By – L. James Guite –
Kithuahkhawmna (association) ahihkeileh kizopkhawmna (organisation) khatpeuh, lamzangtak leh hattak a apai theihna diing in “piituhihna Hoih” (Sound Leadership) a poimoh mahmah hi. Toupa’ Saptuam leng Khristian mi malmalte, khalam a i kizopkhawmna uh (1Kor.12:12-31) ahihziak in piituhihna hoihtak a poimoh gige hi.
Khristian piituhihna pen khovel a pawl tuamtuamte’ piituhihna toh a kituam vilvel hi. Sa leh sisan nei a khosa i hihlai ziak in hun tampite ah khovelte’ kivaipuakna bang a saptuam leng kivaipuak diing a ngaihsutna a piangsek hi. Himahleh Jesu’n, “Ka kumpihihna zaw hiai khovel a kipan ahikei…” (Jn.18:36a) a chih dungzui in a kumpigam a kivaihawmna leng khovel a’ toh a kituam vilvel hi. Khristian piituhihna leh mapiina dante bangzah hiam kikumkhawm le’ng uthuai i sa hi.
I. Kivaihawmna Chidam (Sound Government):
Pasian in kivaihawmna chidam, mihingte’ omtung a pan in ana ngai poimoh gige hi. Kumpi Solomon tung a Pasian a kipahna pen zong hiai “Vaihawm siamna” a nget ziak ahi:
“Huan, Gibeon khua ah Toupa, zan in Solomon kiang ah a mang in a hong kihil a. Huan Pasian in, ‘Ngen ve bang ahia k’on piak diing’ a chi a…Huchi in na mite vaihawm sakna diing in na sikha theihna lungtang pia in. A sia leh a pha ka khen theihna diing in…Huan Solomon in huai a nget ziak in huai thugen in Toupa kipak sak mahmah” (1Kum.3:5-10).
Diktak a Vaihawmna/kivaipuakna Pasian in a ngaisang a, huai in gam a di’n khantouhna nasatak a tunzel hi.
Thukhun Thak hun ah leng saptuam kivaihawmna diing a tualsung khat a upate mohpuakna a piakna ah a chitna diing un hiai “vaihawm siamna” mah Pasian in a na tel sak hi.
“Zahhuaitak a tate kep siam, amah innsung vaihawm’ kizentak a hih siam mi ahi diing. Mi’n amah’ innsung vaihawm nangawn kizentak a ahih siam kei ngal in bangchi’n ahia Pasian saptuamte a kep theih diing” (1Tim3:4-5).
Chikmah a dang ngeilou Pasian (Heb.13:8; Jak.1:17) in “Kivaipuakna chidam leh dik” ana deih gige ahihdan Thukhun Lui leh Thukhun Thak a kipan i mu tuaktuak hi.
II. Satuam A Piituhihna (Leadership In The Church):
Jesu Khris in a it mahmah A saptuam, A sisan a alei (Nas.20:28), thanghuaitak leh piitu mumal omlou a ki-enkol di’n a phalkei hi. Amah mah in piituhihna hinkhua, a gamtat a ensak in eite’ theih di’n a hong kiluikhia hi.
“Chih taktak in ka hon hilh ahi, kuapeh Kei hon gingta in ka thilhihte a hisam diing” (Jn,14:12).
Jesu’n a chih tuni in i poimoh ngaih gige diing uhi. Saptuam a piituhihna leh khovel piitu hihna a kinungngat hithet hi chih michih in kichiantak a i theih a kuul hi.
Jesu, leitung a a hong pai lai in sawltakpi 12te’n “Vaan lalgam ah kua a thupipen dia le?” (Mat.18:1) chi in a dong uhi. Hiai dotna tuh huai hunlai a a poimoh mah bangin tuni leh khovel om sungteng a diing in a poimoh gige diing hi. Saptuam a lianpen, thuneipen vaihawmpen kua hi diing ahia? chih sang a dotna poimohzaw, Khris’ pumpi bukimtak a lamtouhna di’n a om tuankei diing. Jesu dawnna tuh hichibang ahi:
a) “Huan Aman (Jesu’n) naupang neuchik a sam a, alak uah a dingsak a… kuapeuh hiai naupang neuchik bang a kingainiam, huai mi tuh vaan Lalgam ah a thupipen diing” (Mt.18:2-4)
b) “…kuapeuh in masapen hih a ut leh mi tengteng sang in nanungpen in a om diing. Mi tengteng nnasem in a om diing ahi a chi a” (Marka. 9:35).
c) “…Na vek ua lak a a neupen ahi a thupipen a chi hi” (Lk.9:48).
Khovel ah bel a seem tawmpen, a lianpen, a sumhaupen leh a thupaipente heutu a seh a hizel uh. Himahleh khristian piituhihna bel huchibang a hi hetkei. Saptuam ah bel a seem tampen, a neupen, a nanungpen leh a pang ngap gige mite heutu diing in Jesu’n a chi hi. Hiai thu mah nungzuite’ kiang ah Jesu’n hichibang in a gen hi:
“Jesu’n bel amaute (12te) a sam a, Jentelte’ vaihawmte tuh a tung uah a lal mahmah ua, a miliante un a tung uah thu a nei mahmah lai uh chih leng na thei uh. Himahleh nou lak ah zaw huchi a kikei diing. Kuapeuh na lak uah milian hih ut tuh na nnaseem un a om zaw diing. Kuapeuh na lak ua masapen hih ut tuh na nnaseem un a omlai diing ahi” (Mt. 20:25-27).
III. Piina Nna Sep Diing Dan (Method of Leadership):
Saptuam piiitu diing bel khovel vaihawmte bang a kilalsak a thupiak (order) pe diing hilou in a septhoh (example) a mite pii diing a sinsak ahi uh. Jesu mahmah in hichi’n a gen nawn hi,
“Mihing’ tapa, nnasepsak a om ding in a hong paikei a, nnaseem ding leh mi tampi tatna dia a hinnan pe di’n a hong api ahizaw achi hi” (Mt.20:28).
Huai bang ngei in ah a nnasep mahmah in a pituhihna a langhsak hi. Jesu’n, matsak a aom zan in paikan ankuang a umlai un sawltakpite’ khe a banban in a silsak hi. Huchia a silsak khit in, “Na tung ua ka thilhih bang chihna ahia?” (Jn.13:12) chi in a dong hi. Amah mah in a dawnna hichi’n a pia hi:
“Nou sinsakpa leh Toupa non chi ua, na chi dik uhi. Ka hi ngeitak a, Kei, Toupa leh sinsakpa’n na khe uh ka sil leh nou leng na khe uh na kisilsak diing uh ahi. Na tung ua ka hih bangin nou leng na hih samna diing un hih diing dan hon hilh kahi ngal a” (Jn.13:13-15).
Nungzuite i khe uh kisilsak gige diing ahi chihna hilou in piituhihna tuh sepsakna a kinga hizaw ahi chih muhthei in ana langhsak ahizaw hi. Huaiziak in “Khristian piituhihna tuh sikha piituhihna ahi” (Christian leadership is a servant leadership).
IV. Piitu Hoih A Poimohna (The Need For Good Leaders):
Saptuam’ khantouhna tuh a piitute ah a kinga lian mahmah hi. Piitu hoih omlouhna organisation khatpeuh a mangthang zel hi. Saptuam’ nnasep bel Khris’ tanchin hoih puanzakna leh A pumpi lamtouhna ahi. Huai tuh Pasian’ nnasepna ahi. Unaupua Robert H. Martin in “Saptuam piituhihna tuh memberte, Pasian’ nna a hoih thei bangpen a seem diing a thuzohna ahi” ana chi hi. Pasian’ nna Amah’ deih bangtan a sepkhiak ahih theihna diing in piitu hoihtak a poimoh hi.
Thukhun Lui ah Israel tate’n piitu hoih, kumpi David leh Solomon a neih lai un a gam uh a bit a, a khangtou a, Pasian’ pahtaklam a om in A vualzawlna a dong uhi. Ahihhang in Kumpi Jeroboamte, Ahabte leh a dangdangte hun in Israel in haksatna thupitak a tuak ua, salam leh khalam ah niamkiakna thupitak ana tung hi. Pasian in piitu hoihlou tungtang thu zawlneite tungtawn in nakpi in ana gen hi.
“Ka mite aw, nou hon piite’n a hon piikhial ua, na paina lamte a hihse vek uhi” (Isai 3:12).
“Upa leh mi zahtakhuaite a lutang ahi ua, zuauthu sinsak sek zawlneite a mei ahi uh. Hiai mite piiten a piikhial ua, a piite’ uh hih manthat in a om nak uhi” (Isai 9:15-16).
Tuni in saptuamte, bang chibang a kipiina in a hia pii a i om uh? Mihing lemgelna banglel kipiina in hia? A hihkeileh, Lai Siangthou hon sinsak bang in? Jesu’n,
“Amaute awlmohkei un, mittaw makai ahi uh. Mittaw in mittaw mah a pii leh kokhuk ah a kekhawm diing uh” (Mt.15:14) a chi hi.
Thukhitna (Conclusion)
Khris pumpi lamtou diing a ngiat ihi uh. Khris’ pumpi lamtouhna ding in kipiina hoih leh dik a poimoh hi. Saptuamte, upate’ piina nuai a khangtou a, kilamtou diing in Lai Siangthou in ahon deih hi. Himahleh tuni’n saptuam upa i nei naikei uh. (North-East India a Khris Saptuam omte genna biik ahi). HImahleh lungke tuankei ni. Thukhun Thak hun lai in leng saptuamte upa neilou in hun bangtan hiam ana omtek uhi. Himahleh piitu bei in a omkei uh. Saptuam a thuneitu Jesu Khris ahi a, Ama’ deihdan, A laibu a a hon latsak bangbang a seemsuah in i om gige diing uhi.
Unaupa Robert H.Martin in “Koimah Congregation in a piitu hihna uh khengval in a khangtou ngeikei diing” a na chi hi. Huaiziakin piitu dik leh kipiina dik i poimoh mahmah hi. Zawlnei Ezekel in, “Belampute a omlouh ziak un belamte dalhsak in a na omta ua, ana dalh uh” (Ezekiel 34:5) achi hi. Piitu kichian a omkei leh bel mipite a vakthap diing a, manthatna kongpi ah i lutkhawm vek kha diing uhi. Bang chibangte piitu hoih hi hiam chih a ban ah i entou zel diing uhi.
“NO CONGREGATION WILL EVER SURPASS ITS LEADERSHIP”
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