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WATU WA NDANI, WATU WA NJE, NA MPANGO WA MUNGU KWA MAISHA

WATU WA NDANI, WATU WA NJE, NA MPANGO WA MUNGU KWA MAISHA

Hivi karibuni, msikilizaji mmoja mtandaoni alituma maswali yafuatayo:

Je, watu huwa aidha watu wa ndani au watu wa nje? Je, wewe ni mmoja kati ya hao? Yesu alikuwa nani kati ya hao? Je, unaweza kuwahudumia watu ikiwa wewe ni mtu wa ndani?

Katika miaka ya 1920, daktari wa akili Carl Jung alibuni maneno mtu wa ndani(introvert) na mtu wa nje (extrovert) ili kuelezea aina mbili za tabia. Mtu wa ndani hulenga nguvu zake za kiakili na hutegemea nafsi yake ili kujipatia upya na kujichangamsha, ilhali mtu wa nje hulenga nguvu zake nje na hupata hali ya kujipatia upya na kujichangamsha kupitia wengine.

Tangu wakati huo, mengi yameandikwa kuhusu mitindo hii miwili ya tabia, na aina zake ndogo nyingi pia zimeelezewa. Nadharia zimependekezwa kuhusu tofauti katika kazi za mizunguko ya ubongo, uzoefu wa maisha, mifumo ya mtiririko wa damu, kemia ya neva, vinasaba, na majibu yanayojifunzwa, lakini hakuna maelezo ya kibaolojia yaliyo kubalika kwa wote ambayo yamepatikana.

Lakini katika kutafuta ufahamu, muulizaji kwa hekima alimrejelea Yesu. Alijiuliza: Yesu alikuwa mtu wa ndani au mtu wa nje?

Yesu alikuwa mwanadamu mkamilifu na pia alikuwa udhihirisho wa Mungu. “Mungu alikuwa ndani ya Kristo akiupatanisha ulimwengu na nafsi yake” (2 Wakorintho 5:19). Yesu alisema, “Mtu yeyote aliyeniona mimi amemwona Baba” (Yohana 14:9). Na Yesu ndiye Mungu aliyefanyika mwanadamu (Yohana 1:1–3, 14).

Yesu ni Mungu katika ubinadamu, na ndani ya Yesu tunaona utekelezaji, uhai, na dhihirisho la tabia ya Mungu ya upendo na ukweli. Upendo wa Yesu ulimfanya azingatie wengine, katika kuokoa, kuponya, kubariki, kuinua, na kumpea Baba yake utukufu. Hivyo basi, wakati upendo na ukweli vilipohitaji, Yesu alikuwa mtu wa nje katika kupeleka mbele ukweli na upendo (uponyaji wa hadhara, mahubiri, miujiza ya kuwalisha maelfu, n.k.); lakini wakati upendo na ukweli vilipomhitaji, Yesu alikuwa mtu wa ndani (kunyamaza, kuondoka kimya kimya, n.k.).

Yesu hakuwa mtu wa ndani kwa mujibu wa ufafanuzi wa Jung wa kujielekeza ndani ya nafsi yake ili kupata nguvu na kujichangamsha, wala hakujitenda kama mtu asiyeonekana. Vilevile hakuwa mtu wa nje kwa kutafuta nguvu na kujichangamsha kutoka kwa watu, wala hakujionyesha kama mtu wa sherehe anayependa kuwa kitovu cha furaha.

Badala yake, Yesu alikuwa dhihirisho kamili la mpango wa Mungu kwa ajili ya binadamu. Alitafuta nguvu na kujichangamsha kwa kuwa na muda na Baba yake, akimpenda Baba yake kwa moyo wake wote, akili zake zote, nafsi yake yote, na nguvu zake zote. Alijitenga na watu kwa muda ili kupata nguvu na kujichangamsha pamoja na Baba yake, kisha akatoka kuwahudumia wengine kwa ukweli na upendo wa Mungu, akitenda kama mtu wa nje katika hali zilizosaidia kuendeleza ufalme wa Mungu na akitenda kama mtu wa ndani katika hali zilizosaidia kuendeleza ufalme wa Mungu.

Yesu alikuwa udhihirisho wa upendo na ukweli uliomtukuza Baba na kuwabariki watu.

Katika ulimwengu huu wa dhambi, roho ya hofu na ubinafsi iliyo ndani ya mwanadamu humfanya atafute amani na faraja—kile kinachomfanya ajihisi salama zaidi. Watu wa ndani na watu wa nje, kama Jung alivyowafafanua, mara nyingi ni watu wasio na usalama wa ndani wanaojaribu kufidia hofu zao za ndani—hofu ya kukataliwa, upweke, kutotosheleza, hatia, na aibu—kupitia sura yao ya kuwa mtu wa ndani au wa nje.

Kwa maneno mengine, introvert anaweza kuwa anajitegemea kupita kiasi anaposhughulika na wengine, akachoka na kuchoshwa, kisha ajitenge ili kujichaji upya; au hujitenga ili kuepuka wasiwasi unaotokana na hofu ya kutotosheleza, hofu ya kufanya makosa, hofu ya watu watasemaje, aibu, n.k., na hivyo hujiondoa ili kuepuka umakini juu yake. Extrovert, kwa kuwa mchangamfu, mwenye sauti kubwa, mcheshi, na mwenye kuburudisha, mara nyingi hufanya hivyo akitafuta kukubalika na sifa kutoka kwa wengine ili kufidia hofu na kutokujiamini vilivyo ndani yake.

Yesu anawaita wote— introvert na extrovert—wamgeukie Yeye wawe conVERTS! Yesu anawasihi wote waache maisha ya hofu na ubinafsi tuliyorithi kutoka kwa Adamu, na wazaliwe upya wakiwa na roho mpya na moyo mpya, wakiwa na Roho wake wa upendo na uaminifu, na wasiishi tena wakitawaliwa na roho ya hofu. Na mioyo yetu ikizaliwa upya kwa roho ya upendo na uaminifu, hatutafuti tena nguvu kutoka kwetu wenyewe au kutoka kwa watu, bali kama Yesu, kila siku tunatumia muda pamoja na Yeye na Baba yetu wa mbinguni na kupata nguvu, uhai, msukumo, na motisha kutoka kwake. Kama Biblia inavyosema, upendo wa Kristo unatuchochea (2 Wakorintho 5:14).

Kwa moyo huu mpya wa upendo, na akili zetu zikiwa zimemwelekea Yesu badala ya nafsi zetu, tunatafuta kumtukuza Mungu kwa kutimiza makusudi yake katika maisha yetu. Kwa hiyo, tutatenda kwa namna ya mtu wa nje pale ambapo hilo linamtukuza Mungu na kuwabariki wengine, na tutatenda kwa namna ya mtu wa ndani pale tunapohitaji kunyamaza na hilo linamtukuza Mungu. Lakini msukumo wetu wa ndani hautakuwa tena hofu na kutokujiamini, bali upendo na uaminifu kwa Mungu—kwa utukufu wake na baraka ya wengine.

Hatimaye, usichanganye utu wa ndani na utu wa nje na vipawa—watu wengine wamepewa kipawa cha muziki, cha kuzungumza, na cha uongozi ambacho kitawaita katika majukumu yanayoonekana kwa namna ya “watu wa nje.” Wengine watapewa uwezo na talanta zinazofanya kazi kwa ufanisi zaidi nyuma ya pazia na kuonekana kama “watu wa ndani.” Lakini mtu ambaye si wa ndani wala wa nje, ambaye ni kama Yesu, atajikuta akifuata uongozi wa Roho Mtakatifu, na wakati hali ni kwamba ufalme wa Mungu unasonga mbele kwa ufanisi zaidi kupitia kimya, msemaji, mwanamuziki, au kiongozi atabaki kimya, au kama Yesu, ataondoka kimya kimya. Na wakati hali ni kwamba ufalme wa Mungu unasonga mbele kwa ufanisi zaidi, mtu ambaye kwa kawaida hutimiza majukumu yake nyuma ya pazia atasema kwa ujasiri akifuata msukumo wa Roho Mtakatifu.

 

 

 

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