Panthawi ya nkhondo, nthawi zambiri pamakhala kutsogolo kwakutali, koma si malo onse omwe katalikidwe ka kutsogolo amakhala ofunika mofanana. Pali malo angapo ofunika kwambiri, mwachitsanzo Gibraltar. [Gibraltar ndi malo olimba kwambiri a ndege ndi asilikali apanyanja a ku Britain omwe amayang'anira Strait ya Gibraltar, yomwe ndi khomo lokhalo lolowera ku Nyanja ya Mediterranean kuchokera ku nyanja ya Atlantic. https://www.britannica.com/place/Gibraltar] Malo amenewa makamaka ndi olimba bwino, otetezedwa bwino ku ziwawa.
Zimenezi zimagwiranso ntchito pa nkhondo yauzimu pankhondo yathu yolimbana ndi uchimo. Pa nkhondoyi, palinso mfundo zingapo zofunika kwambiri. Aliyense amene amadzilimbitsa kapena kudzikonzekeretsa bwino kwambiri pa mfundo zimenezi ndi wanzeru.
"Gibraltar" yoyamba ndi: Ndalama.
Yachiwiri "Gibraltar" ndi: Mphamvu ndi ulemu.
"Gibraltar" yachitatu ndi: Mkhalidwe wa kugonana.
N'zovuta kuphwanya "mzere wakutsogolo" wa munthu amene wachita zonse zomwe angathe kuti adzipatse zida m'madera atatu awa; n'zosatheka kumugonjetsa. Kugwa kwakukulu kwambiri kumachitika pa imodzi mwa mfundo zitatu izi, ndipo machimo ambiri amalumikizana mwachindunji ndi imodzi mwa mfundo zitatu izi.
Mfundo 1: Ndalama ndi chinthu chofunika kwambiri. (1 Timoteyo 6:10.) "Ndalama" zimatanthauzanso zonse zomwe mungagule ndi ndalama, zomwe ndi zambiri m'dzikoli. Ngati mulibe chigonjetso pa chikondi cha ndalama, mwachitsanzo, simungathe kupeza chigonjetso pa mkwiyo. Mukatero mudzakwiya mukalandidwa ndalama kapena chinthu chofunika kwambiri.
Mfundo 2: Mphamvu ndi ulemu ndi dera lalikulunso. Kukhumudwa kumagwera m'gulu limeneli, ndipo kaŵirikaŵiri pamakhala zambiri. Chikhumbo cha ulemu ndicho chifukwa chimene munthu sangathe kupirira kwambiri, kapena ngakhale sangathe kupirira chilichonse. Mipatuko yambiri m'magulu achipembedzo imachititsidwa ndi chikhumbo cha ulamuliro. Ndithudi, amapereka zifukwa zingapo zabwino, koma kwenikweni adakumana ndi kugonjetsedwa pa mfundo 2. Ndicho chifukwa chenicheni cha kugawikana.
Nkwabwino kuzindikira kuti pa mfundo imeneyi ndi pamene Satana anaukira Khristu komaliza pamene Iye anayesedwa kwa masiku 40 m'chipululu. (Luka 4.) Mayesero atatu omalizira atchulidwa: Yesero loyamba linali kusonyeza mphamvu Yake yauzimu. Yesero lachiŵiri linampatsa Iye mphamvu ya padziko lapansi. Yesero lachitatu linali kuchita chinthu chachikulu chomwe chikam'patsa ulemu waukulu.
Mfundo 3: Makhalidwe a kugonana ndi gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a zinthu zazikulu zimenezi m'moyo. Ambiri agonjetsedwa pa gawo ili la 'kutsogolo'. Amuna ambiri akuluakulu akhala aang'ono chifukwa sanadzitengera zida moyenera ndipo sanali maso pa mfundoyi. Ngakhale Davide anagonjetsedwa kwambiri pa mfundo imeneyi ngakhale kuti sanawonongedwe, koma Solomo wanzeru kwambiri anagonjetsedwa kotheratu. Ndipo pali alaliki ambiri amene achititsidwa manyazi ndi zimenezi. Anthu ambiri, chifukwa chakuti sanasamale mokwanira m'dera ili, alephera pachikhulupiriro chawo ndipo alephera kumvera Khristu pokhala pa ubwenzi wotsutsana ndi chifuniro cha Mulungu.
Anthu ambiri amagonja ku zilakolako zawo m'dera limeneli, miyoyo yomwe mwinamwake ikanakhala yotamandika kwambiri mmakhalidwe awo. Ndikofunika kukhala maso kuyambira pachiyambi mu zomwe mukuganiza komanso zomwe mumayang'ana.
Ngati mukufuna kupambana chigonjetso chachikulu komanso chomaliza, ngati mukufuna kuyenda mu mphamvu ya Mzimu (Luka 4: 14), ndiye kuti muyenera, monga nkhondo yachilengedwe, kuyamba kugwira ntchito mwachidwi kuti mudzipangire zida pa mfundo zitatu izi. Pamenepo mudzakhala ndi chiyembekezo chabwino kwambiri kuti mdani sadzaphwanya konse "mzere wanu wakutsogolo".