Tangoganizani kudzuka kuti mupeze adani anu onse okuzungulirani. Kodi mungatani? Kodi mungachite mantha ndi kumva kukhala wopanda chiyembekezo? Kapena kodi mungaone kuti adani anu ali ngati fumbi poyerekeza ndi mphamvu ya Mulungu wathu?
Mneneri wa Mulungu Elisa anali mumkhalidwe wonga umenewu atapereka uphungu wabwino kwa gulu lankhondo la Israyeli. Mfumu ya Siriya inafuna kutenga Elisa mkaidi ndi kutumiza gulu lankhondo kumzinda kumene mneneriyo anali kukhala. Usiku, asilikali a ku Siriya anazungulira mzindawo.
Mtumiki wa Elisa atadzuka m'mawa kwambiri kuti akagwire ntchito yake ya nthawi zonse, anaona gulu lankhondo la Asuri kuzungulira mzindawo. Anamukuwira Elisa ndi mantha nati, "Tipange chani?"
N'zokayikitsa kuti tidzakhala ndi gulu lankhondo lakuthupi lomwe likubwera kwa ife, koma adani athu ndi mphamvu zauzimu zomwe zimatiyesa ndi chidetso, zilakolako za dziko ndi kulefulidwa. "Pakuti sitikulimbana ndi adani a thupi ndi magazi, koma olamulira oipa ndi maulamuliro a dziko losaoneka, ndi maulamuliro amphamvu m'dziko lino lamdima, ndi mizimu yoipa m'malo akumwamba." Aefeso 6:12.
Tikaona kuti adani auzimu amenewa akuyandikira, n'kutiyesa kuti tichite zimene tikudziwa m'mitima yathu n'zosemphana ndi chifuniro cha Mulungu, kodi timachita chiyani? Kodi timachita mantha ngati mtumiki wa Elisa?
"Musaope!"
Mneneri Elisa ankadziwa bwinobwino zimene angayankhe mtumiki wake, ndipo yankho lake linali losavuta komanso lodzala ndi chikhulupiriro lakuti: "Musaope, pakuti amene ali nafe ndi oposa amene ali nawo." 2 Mafumu 6:16. Ziyenera kuti zinali zovuta kuti mtumikiyo akhulupirire zimenezi! Iye sanathe kuona aliyense wokonzeka ndi wofunitsitsa kulimbana ndi gulu lankhondo la Syria.
Koma Elisa anaona mkhalidwewo m'njira yosiyana kotheratu. Iye anafunsa Mulungu kuti, "Ambuye, ndikupemphera, tsegulani maso ake kuti aone." 2 Mafumu 6:17. Mwadzidzidzi, mtumikiyo anaona zimene Elisa anaona. Mapiri ozungulira mzindawo sanali opanda kanthu konse ... panali gulu lalikulu la mahatchi ndi magaleta a moto kuzungulira mzindawo, wotumidwa ndi Ambuye kudzateteza mneneri Wake!
Asuri anayamba kusamukira mumzindawo, ndipo Elisa anafunsa Mulungu kuti, "Menyani anthu awa, ndikupemphera, ndi khungu." Chisokonezo chinabuka m'gulu lankhondo la Syria pamene gulu lonse lankhondo mwadzidzidzi linachititsidwa khungu.
Chifukwa cha chikhulupiriro chosavuta cha Elisa, Mulungu anachepetsa mdani wamphamvu kukhala wopanda pake m'mphindi zoŵerengeka!
Nkhondo lero
Gulu lankhondo la mphamvu zauzimu limene likutsutsana nafe lerolino nlowopsa mofanana ndi gulu lankhondo lakuthupi limene linazungulira Elisa. Tikaona adani ambiri, tikhoza kumva mofulumira kukhala ochepa - timaiwala kuti ngati tingopempha ndi chikhulupiriro, ndiye kuti pali mphamvu zambiri zofunitsitsa kumenyana kumbali yathu!
Satana amafuna kuti tizidziona kuti ndi tokha. Iye amafuna kuti tiziona kuti tilibe mwayi wotsutsana ndi adani. Iye amafuna kuti tiziona kuti tiyenera kulimbana nawo tonsefe. Malingaliro onsewa akutinamiza. Kwenikweni, mphamvu za dziko lino si kanthu poyerekeza ndi mphamvu zimene tingapeze mwa Mzimu Woyera. Pamene tili ofunitsitsa kukhulupirira, tikhoza kuwona kuti adani athu sali kanthu kotsutsana ndi mphamvu ya Mzimu ndipo, ndi Mulungu kumbali yathu, tikhoza kuwagonjetsa.
"Usachite mantha—Ndili nako! Ine ndine Mulungu wanu—musalole chilichonse kukuopsezani! Ndidzakulimbitsani ndi kukuthandizani; Ndidzakutetezani ndi kukupulumutsani." Yesaya 41:10.
Kodi ndimakhulupirira kuti?
Mtumiki wa Elisa ankangokhulupirira zimene ankatha kuona ndi kumvetsa, choncho anakhumudwa ataona adani onse. Iye anaona mdani amene anali wamkulu kwambiri moti munthu sanathe kumugonjetsa. Iye anaiwala kuti kumbali yake kunali Mulungu wamoyo.
Kodi timakhulupirira kuti? Tikakumana ndi "adani" athu m'mikhalidwe yathu ya tsiku ndi tsiku, kodi timachita zinthu ngati Elisa, kapena kodi timachita zinthu ngati mtumiki wake?
Pamene tikukhala m'chikhulupiriro chosavuta chimenechi monga Elisa, mphamvu zonse za kumwamba zili kumbali yathu!
