{"id":2255,"date":"2025-11-14T11:43:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T11:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anchorsforlife.org\/?p=2255"},"modified":"2025-11-14T11:47:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T11:47:49","slug":"duty-or-devotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anchorsforlife.org\/sw\/duty-or-devotion\/","title":{"rendered":"Wajibu au Ibada"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2255\" class=\"elementor elementor-2255\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cd4437c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cd4437c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-87b3f58\" data-id=\"87b3f58\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60f2410 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"60f2410\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Wajibu au Ibada<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-713fe49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"713fe49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"132\" data-end=\"532\"><em data-start=\"152\" data-end=\"532\">Lakini Martha alikuwa akihangaika na huduma nyingi, akamwendea, akasema, \u201cBwana, hujali kwamba dada yangu ameniacha nitumikie peke yangu? Kwa hivyo mwambie anisaidie.\u201d Yesu akamjibu, \u201cMartha, Martha, unahangaika na kusumbuka kwa mambo mengi. Lakini kitu kimoja kinahitajika, na Mariamu amechagua sehemu nzuri ambayo haitaondolewa kwake.\u201d<br \/><strong data-start=\"132\" data-end=\"149\">Luka 10:40\u201342<\/strong><br \/><\/em><\/p><p data-start=\"539\" data-end=\"800\"><br data-start=\"579\" data-end=\"582\" \/>Kukutana kwa Martha na Bwana kunafundisha sana kwa kila mmoja wetu. Yeye ni mfano mzuri wa mtu aliyejifunza jinsi ya kuhudumu. Tunasoma kuhusu kuhudumu kwake hapa katika kifungu chetu, kisha tena katika Yohana 11, na pia katika Yohana 12.<\/p><p data-start=\"802\" data-end=\"1480\">Hapa katika Luka 10, Martha alihitaji kujifunza\u2014kama Mariamu alivyokuwa tayari\u2014kwamba Bwana Yesu ndiye Nabii ambaye ni lazima tukae miguuni pake na kupokea mafundisho. Katika Yohana 11, alimjia Bwana Yesu akiwa amehuzunika moyoni kwa kifo cha kaka yake Lazaro, na alipata huduma Yake ya ukuhani alipoonyesha upendo Wake. Kisha katika Yohana 12 tunamwona Martha akihudumu, Maria akimpaka Bwana Yesu mafuta, na Lazaro akiwa ameketi pamoja Naye\u2014kila mmoja akitupa picha ya upendeleo na nafasi ya mfuasi wa Kristo leo. Tunaweza kumwabudu sasa Yule ambaye kila goti litapigwa mbele zake kama Mfalme wa wafalme na Bwana wa mabwana. Hivyo, katika maisha ya Martha na Maria, tunamwona Bwana wetu kama Nabii, Kuhani, na Mfalme.<\/p><p data-start=\"1482\" data-end=\"1815\">Lakini kinachofundisha hasa katika mstari wa leo ni jinsi tunavyoweza kumtumikia Bwana. Tunaweza kumtumikia kama Martha alivyofanya hapa\u2014kwa wajibu\u2014au tunaweza kumtumikia, kama anavyofanya katika Yohana 12, kwa kujitolea. Imesemekana kwamba kuna huduma ya mvuto, huduma ya kuvuruga, huduma ya kutenda, na huduma ya kuridhika.<\/p><p data-start=\"1817\" data-end=\"2148\">Tunapomjia Bwana kwa mara ya kwanza na kutamani kumwabudu kupitia huduma yetu, Yeye ni nani na kile alichotufanyia hutuvuta ndani. Lakini wakati mwingine tunakuwa na shughuli nyingi na shughuli nyingi na huduma yetu kiasi kwamba tunapoteza mtazamo wa Yule tunayemtumikia. Tunapokengeushwa, huduma yetu inakuwa shughuli tu\u2014kawaida na mwendo bila kujitolea.<\/p><p data-start=\"2150\" data-end=\"2269\">Lakini <em data-start=\"2158\" data-end=\"2169\">sehemu nzuri<\/em> Hilo haliwezi kuondolewa ni kumtumikia Yeye kwa kujitolea. Huu ndio utumishi unaoridhisha kweli.<\/p><p data-start=\"2271\" data-end=\"2492\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Huduma inapokuwa huduma tu, inakuwa utaratibu wa kidini; lakini huduma inapotoka katika uhusiano mzuri na wa kweli na Bwana, inakuwa ibada. 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