Masalimo 18 ndi salimo limene tingaphunzirepo zambiri. Limanena za Mulungu wokangalika kwambiri kumwamba ndi za munthu wa mtima wonse padziko lapansi amene amafunadi kuchita chifuniro cha Mulungu.
Limayamba ndi mawu a mtima wonse awa ochokera kwa Davide akuti: "Ndimakukondani bwanji Ambuye! Ndiwe mtetezi wanga. Ambuye ndiye mtetezi wanga; iye ndi linga langa lamphamvu. Mulungu wanga ndiye chitetezo changa, ndipo pamodzi naye ndine wotetezeka. Amanditeteza ngati chishango; amanditeteza ndi kunditeteza." MaSalimo 18:1-2.
Mukhozadi kumanga chinachake pamaziko oterowo. Davide anaima pa maziko ameneŵa m'nthaŵi zovuta pamene Sauli anafuna kumupha. Kenako anafuula kwa Mulungu wake, ndipo Mulungu anamva. Linali pemphero la munthu wolungama, woyera ndi woona mtima, ndipo Mulungu anafulumira kuchitapo kanthu: "Pamenepo dziko lapansi linanjenjemera ndi kugwedezeka; maziko a mapiri anagwedezeka ndi kunjenjemera, chifukwa Mulungu anakwiya. Utsi unatuluka m'mphuno mwake, lawi lodya ndi makala oyaka m'kamwa mwake." MaSalimo 18:7-8.
Panalinso chivomerezo china chapadera kwambiri ndi kachitidwe ka Mulungu: "Ambuye anandifikira kuchokera kumwamba, nandigwira; ananditulutsa m'madzi akuya. Anandipulumutsa." MaSalimo 18:16-17. Ndi kachitidwe ndi nyonga chotani nanga! Chotulukapo chake chinali chilakiko chachikulu!
Salimo lonse ndi nkhonya motsutsana ndi chisomo chonyenga ndi kulalikira konyenga—kulalikira komwe kumachotsa udindo wathu waumwini kusunga mbali yathu ya pangano. Ndi kulalikira konyenga komwe kumanena kuti ziribe kanthu kwenikweni zomwe timachita chifukwa "zonse zili mwa chisomo". Chisomo chenicheni chimatsogolera ku ntchito ndi zochita. Zimene Mulungu amachita nthawi zambiri zimachitika pa zochita zathu komanso mmene mtima wathu umafunira. Umu ndi mmene Mulungu amalemekezededwa, pakuti ndi Iye amene amagwira ntchito zonse ku chifuniro ndi kuchita (Afilipi 2:13); koma Iye sangachite chilichonse popanda kumvera kwathu.
Davide anamvetsa zimenezi, ndipo ataganizira za thandizo lamphamvu la Mulungu ndi zodabwitsa zake, anati, "Ambuye amandipatsa mphoto chifukwa ndimachita zabwino; amandidalitsa chifukwa ndine wosalakwa."Masalimo 18:20. Kwa Davide, yankho la Mulungu ku pemphero lake linali mphotho kaamba ka kuyesayesa kwake kwa mtima wonse. Iye anali atasunga malamulo a Ambuye; malamulo Ake onse anali pamaso pake, ndipo anakhala kutali ndi kuchimwa. (Masalimo 18:21-23.) Ndi munthu wamkulu chotani nanga wa Mulungu m'pangano lakale!
Mu Masalimo 18:25-26 Davide akubwereza kuti inali mphoto ya Ambuye chifukwa anali woyera pamaso pa Ambuye. "Inu Ambuye, ndinu wokhulupirika kwa iwo okhulupirika kwa inu; zabwino kwathunthu kwa iwo omwe ali angwiro. Ndiwe woyera kwa iwo omwe ali oyera ..." Koma ndi serious kwambiri zomwe akunena pambuyo pake: "... koma odana ndi oipa." Matembenuzidwe ena amati, "Mudzasocheretsa achinyengo." M'mawu ena, munthu woteroyo amasocheretsedwa ndipo sadzadziŵa Mulungu wa Davide.
Kwa Davide zonse zinali zomveka bwino. Kodi n'zoonekeratu kwa ine? Kodi ndimaona bwanji mikhalidwe yanga, amuna anzanga, abale anga, tchalitchi, ngakhale Mulungu Mwini? Zolakwa zazing'ono zimene timaona mwa ena kaŵirikaŵiri zimakhala zolakwa zofanana zimene zili m'mitima yathu. Izi sizinali choncho mumtima mwa Davide; chifukwa chake Mulungu akhoza kukhala choncho kwathunthu ndi iye mu mphamvu Zake zamphamvu.
Davide anatsogozedwa kuchokera ku chilakiko kupita ku chilakiko. "Njira ya Mulungu ndi yangwiro," akutero Davide m' vesi 30. M'mawu ena, iye analibe chilichonse chodandaula.
Mbali yotsala ya salimo ndi umboni wa chilakiko chokhazikika, cha kuwonongedwa kotheratu kwa mdani. Iye amagwiritsira ntchito mawu amphamvu koposa, monga, kuthamanga motsutsana ndi gulu la asilikali, kudumpha pakhoma, kutsatira adani kufikira atawonongedwa. Adani onse anawonongedwa kotheratu, ndi chotulukapo chakuti salimo limatha ndi matamando kwa Mulungu amene anasonyeza chifundo choterocho kwa wodzozedwa Wake, kwa Davide. Davide sanadzilemekeze.
Mulungu sanasinthe m'zaka zonsezi. Monga Iye anachitira Davide, kotero Iye amachitira inu ndi ine. Amachitira anthu onse mofanana. Chinthu chokha chofunika ndi momwe tilili nacho mumtima mwathu.
Salimo lonse limayamba ndi: "Ndimakukondani bwanji Ambuye! Iwe ndiwe mtetezi wanga." Masalimo 18:1. Ngati zimenezi zili choncho mwa ife, Mulungu adzasuntha kumwamba ndi dziko lapansi chifukwa cha ife.
