Azondi khumi ndi aŵiriwo anabwera kuchokera kukafufuza dziko la Kanani kukauza Mose ndi anthu a Israyeli za zonse zimene anaona. Anthuwo anasangalala kwambiri. Mulungu Mwini anawatsogolera kutuluka mu Igupto, ndipo potsirizira pake anafika kumalire a dziko lolonjezedwa.
Masiku makumi anayi apitawo Mose anali atatumiza azondiwo, ndipo anawauza kuti adziŵe zambiri monga momwe angathere Aisrayeli asanalowe m'dzikolo kukalitenga monga lawo. Mawu ake kwa iwo anali akuti, "Khalani olimba mtima. Ndipo bweretsani zina mwa zipatso za m'dzikolo." (Werengani Numeri 13 ndi 14.)
Ndipo tsopano iwo anabwerera, atanyamula gulu la mpesa zazikulu kwambiri kwakuti amuna aŵiri anafunikira kuzinyamula pakati pawo! "Tinapita kudziko limene munatituma. Umayendadi ndi mkaka ndi uchi, ndipo ichi ndi chipatso chake." Mwachimwemwe anthuwo anasonkhana mozungulira kuti adziwone okha. Aliyense ankafuna kukhala ndi gawo la chipatsocho.
Dziko lolonjezedwa
M'Pangano Latsopano tilinso ndi "dziko lolonjezedwa" lotenga. Monga Akristu talandira malonjezo aakulu koposa onse: kutha ndi uchimo ndi kukhala ndi phande m' chibadwa chaumulungu (2 Petro 1:3-4). Zipatso za dziko lino ndi zipatso za Mzimu: chikondi, chimwemwe, kuleza mtima, ubwino ndi mtendere. Ndani safuna kukhala ndi zinthu zimenezi?
Koma chimwemwe cha Aisrayeli sichinakhalipo kwa nthaŵi yaitali. Azondiwo anali ataonanso anthu amene ankakhala m'dzikolo: anthu amphamvu amene ankakhala m'mizinda yokhala ndi makoma amphamvu. Lipoti lawo linali loipa: "Dziko limene tinafufuza limawononga anthu amene amakhalamo. Anthu onse amene tinawaona kumeneko ndi akulu kwambiri komanso atali. … Tinkamva ngati ziwala, ndipo tinkaoneka ngati ziwala kwa iwo." Numeri13:32.
Chifukwa cha zimenezi, anthu a ku Isiraeli anataya chiyembekezo ndipo analira usiku wonse. Kodi maloto awo onse anali atafika pamenepa? Kodi iwo anavutikadi ndi mavuto aakulu chotero, koma anaimitsidwa pakhomo penipeni pa dziko lolonjezedwa?
Kodi mumakhulupirira, monga Yoswa ndi Kalebi?
Kaŵirikaŵiri kungawoneke motero m'miyoyo yathu Yachikristu. Timapereka moyo wathu wakale kuti titsatire Yesu, ndi chiyembekezo chachikulu cha moyo wabwino. Koma kenako "mdani" wathu, tchimo mu chikhalidwe chathu, limasonyeza ngati chimphona chachikulu, ndipo zikuwoneka ngati zosatheka kugonjetsa. Timayamba kumva kuti kukhala Mkhristu kumawononga ndalama zambiri; kuti ndi khama kwambiri. N'chifukwa chiyani Mulungu satithandiza?
Mulungu sangathandize anthu amene safuna kukhulupirira. Popanda chikhulupiriro, n'zosatheka kusangalatsa Mulungu. Komanso, Iye amafuna kwambiri anthu amene amamufunafuna ndi mtima wonse. (Ahebri 11:6.)
Kenako Yoswa ndi Kalebu, awiri mwa azondiwo analankhula. "Yehova akakondwera nafe, adzatilowetsa m'dziko lino ndi kutipatsa... Kokha musapandukire Yehova. Ndipo musaope anthu a m'dziko, pakuti iwo ndiwo chakudya chathu. Chitetezo chawo chachotsedwa kwa iwo, ndipo Yehova ali nafe; musawaope." Numeri 14:8-9.
Mukanaganiza kuti anthuwo analimba mtima, akumakumbukira malonjezo amene Mulungu anapanga ndi zozizwitsa zimene anamuona akuchita m'chipululu. Koma ayi. Chifukwa cha kusakhulupirira, pamene zinthu zinakhala zovuta ndi kupita motsutsana nawo, iwo anafuna kuponya miyala Yoswa ndi Kalebu, amuna achikhulupiriro ameneŵa, m'malo motenga nkhondo ndi kumenyera dziko lolonjezedwa.
Chikhulupiriro ndi chisankho
Koma kenako Mulungu analowererapo. Mwa kusakhulupirira Iye, anthu a Israyeli kwenikweni anali kunena kuti Mulungu analibe mphamvu yowathandiza. Mulungu anawakwiyira ndipo analumbira kuti palibe aliyense woposa zaka makumi awiri amene adzalowe m'dziko lolonjezedwa - onse adzafa m'chipululu.
Panali zosiyana ziŵiri: "Koma mtumiki wanga Kalebi ali ndi mzimu wosiyana. Amanditsatira ndi mtima wake wonse. Choncho ndidzamubweretsa m'dziko limene anapitako. Ndipo ana ake pambuyo pake adzalandira malo kumeneko ... Kalebi, mwana wa Yefune, adzalowamo. N'momwemonso Yoswa, mwana wa Nuni. Iwo ndi okhawo amene adzalowe m'dzikolo." Numeri 14:24,30.
Mzimu wosiyana umenewu unali mzimu wa chikhulupiriro. Chikhulupiriro chimatanthauza kusayang'ana zimene mukuona koma kukhulupirira kuti Mulungu ndi Wamphamvuyonse. Chikhulupiriro chimatanthauza kukhala womvera ngakhale pamene simungathe kuona zimene zidzachitike. Chikhulupiriro chimatanthauza kuchitapo kanthu, kuchita chinachake. Chikhulupiriro chimapereka zotulukapo.
Mulungu amafuna kuti tisankhe kukhulupirira ndi kusankha kumvera. Amafuna kuti tichitepo kanthu. Mulungu anali ndi Yoswa ndi Aisrayeli pamene, zaka 40 pambuyo pake, iwo akaloŵa m'dziko lolonjezedwa, koma anafunikira kusonyeza kuti analifuna. Iwo anafunikira kukhala ofunitsitsa kumenyera nkhondo. Pamene Aisrayeli anagonjetsa Kanani pambuyo pa kugwa kwa Yeriko, palibe mzinda umodzi umene unatengedwa popanda kumenyana.
Kulawa zipatso
Mu mzimu umodzimodziwo wa chikhulupiriro umene Yoswa ndi Kalebi anali nawo, timalimbana ndi nkhondo yathu yolimbana ndi uchimo umene tili nawo. Tiyenera kusiya chifuniro chathu ndi zilakolako zathu zauchimo. Mulungu amatipatsa mphamvu pamene ife moona mtima kufunafuna Iye ndi kukhulupirira Iye, Ndipo pamene ife kugonjetsa, ulemerero wonse umapita kwa Iye.
Palibe chomwe chimatengedwa popanda kumenyana, koma tikamenyana, palibe chomwe sitingathe kutenga. Mmodzi ndi mmodzi "adani" adzagwa pamaso pathu. Pamenepo sitidzaona "chipatso cha dziko" patali. Tidzalawa: chikondi, chimwemwe ndi mtendere. Dziko lolonjezedwa lidzakhala lathu.
