Mawu a chimphonacho analira kudutsa chigwacho. "Lero ndikuimirira ndi kulimba mtima gulu lankhondo la Israyeli! Tumizani mmodzi wa amuna anu kuti akamenyane nane!" Ine Samueli 17:10 (NCV).
Goliati anali kuitana chitokoso chimenechi m'mawa uliwonse ndi madzulo aliwonse kwa masiku 40. N'zosadabwitsa kuti magulu ankhondo a Isiraeli anachita mantha kwambiri. Mwinamwake chimphonacho chinali chachitali pafupifupi kuŵirikiza kaŵiri kuposa munthu wina aliyense. Zinali zovuta kwambiri!
Kodi mukumvetsa maganizo amenewa? Mwina inunso muli ndi "chimphona" chomwe chakhala chikukutsutsani. Chimphona "kunyada". Chimphona "kulefulidwa". "Kukwiya". "Nsanje". "Chidetso". Izi zikhoza kuwoneka ngati simungathe kuzigonjetsa, zimakhala zolimba kwambiri kwa inu.
Koma Davide anatisonyeza njira yoyenera yochitirapo kanthu tikakumana ndi chimphona. Maganizo ake pamene anakumana ndi chimphona ichi anali akuti, "Kodi Mfilisti wosadulidwa ameneyu akuganiza kuti ndi ndani? Kodi akuganiza kuti angalankhule motsutsana ndi magulu ankhondo a Mulungu wamoyo?" Ine Samueli 17:26 (NCV). Iye sanakhulupirire kuti wina aliyense analimba mtima kulimbana ndi gulu lankhondo lotsogozedwa ndi Mulungu.
Mukhozanso kukhala msilikali m'gulu lankhondo la Mulungu wamoyo! "Zimphona" zimenezi zilibe ufulu wokhala ndi mphamvu pa ife!
Davide anachirimika
Davide anakhulupirira Mulungu wamoyo wa Israyeli ndi kuti Iye akanatha ndipo adzapulumutsa aliyense amene anamenya nkhondo m'dzina Lake. Chikhulupiriro cha Davide chinali champhamvu kwambiri moti anali wofunitsitsa kupita yekha kukamenyana ndi chimphona cha Afilisti. Iye anali chabe mnyamata wachichepere wa mbusa, wopanda chidziŵitso cha nkhondo, ndipo Goliati anali msilikali kuyambira pa unyamata wake, koma zimenezo zinatanthauza kanthu kwa Davide. Iye sanamvere mawu okayikira ochokera kwa anthu amene anayesa kumuletsa kutenga chimphonacho.
Iye anati pa 1 Samueli 17:36 (NCV), "Ine mtumiki wanu, ndapha mkango ndi chimbalangondo! Mfilisti wosadulidwa ameneyu adzakhala ngati iwo, chifukwa walankhula motsutsana ndi magulu ankhondo a Mulungu wamoyo."
Mulungu ndi wamphamvu ndi wamphamvuyonse! Davide anakhulupirira zimenezo mosavuta! Chimphona choopsacho sichinali kanthu kwa iye poyerekeza ndi zimene Mulungu akanachita. Ndipo mphamvu imeneyo ilipo mokwanira kwa inu lero pamene "chimphona" chanu chikuyesani. Khulupirirani Mulungu. Pitani kwa Iye, pempherani mphamvu, ndipo Iye adzakupatsani inu nonse muyenera kukana tchimo limenelo, kugonjetsa malingaliro anu, ndi kuchirimika popanda kugonjera! Tikakumana ndi "adani" amenewa, tikayesedwa ndi nsanje kapena kulefulidwa mwachitsanzo, sitili tokha. Tili ndi Mulungu wamoyo kumbali yathu!
Nkhondo m'dzina la Ambuye
Nthaŵi yotsatira pamene Goliati anaitanitsa chitokoso chake, Davide anatenga ndodo yake m'dzanja limodzi, ndi mfuti yake m'dzanja lina. Ndiyeno, ndi chikhulupiriro chonse mwa Mulungu wamoyo, anapita kukakumana ndi chimphonacho. Goliati ataona kuti Davide sanali msilikali, koma anali mnyamata wopanda zida za nkhondo, anam'temberera, koma Davide sanasamale.
Iye anati: "Mubwera kwa ine pogwiritsa ntchito lupanga ndi mikondo iwiri. Koma ine ndikubwera kwa inu m'dzina la Ambuye Wamphamvu Zonse, Mulungu wa magulu ankhondo a Israyeli! Mwalankhula motsutsana naye. Lero Ambuye adzakupatsani kwa ine ... Pamenepo dziko lonse lidzadziŵa kuti mu Israyeli muli Mulungu!" 1 Samueli 17:45-46 (NCV).
Mwala umene Davide anaponya pa Goliati unamugunda pamphumi pake ndipo anagwa pansi. Chimphona chachikulu chimene chinaopseza gulu lankhondo la Israyeli chinafa ndi mnyamata wopanda chidziŵitso, chifukwa cha chikhulupiriro chake m'mphamvu ya Mulungu. Chikhulupiriro chamoyo chimenechi chinatsimikizira mosakaikira kuti mu Israyeli munali Mulungu.
Zimphona zamakono
Musapereke ngati "zimphona" izi m'moyo wanu zikukuukirani mobwerezabwereza, ndipo mudzakumananso kuti mutha kuima molimba; palibe chifukwa chomverera ofooka, kapena kuti simungathe kukana. Mulungu amene anapatsa Davide chilakiko, adzakuchitiranso chimodzimodzi. "Simudzandivutitsanso, Kunyada! Ndamaliza nanu mpaka kalekale, Chidetso! Ndikubwera kwa inu m'dzina la Ambuye! Tsiku lino Yehova adzakuperekani kwa ine." Limanena kuti Davide anathamangira kwa mdani wake. Iye sanachite mantha kapena kuda nkhawa - ankadziwa kuti zotsatira zake zidzakhala zotani.
Pamene tipeza chikhulupiriro chamoyo ndi champhamvu choterocho m'zimene Mulungu ali wokhoza kuchita m'miyoyo yathu, timakhala ndi kuthekera kofananako. Tili ndi Mulungu yemweyo! Ifenso tingakhale zitsanzo zamoyo za zimene Iye amatha kuchita mwa iwo amene amakhulupirira mphamvu Zake.
Khulupirirani! Musataye mtima. Musamvere malingaliro anu! Simuyenera kugonja ku mayesero. Tithokoze Mulungu kuti mphamvu imene inalipo m'masiku a Davide ndi yamphamvu kwambiri masiku ano. Mukayang'ana kutsogolo simukusowa kuopa nthawi za mayesero - monga msilikali m'gulu lankhondo la Mulungu wamoyo, mukhoza kuwawerengera ngati nkhondo zomwe zapambana kale! Tsiku lidzafika pamene "zimphona" zimene mukuona m'moyo wanu zidzatha mpaka kalekale. Mwa chikhulupiriro chathu tingatsimikizire kuti padakali "Mulungu wamphamvuyonse mu Israyeli".