agasingawo, si munkolere ebintu ebinene — wabula mubeere mu Nze. Kiwulikika ng’ekigambo ekiteefu, kumpi ng’ekitaliimu kufuba. Naye mu mazima kye kyama kya buli kimu.

Naye okubeera mu Kristo kitegeeza ki ddala, era okikola otya ku Lwakubiri olwa bulijjo? Wano tulaba Yesu kye yali ategeeza, lwaki bingi nnyo byesigamye ku kyo, n’engeri y’okutandika.

Ekifaananyi Yesu kye yalonda

Yesu yannyonnyola okubeera mu ye ng’akozesa ekifaananyi buli omu ku abo abaali bamuwuliriza kye yali amanyi: “Nze muzabbibu, mmwe matabi. Buli abeera mu Nze nange ne mbeera mu ye oyo abala ebibala bingi. Kubanga awatali Nze temuliiko kye muyinza kukola” (Yokaana 15:5). Ettabi terifuba kuzaala zabbibu. Lyo likoma ku kusigala nga liyungiddwa ku muzabbibu, obulamu bw’omuzabbibu ne bulinnya ne buyingira mu lyo, ne bubala ebibala nga buyita mu lyo. Salako ettabi, n’okufuba kwalyo kwonna kufuuka kwa bwereere; liwotoka. Ekyama kyalyo kyonna kwe kuba nga liyungiddwa.

Ekyo kye kintu ekisooka okubeera mu Kristo kye kitegeeza: okusigala ng’oyungiddwa ku Yesu ddala, nga ye nsulo y’obulamu bwo, buli kaseera, mu kifo ky’okubeera mu bulamu ng’weesigama ku maanyi go ggwe. Era Yesu ayogera kaati ku kiri ekirala — “awatali Nze temuliiko kye muyinza kukola.” Si kitono kyokka; tewali kintu kyonna ekiwangaala. Ebibala Katonda by’ayagala tebiyinza kukolebwa ttabi eryasalibwako, ne bwe lyandifubye litya.

Mu kifaananyi kino mulimu ekiwummuza omutima ennyo, bwe tunaakikkiriza okutuuka gye tuli. Obukoowu bwaffe bungi mu bulamu obw’Ekikristaayo buva mu kugezaako okuba omuzabbibu ate era n’ettabi — okuba ensulo yaffe ku bwaffe ey’okwagala, obugumiikiriza n’amaanyi, ate ne twewuunya lwaki tukalira. Ettabi terisabibwa kuzaala bulamu; lisabibwa kubufuna. Okubala kwalyo si kufuba kwalyo ku bwalyo, wabula obulamu bw’omulala obujjula ne buyiika nga buyita mu lyo. Abakristaayo abasinga okubala ebibala si be batera okuba nga be basinga okufuba mu maanyi gaabwe; be abo abasinga okuyungibwa ku Kristo mu buziba ne mu kuwummula, obulamu bwe ne bubala ebibala byabwo nga buyita mu bo kumpi nga tebakitegedde. Ekibuuzo okubeera mu Kristo kye kitubuuza si nti “ofuba ekimala?” wabula nti “osigala kumpi naye?”

Okubeera mu Kristo nkolagana, si nkola ya kukuguka

Andrew Murray, ebitabo bye ebitono Omuzabbibu ogw’Amazima ne Yesu Yennyini bye byayigiriza emirembe mingi okubeera mu Kristo, yeegendereza obutaganya kino kufuuka nkola bukozi. Okubeera mu Kristo si kukuguka mu nkola ey’eby’omwoyo; kwe kubeeranga awamu n’Omuntu. Yesu akyusa ekifaananyi n’akizza ku kwagala: “Mbaagadde nga Kitange bw’anjagala. Noolwekyo munywererenga mu kwagala kwange” (Yokaana 15:9). Okubeera mu Kristo kwe kubeera mu kwagala kwa Kristo ng’okimanyi — okudda, emirundi n’emirundi, ku mazima amanywevu nti oli mwagalwa, n’okuleka okwagala okwo ne kuba empewo gy’ossa.

Hudson Taylor yazuula kino oluvannyuma lw’emyaka mingi egy’okufuba okwamukooya. Yali afuba okwekwata ku Kristo ng’alemererwa, okutuusa lwe yategeera nti ettabi teryekwata ku muzabbibu — lyo liwummulira bulungi mu kwegatta kwalyo nagwo. Mu Okwegatta n’Okussa Ekimu yakinnyonnyola ng’ayita mu Luyimba lwa Sulemaani ng’enkolagana ey’okwagala: si kufuba okw’okweraliikirira okw’okwekwata, wabula obukakafu obuwummuza obw’okuba owuwe. “Nakomererwa wamu ne Kristo,” Pawulo bwe yawandiika, “kyokka ndi mulamu, si ku bwange, wabula ku bwa Kristo abeera mu nze” (Abaggalatiya 2:20). Ago ge mazima ag’omunda okubeera mu Kristo kwe kwesigamye: si Kristo kubeera ku mabbali gaffe kyokka, wabula Kristo ng’awangaalira obulamu bwe mu ffe.

Okubeera mu Kristo kye kitali

Olw’okuba ekigambo kino kiwulikika ng’ekiteefu, okubeera mu Kristo kutera okutegeerwa obubi, n’olwekyo kiyamba okwogera kye kitali. Si kutuula butuuzi — ettabi teriba lya kigayaavu n’akatono; kye kifo ddala obulamu bw’omuzabbibu we bukolera emirimu gyabwo egisinga obunene, nga buzaala ebibala. Yesu akwataganya okubeera mu ye butereevu n’obuwulize: “Bwe munaagonderanga ebiragiro byange olwo munaabanga munyweredde mu kwagala kwange” (Yokaana 15:10). Okubeera mu Kristo n’okugondera tebivuganya; obuwulize y’engeri okwagala gye kusigalamu nga kuli ewaka mu ffe.

Era okubeera mu Kristo si mbeera ya kyama etali ya bulijjo eterekeddwa abakugu mu by’omwoyo bokka, efunibwa ng’omuntu yeggyamu ebirowoozo byonna oba ng’anoonya ebintu eby’enjawulo by’awulira. Kye kirabo kya bulijjo, ekiweereddwa buli mukkiriza, ekiri kumpi ng’okukyusa omutima gwo eri Kristo w’oli kaakano. Era si butuukirivu obutaliimu kibi kyonna. Okubeera mu Kristo si kuba nga otuuse; kwe kusigala ng’oyungiddwa ku Oyo akugumiikiriza ng’akufuula omulamba. Ettabi eryabala ebibala ebitono mu sizoni eno tekitegeeza nti lisaliddwako; lirongoosebwa, era Yesu agamba nti eyo y’engeri Kitaffe gy’alikolamu “lyeyongerenga okubala” (Yokaana 15:2). Okuyitibwa okubeera mu Kristo si kiragiro kya kuba nga toliiko kamogo. Kwe kukuyita osigale.

Lwaki buli kimu kyesigamye ku kyo

Okubeera mu Kristo si nkola emu ku nkola nnyingi ez’eby’omwoyo ez’Omukristaayo; kye kikolo endala zonna mwe ziggya obulamu. Lowooza ku ebyo Yesu by’akigattako. Okubala ebibala: “oyo abala ebibala bingi” (Yokaana 15:5). Okuddibwamu kw’okusaba: “bwe munywerera mu Nze ne munyweza ebigambo byange, buli kye munaasabanga kinaabakolerwanga” (Yokaana 15:7). Obuwulize obukulukuta okuva mu kwagala so si mu kwekaka: “Oyo agamba nti ali mu ye, asaana okutambula nga Mukama waffe yennyini bwe yatambula” (1 Yokaana 2:6). Era n’obugumu olw’ebiseera eby’omu maaso: abo ababeera mu ye baliba “bagumu abatalikwatibwa nsonyi ku lunaku lw’aliddirako” (1 Yokaana 2:28). Kumpi buli kye twegomba mu bulamu obw’Ekikristaayo kizuuka nti bibala ebikula ku ttabi lino limu.

Engeri y’okubeera mu Kristo mu bulamu obwa bulijjo

Kale, mu bikolwa, omuntu alina emirimu mingi abeera atya mu Kristo? Eky’okuddamu eky’amazima kiri nti okubeera mu Kristo si kintu ky’ogattako ku bulamu obujjudde, wabula ngeri ya kukola buli kimu ekiri edda mu bwo — okukyusa omutima mpola era obutakoma eri Kristo wakati mu bintu ebya bulijjo. Si mulimu mulala omuzito ogwongerwa ku ntuumu. Ge mazzi amateefu agakulukutira wansi w’emirimu gyonna. Wano waliwo engeri ntono ez’okukikuza:

  • Tandika olunaku naye, so si na lukalala lwo lwokka. Ekintu ekisooka ky’okola ng’ozuukuse kibe okujjukira nti oli ttabi, eriyungiddwa ku Muzabbibu, eryesigama ku ye okufuna obulamu bw’olunaku. Andrew Murray yakubiriza abantu okusooka okussa omutima ku Yesu Yennyini nga tebannakola kirala kyonna.
  • Leka ebigambo bye bibeere mu ggwe. “… ne munyweza ebigambo byange” (Yokaana 15:7) — kuuma Ebyawandiikibwa kumpi, eddoboozi lye, so si oluyoogaano lw’ensi, lye libeera nga libumba endowooza yo olunaku lwonna.
  • Komawo, olunaku lwonna. Okubeera mu Kristo si ssaawa emu ey’obusirifu yokka, wabula mpisa ya kudda — okukyusa ebirowoozo byo emirundi kikumi mu ngeri entono eri Kristo wakati mu mirimu, mu kweraliikirira, ne mu bikutaataaganya. Okwegayirira mpola nti “Mukama, nkwetaaga” ng’oddamu obubaka obuzibu kwe kubeera mu Kristo mu mazima nga bwe kiri essaawa emu gy’omala ng’ofukamidde mu makya ennyo.
  • Weesigame ku ye ku lw’abantu abazibu n’essaawa enzibu. Ebiseera by’osinga okukemebwa okwanukula mu mubiri — empaka, okuggwaamu essuubi, okutya — bye biseera ddala eby’okukyukira munda eri Omuzabbibu n’oggya amaanyi mu bulamu bwe mu kifo ky’obulamu bwo. Wano ebibala eby’Omwoyo we bikulira: si mu kiseera eky’emirembe, wabula mu kunyigirizibwa, mu ttabi erisigala nga liggya obulamu mu Kristo.
  • Wummulira mu kwagala kwe, naddala ng’omaze okulemererwa. Toleka kibi kukugoba okuva ku Muzabbibu; kireke kikuzzeeyo gy’ali. Okubeera mu Kristo kugumira okwesittala kwaffe, kubanga kwesigamye ku kukwata kwe, so si kwaffe.

Pawulo yafunza obulamu bwonna mu kifaananyi kimu eky’okubeera mu Kristo: “Nga bwe mwaweebwa Kristo Yesu Mukama waffe, mutambulirenga mu ye, nga musimbibwa era nga mukuzibwa mu ye” (Abakkolosaayi 2:6–7). Omuti “ogwasimbibwa ku mabbali g’omugga … ogubala ebibala byagwo mu ntuuko zaabyo” (Zabbuli 1:3) tegubala lwa kufuba wabula lwa kusigala nga gusimbiddwa awali amazzi. Okwo kwe kuyita kw’okubeera mu Kristo: lekera awo okwekaka ng’ettabi eryasalibwako, era osigale ng’oyungiddwa ku Bulamu obwali bugendereddwa bulijjo okukulukuta nga buyita mu ggwe.

Tewali n’omu ku ffe abeera mu Kristo mu ngeri etuukiridde; ebirowoozo bitambula wala, olunaku lutujjuza emirimu, ne twerabira Omuzabbibu okumala essaawa nnyingi. Naye okubeera mu Kristo tekumenyebwa olw’okuwugulibwa okw’akaseera, nga bwe kiri nti ettabi terisalibwako lwa kuba ng’olweggulo luliko ebire. Eddagala ly’okuba nga werabidde Kristo kwe kumujjukira nate — kaakano, mu kaseera kano — era gye tukoma okwegezaamu okudda okwo okw’obukkakkamu, gye kikoma okufuuka empisa enywevu ey’omutima. Tandikira w’oli, ng’okyusa ebirowoozo byo omulundi omulala omutono eri ye. Tali wala, ng’alinze olinnye ku ddaala erya waggulu. Ye Muzabbibu gw’oyungiddwako edda, ali kumpi okusinga omukka gw’ossa, era ekintu kimu ky’akwagaliza kye kiri kye yayogera mu kiro ekyasembayo: mubeere mu Nze.