Kodi munayamba mwakhalapo mu mkhalidwe wovuta pamene munadziwa kuti muyenera kunena kapena kuchita chinachake, koma zinali zovuta kwambiri? Nthawi zambiri, sitimaoneka kuti tikhoza kuchita kapena kunena zinthu zoyenera pa nthawi ngati zimenezi. Pangakhale zinthu zambiri zimene zikutilepheretsa: kudzimva otsika, kuwopa zimene ena angatilingalire, kukayikira, kunyada, ulesi, ngakhale kusafuna. Kuyankha kwathu koyamba nthawi zambiri ndikuyang'ana chodzikhululukira kapena kupeza "njira yotulukira" kuti tisatengepo kanthu.
Koma si mmene Mulungu amafunira kuti tikhale! Tangoyang'anani nkhani ya Baraki ndi Debora.
Lamulo lochokera kwa Ambuye
Debora anali mtsogoleri, woweruza, ndi mneneri wamkazi mu Israyeli – amene Mulungu akanamuuza zinsinsi Zake. (Amosi 3:7.) Mulungu anamugwiritsa ntchito kudziwitsa anthu a ku Isiraeli chifuniro Chake. Mukhoza kuwerenga nkhani yonse yonena za iye mu Oweruza 4 ndi 5.
Mulungu atauza Debora kuti achitepo kanthu, nthawi yomweyo anayamba kuchita zimenezi . Iye sanakhale pamenepo, kuganiza zinthu zonse zomwe zingathe kulakwitsa kapena kukayikira ngati angathe kuchita zomwe Iye ananena. Ngati Mulungu ananena kuti ziyenera kuchitidwa, zimenezo zinali zokwanira kwa iye. Chikhulupiriro chake mwa Iye chinampatsa mphamvu ya kuchitapo kanthu. Iye anadziŵa kuti Iye adzampatsa zonse zimene anafunikira kuchita chifuniro Chake.
Tsiku lina, Yehova anauza Debora kuti alankhule ndi munthu wina dzina lake Baraki n'kumuuza kuti Yehova anamulamula kuti atenge amuna 10,000 n'kupita ku phiri la Tabori. Kumeneko Mulungu akathandiza Baraki ndi Aisrayeli kugonjetsa Sisera, mkulu wa gulu lankhondo la Akanani amene anali kupondereza Israyeli kwa zaka zambiri. Chifukwa cha kuponderezedwa kosalekeza kwa Sisera, Aisrayeli anali atafuulira Mulungu kaamba ka thandizo, ndipo ichi chinali makonzedwe a Mulungu a kumgonjetsa, kamodzi kokha.
Ambuye ali nanu: Kodi ndinu wofunitsitsa?
Mfundo yakuti Sisera anali ndi magaleta amphamvu 900 sinatanthauze kanthu kwa Mulungu. Iye anali wokonzeka ndi wofunitsitsa kupatsa Israyeli chilakiko pa mtsogoleri ameneyu ndi magulu ake ankhondo. Koma Baraki sanafune kutsogolera gulu lankhondo la Israyeli payekha. Iye anauza Debora kuti: "Ukapita nane, ndidzapita; koma ngati simupita nane, sindidzapita."
Ndithudi, Debora anapita. Iye anafunadi kuchita monga momwe Ambuye analamulira! Pa tsiku la nkhondoyo iye anati: "Ili ndi tsiku limene Yehova adzakupatsani chigonjetso pa Sisera, pakuti Yehova akuyenda patsogolo panu." —Juwau 4:14 (NLT).
Tangoganizani kukhala ndi maganizo ngati amenewo! Baraki anachita mantha kwambiri kuti apite kunkhondo popanda iye, koma Debora anali ndi chikhulupiriro chokwanira chakuti Mulungu adzapatsa Israyeli chilakiko. Iye anakhulupirira Mawu a Mulungu ndipo anachita zimene Iye ananena.
Israyeli anapambana kotheratu adani awo tsiku limenelo. Ndiyeno mu Israyeli munali mtendere kwa zaka 40. Zinthu zikanakhala zosiyana chotani nanga ngati Debora sanafune kupita kunkhondo! Koma chifukwa chakuti anali wokhulupirika komanso wofunitsitsa kuchita zimene Mulungu ananena – anali ndi mphamvu zochitapo kanthu. Chifuniro cha Mulungu chinachitika ndipo Israyeli anamasulidwa.
Nkhondo lero
N'zotheka kwathunthu kuti tikhale ndi mzimu womwewo umene Debora anali nawo – kukhala wodzala ndi chikhulupiriro mwa Mulungu komanso wodzala ndi mphamvu zochitapo kanthu! Onse "magaleta amphamvu" omwe amatiletsa kuchita zomwe Mulungu akunena - kumverera otsika, kuopa zomwe ena angaganize za ife, kukayikira, kunyada, ulesi, kusafuna, ndi zina zotero - iwo sali kanthu kwa Mulungu!
Kodi timakhulupirira ndendende zimene Mulungu amanena, ndipo timalimbana ndi "adani" amenewa amene timaona m'moyo wathu? Adani amenewa si atsogoleri ankhanza ngati nthawi ya Isiraeli. Mulungu amafuna kutimasula kwa adani osiyanasiyana m'nthawi yathu: zinthu monga nsanje, ulesi, kukayikira, kunyada, ndi chidetso. Mulungu akufuna kutimasula kotheratu ku machimo ameneŵa!
Tiyeni tipempherere mzimu wa Debora pamene tiwona zimene ziyenera kuchitidwa m'miyoyo yathu! Tisabwerenso m'mbuyo tikaona "adani" amenewa, kapena tikalowa m'mikhalidwe yovuta! Tiyeni tidzaze ndi mzimu wa chikhulupiriro umene ungapezeke m'Mawu a Mulungu. Tiyeni tifulumire kuchita zimene Mawu a Mulungu amanena ndi zimene Mzimu Wake umagwira ntchito mwa ife. Pamenepo ifenso tidzagonjetsa!
"Koma sitili m'gulu la anthu amene amabwerera m'mbuyo [kubwerera] ndiponso amene ataya, koma pakati pa anthu amene ali ndi chikhulupiriro ndiponso amene apulumutsidwa." Ahebri 10:39 (NRSV).