Okwegayiririra kwe kuyimirira mu maaso ga Katonda ku lw’omuntu omulala. Ye mukwano asabira obufumbo obuli mu kusoomoozebwa okumala ekiro kyonna, ye maama amaze emyaka abiri ng’atwala omwana we eyabula eri Katonda, ke kabinja akatono akasabira erinnya ly’omulwadde wiiki ku wiiki. Okwegayiririra abalala kye kimu ku bintu Abakristaayo bye bakola bulijjo — era kye kimu ku bisinga okuba eby’ekyama, kubanga mu kwo Katonda atuyita okubeera n’omugabo ogwa nnamaddala mu by’akola mu bulamu bw’abantu abalala.

Wano tugenda kulaba okwegayiririra abalala kye kuli, lwaki kukulu okusinga bwe tutera okulowooza, n’engeri gy’oyinza okukukola ddala.

Obuweereza ffenna bwe twayitibwa okukola

Ebyawandiikibwa tebitwala kwegayiririra ng’ekintu eky’enjawulo eky’abo bokka abakuze ennyo mu mwoyo, wabula ng’obuvunaanyizibwa n’enkizo bya buli Mukristaayo. Pawulo kwe yatandikira ebiragiro bye ku kusaba: “Okusookera ddala, mbasaba, musabenga, mwegayirirenga, era mwebazenga Katonda ku lw’abantu bonna” (1 Timoseewo 2:1). Era agamba Abaefeso okubeera “nga musabiririranga mu ssaala zonna nga mwegayiririranga mu mwoyo buli kiseera. Mwekuumenga nga mugumiikirizanga, era nga mwegayiririranga abatukuvu, be bantu bonna aba Katonda” (Abaefeso 6:18).

Nnabbi Samwiri ow’edda yatuuka n’okuyita okulekayo okwegayiririra abalala ekibi: “Nze ku lwange, kikafuuwe, okwonoona eri Mukama ne ssibasabira” (1 Samwiri 12:23). Mu ndaba eno, okusabira abalala si kirungi kye tukolera Katonda oba bo; kitundu ku makulu g’okwagala muliraanwa waffe mu maaso g’entebe ey’ekisa.

Lwaki kukulu ddala

Okwegayiririra abalala kukyusa ekintu kyonna, oba kubudaabuda bubudaabuzi oyo asaba? Ebyawandiikibwa byogera n’obuvumu wano: “Okusaba n’omutima omumalirivu ogw’omuntu omutuukirivu, kubeera n’obuyinza bungi” (Yakobo 5:16). Katonda, mu magezi ge, yasalawo okufuula okusaba kw’abantu be ekimu ku bintu eby’abulijjo by’akozesa okukola mu nsi. Kino tekitufuula bafuzi — Katonda asigala nga ye Katonda — naye kitegeeza nti okusaba kwaffe si mukolo bukolo. Kye kikozesebwa ekya nnamaddala mu mikono gye.

E. M. Bounds, eyawandiika ku kusaba mu ngeri ey’obuziba okusinga kumpi buli muntu yenna, yalaga mu kitabo kye Ekigendererwa mu Kusaba nti emirimu emikulu gya Katonda bulijjo gyaddiriranga okusaba kw’abantu be okutakoowa — nti okwegayiririra abalala si kwe kwetegekera obwetegekezi omulimu; gwe mulimu gwennyini, omukutu amaanyi g’omu ggulu mwe gayita okutuuka ku nsi.

Kino kireeta ekibuuzo eky’edda: oba nga Katonda amanyi dda abantu bye beetaaga, era nga mulungi, lwaki okusaba kwaffe kuyinza okukyusa ekintu kyonna? Baibuli tegonjoola kizibu ekyo mu bujjuvu, naye ekakasa n’amaanyi ekituufu kino: Katonda yasalawo okukola ng’addamu okusaba. “Mwagala ebintu ne mutabifuna … kubanga mulemeddwa okubisaba” (Yakobo 4:2). Ye Kitaffe asanyuka okugaba, era eyategeka ensi ye mu ngeri nti okusaba kw’abaana be kitundu kya nnamaddala ku ngeri gy’agabamu. Kino tekitufuula nsibuko ya maanyi — Katonda y’ensibuko — naye kitufuula abeetabye mu mulimu gwe ddala. Bwe weegayiririra abalala, toba ng’otegeeza Katonda ekintu kye yasubwa, wadde ng’okakaatika omukono ogutayagala kugaba. Weegatta naye mu ky’ayagala okukola, era n’otwala ekitiibwa ekyewuunyisa ky’awadde abantu aba bulijjo: okusaba, n’okumulaba ng’akola.

Tetwegayiririra ffekka

Okwegayiririra abalala kuyinza okulabika ng’ekizibu ennyo — emirundi mingi tetumanyi na kye tusaanye kusaba. Wano Ebyawandiikibwa bituwa okubudaabudibwa okw’amaanyi: tetulekeddwa kukikola ffekka. “N’Omwoyo bw’atyo atubeera mu bunafu bwaffe. Tetumanyi kusaba nga bwe kitugwanira, naye Omwoyo yennyini atwegayiririra n’okusinda okutayogerekeka” (Abaruumi 8:26–27). Ebigambo byo bwe biggwaawo, eby’Omwoyo tebiggwaawo.

Era okusinga ne ekyo, tulina Omwegayiririzi mu ggulu mwennyini. Kristo “abeera mulamu ennaku zonna okubawolereza” abo abajja eri Katonda ku bubwe (Abaebbulaniya 7:25). Okusaba kwo ku lw’abalala tekulinnya kwokka; kwegatta ku kusaba okutakoma okw’Omwana eyazuukira, eyagamba Peetero nti, “nkusabidde okukkiriza kwo kuleme kukuggwaamu” (Lukka 22:32). Bwe weegayiririra abalala, oba okola ku nsi Yesu ky’akola mu ggulu — era mu linnya lye essaala zo entono zitwalibwa.

Okusabira abo abatannakkiriza

Okwegayiririra okumu okusinga okunyiikira mu byafaayo by’Ekikristaayo kwali ku lw’abantu abaali, mu kiseera ekyo, ewala ne Katonda. Pawulo yawandiika ku bantu be: “kye njagala mu mutima gwange era kye nsabira Abayisirayiri eri Katonda, kwe kulokolebwa” (Abaruumi 10:1). Augustine ow’e Hippo — omu ku bantu abaasinga amagezi mu kkanisa eyasooka — yamala emyaka mingi ng’ali mubuze, era nnyina Monica teyalekera awo kumusabira. Yakaaba era ne yeegayiririra mu bujeemu bwe ne mu makubo ge amakyamu, era ng’omwana we bwe yannyonnyola oluvannyuma, okusaba okwo, okusinga empaka zonna, kwe Katonda kwe yakozesa okumukomyawo eka. George Müller yasabira mikwano gye ebiri okukyuka okumala emyaka egisukka mu ataano; omu yakkiriza nga Müller tannaba kufa, omulala oluvannyuma lw’okufa kwe — tewali ssaala yafa busa, wadde nga emu yasinga obulamu bw’omusajja eyagisaba.

Bw’oba ng’ositula omwana eyabula, munno mu bufumbo akakanyavu, oba mukwano atafaayo, kino kye kikuzzaamu amaanyi: tolekera awo kusaba. Toleekaanira mu bbanga ejjereere. Osaba Katonda awa emitima emiggya (Ezeekyeri 36:26) akole ekintu ekimu ky’otosobola kukola ng’oli bweru — okutuuka munda. Tewali muntu ali wala nnyo okutuukibwako okwegayiririra kwa maama, kwa mukwano, oba kw’omuntu gw’otomanyi, kubanga tewali ali wala nnyo okutuukibwako Katonda okusaba okwo gwe kwolekera.

Engeri y’okukukola ddala

Andrew Murray yayita okwegayiririra abalala Obuweereza bw’Okwegayiririra olw’okuba yayagala abakkiriza aba bulijjo bakutwale ng’omulimu ogwa nnamaddala era ogukolebwa mu bugenderevu, so si ng’ekigendererwa ekirungi ekitategeerekeka. Wano waliwo engeri ntono ez’okukukola, ezisimbuddwa mu Byawandiikibwa ne mu beegayiririzi abakulu:

  • Saba mu ngeri etongole. Si “bawe omukisa,” wabula ekyetaago kyennyini — okuwonyezebwa, omulimu, omutima ogugonze, obulokozi. Okusaba okutongole kuyinza okuba n’okuddibwamu okutongole okutegeerekeka.
  • Zzaayo Ebyawandiikibwa eri Katonda mu kusaba. Essaala Pawulo ze yasabira ekkanisa (Abaefeso 1 ne 3, Abakkolosaayi 1) ssomero ly’okwegayiririra abalala — zisabe, ng’oteekamu amannya g’abantu b’ositula.
  • Saba nga tokoowa. Epafula ajjukirwa ng’oyo “afuba bulijjo ku lwammwe okubasabira” (Abakkolosaayi 4:12). Okwegayiririra abalala emirundi mingi mulimu gwa bbanga ddene, so si kusaba mulundi gumu. Tolekera awo olw’okuba okuddibwamu kulwawo.
  • Saba ng’owoza ensonga era ng’osuubira. Spurgeon, mu kibuulirwa kye Enteekateeka n’Ensonga mu Kusaba, yakiraba nti abasabi abakulu ab’omu Byawandiikibwa baawozanga ne Katonda, ne bamwegayirira nga bamujjukiza ebisuubizo bye, era ne basuubira nti ajja kubaddamu. Jjangu n’obuvumu.

Okuddibwamu bwe kulwawo

Ekisinga obuzibu mu kwegayiririra abalala si kutandika wabula okugenda mu maaso — okusabira omuntu y’omu, embeera y’emu, omwezi ku mwezi, nga tewali nkyukakyuka erabika. Wano Yesu ayogera butereevu nnyo. Lukka agamba nti yabagerera olugero “nga bwe bagwanidde obutakoowanga kusaba n’obutaggwaamu mwoyo” (Lukka 18:1) — olugero lwa nnamwandu eyakooya omulamuzi atali mwenkanya olw’okunyiikira kwe okutakoma. Ensonga ye si nti Katonda tayagala kuddamu ng’omulamuzi oyo, wabula kye kikontana nakyo: oba n’omukungu omukenuzi akkiriza olw’okunyiikirwa, Kitaffe omulungi talisinga nnyo okuddamu abaana be abamukaabirira emisana n’ekiro?

Okulwawo, mu Byawandiikibwa, kumpi tekubangako kugaana. Ye ttaka okukkiriza mwe kukulira, n’omutima mwe gutukulizibwa okuva mu kwagala ekirabo okusinga Omugabi. Kale okuddibwamu bwe kulwawo, tosalawo nti okusaba kwo kwalemererwa oba nti Katonda teyawulira. Abeegayiririzi abakulu baatwalanga okusirika okw’ebbanga eddene si ng’oluggi olwaggalwawo wabula ng’okuyitibwa okweyongera okukonkona. Ebimu ku by’osabira bijja kujja oluvannyuma lw’emyaka; ebimu, nga ebya Müller, biyinza okujja ng’ovudde mu nsi. Tewali kibula. Katonda akuuma buli ssaala, era takererwa n’akatono, wadde nga emirundi mingi atambula mpola okusinga okweraliikirira kwaffe bwe kwandyagadde.

Enkulungo esinga obugazi

Yesu, mu kiro nga tannafa, teyasabira mikwano gyokka egyali mu kisenge. Yagamba nti, “nsabira n’abo abanzikiriza olw’ekigambo kyabwe” (Yokaana 17:20) — kwe kugamba, yakusabira ggwe, ng’amanyi erinnya lyo nga tonnazaalibwa, emyaka enkumi bbiri egiyise. Eyo y’enkola okwegayiririra abalala gye kugoberera: okwagala okutuuka ewala okusukka abantu abali mu maaso gaffe, ne kutuuka ku abo be tuyinza obutasisinkana.

Teweetaaga kuba mwogezi mulungi, oba kuba na kirabo, oba kuba mukulu mu mwoyo okusobola okwegayiririra abalala. Weetaaga kwagala bantu ekimala okubatwala eri Katonda, n’okweyongera okubatwala. Tandika mpola era n’ebintu ebyeyoleka: olukalala lw’amannya matono, lw’osabira buli nkya; obuzibu bwa mukwano gwo bw’okwata mu maaso ga Katonda wiiki yonna; omubuze gw’otokyalekera bweru wa kusaasira kwa Katonda. Totera kulaba byonna okusaba kwo bye kutuukiriza nga tonnayingira mu bulamu obutaggwaawo — naye olunaku lumu olibiraba, era ekyo kirikwewuunyisa. Mu nsi erimu ebizibu ebisinga obunene bwe tutasobola kugonjoola, okwegayiririra abalala kye kintu ekisinga amaanyi abasinga obungi ku ffe kye tuliyinza okukolera abantu be twagala — kubanga kubateeka mu mikono gy’Oyo asobola.