Nthawi zina zimakhala zovuta kukhulupirira kuti Mulungu ali ndi dongosolo ndi chiyembekezo kwa ife. Malingaliro ambiri angabwere, kutilefula kukhala ndi moyo woyembekezera umene Mulungu watiitanira.
Mwina mwanena kapena kuchita zinthu zimene mukudziwa kuti n'zolakwika. Pamene nthaŵi zambiri mumakumbutsidwa za mbiri yanu yoipa, mumamva ngati kuti Mulungu sangakuvomerezeni.
Mwina mukuona kusiyana kwakukulu pakati pa moyo wanu ndi moyo umene Baibulo limanena. Mumachita manyazi ndi zimene mwachita m'mbuyomu, ndipo mumachita manyazi kuti simuli opembedza kwambiri. Mukufuna kukhala ndi moyo woyera ndi ubwino koma muli kutali kwambiri.
Musataye mtima! Ziribe kanthu momwe zinthu zakuda zingawonekere, muli ndi tsogolo labwino–monga Rahabi wa Yeriko.
Zinkaoneka ngati kuti palibe chiyembekezo...
Rahabi anali mkazi wa ku Kanani, nzika ya mtundu umene unalambira mafano. Iye analibe mbali m'malonjezo a Israyeli. Ndipo anali hule, chinthu chimene Mulungu ankadana nawo. (Deuteronomo 23:17.)
Mulungu analonjeza dziko limene Rahabi anakhalamo ku mtundu wa Israyeli. (Genesis 17:8.) Rahabi ndi anthu ake atamva kuti anthu a Isiraeli akubwera kudzagonjetsa Yeriko, mzinda wofunika kwambiri ku Kanani, ankaopa moyo wawo. Iwo anadziŵa kuti Mulungu yemweyo amene anapulumutsa anthu Ake ku Igupto adzapatsa Israyeli chilakiko mu Yeriko.
"Tinkaopa titangomva za izo; tonse tataya kulimba mtima kwathu chifukwa cha inu. Ambuye Mulungu wanu ndiye Mulungu kumwamba kumwamba ndi pano padziko lapansi." Yoswa 2:9-11.
Ngakhale Rahabi asanakumane ndi Aisrayeli ndi gulu lawo lankhondo lamphamvu, iye anakhulupirira Mulungu wa Israyeli. Iye anali atamva za mphamvu Zake ndi mmene Iye anapulumutsira ndi kuteteza Israyeli, ndipo zimenezi zinaika chikhulupiriro mumtima mwake kuti Iye analidi Ambuye.
Koma kunja, zinthu sizinaoneke ngati chiyembekezo kwa Rahabi. Kodi anali ndi chifukwa chotani choyembekezera kapena kukhulupirira kuti angapulumutsidwe? Kodi nchifukwa ninji Mulungu ameneyu, amene sanamdziŵe kale, anali ndi chifukwa chilichonse chompulumutsira, kapena banja lake, kuposa ena mu Yeriko?
Mwa chikhulupiriro
Koma ngakhale kuti zinthu zinaoneka ngati zopanda chiyembekezo, Rahabi sanataye chiyembekezo. Pamene azondi aŵiri Achiisrayeli anafika kunyumba kwake, Rahabi anawabisa kwa mfumu ya Yeriko. Kenako anapempha molimba mtima azondiwo kuti alonjeze kuti iye ndi banja lake adzapulumutsidwa pamene Aisiraeli adzaukira mzindawo. Amunawo anauza Rahabi kuti ngati atapachika chingwe chofiira chomwecho pawindo lake limene adzapulumuke, iye ndi aliyense m'nyumba mwake adzapulumutsidwa. M'chikhulupiriro chonse, Rahabi anamangirira chingwecho pawindo lake n'kunena kuti: "Zikhale monga mukunenera." (Werengani nkhani yonse mu Yoswa 2.)
Ngakhale kuti zinthu zinaoneka ngati zamdima ndiponso zosatheka, Rahabi anasunga chiyembekezo ndi chikhulupiriro chakuti iye ndi banja lake adzapulumuka.
Mu Ahebri 11, mtumwiyo akulemba za mphamvu ya chikhulupiriro. Iye akuyamba mutuwo polemba kuti: "Kukhala ndi chikhulupiriro ndiko kutsimikizira zinthu zimene tikuyembekezera, kukhala otsimikiza za zinthu zimene sitingathe kuziona. Mwa chikhulupiriro chawo ndi pamene anthu a m'nthawi zakale ankayanjidwa ndi Mulungu." Ahebri 11:1-2. Kenako amatchula zitsanzo zambiri za anthu amene anasankha zochita mwachikhulupiriro, ndipo Rahabi anaphatikizidwa pa mndandandawu kuti: "Chinali chikhulupiriro chimene chinapangitsa kuti Rahabi hule asaphedwe pamodzi ndi anthu amene sanamvere Mulungu, chifukwa anapatsa azondi achiisiraeli kulandiridwa mwaubwenzi." Ahebri 11:31.
Zinalibe kanthu kwa Mulungu zimene Rahabi anachita kale. Zinalibe kanthu kuti anabadwira m'banja liti, kapena kumene ankakhala. Chofunika ndi chofunika chinali chakuti iye anakhulupirira Mulungu, ndipo anakhulupirira kuti Iye akhoza kumupulumutsa.
Chifukwa chakuti sanali Myuda, Rahabi sanali wotsimikiza kupeza malonjezo a Israyeli. Koma chifukwa chakuti anakhulupirira, mosakayikira, kuti Mulungu akanamchitira zimene Iye anachitira Israyeli, iye anabisa azondiwo ndi kupempha kuti apulumutsidwe pamene Israyeli adzagonjetsa Yeriko. Chikhulupiriro chimenechi ndi chimene chinasonyeza kuti anali wolungama. (Yakobo 2:25.)
Chiyembekezo chathu
Mawu a Mulungu amatiuza kuti "... malipiro a uchimo ndi imfa". Aroma 6:23. Tonsefe tachimwa, koma ngati tikhulupirira, Mulungu alinso ndi makonzedwe otipulumutsa ku chiwonongeko cha uchimo ndi kutipangitsa kukhala mbali ya malonjezo Ake!
"Pakuti Mulungu wavumbula chisomo chake cha chipulumutso cha anthu onse. Chisomo chimenecho chimatilangiza kusiya zilakolako za moyo wosapembedza ndi zakudziko, ndi kukhala ndi moyo wodzilamulira, wolunjika, ndi waumulungu m'dzikoli, pamene tikuyembekezera Tsiku lodalitsika limene tikuyembekezera, pamene ulemerero wa Mulungu wathu wamkulu ndi Mpulumutsi Yesu Khristu udzaonekera. Anadzipereka yekha chifukwa cha ife, kuti atipulumutse ku zoipa zonse ndi kutipangitsa kukhala anthu oyera amene ali ake okha ndipo akufunitsitsa kuchita zabwino." Tito 2:11-14.
"Aliyense amene ali ndi chiyembekezo chimenechi mwa Khristu amadzisunga yekha woyera, monga Khristu ali woyera." 1 Yohane 3:1-3 .
Izi zikutanthauza kuti, mofanana ndi Rahabi, chikhulupiriro chathu chidzatitsogolera kuchita chinachake - kusiya moyo wosaopa Mulungu ndi zilakolako zakudziko zomwe tikuyesedwa! N'chifukwa chake Paulo analemba za "kumvera chikhulupiriro". (Aroma 1:5.) Chikhulupiriro chimatsogolera ku zochita.
Rahabi anakhala mbali ya malonjezo a Mulungu
Chifukwa cha chikhulupiriro cha Rahabi, iye ndi banja lake anapulumutsidwa ndipo anakhala mbali ya mtundu wa Israyeli ndi malonjezo a Israyeli. (Yoswa 6:22-25.) Rahabi mwiniyo anakhala mmodzi wa makolo a Yesu. (Mateyu 1:5.)
Rahabi ndi chitsanzo kwa ife lero, kutiphunzitsa kuti mosasamala kanthu za momwe zinthu zayendera m'mbuyomu - kapena momwe zinthu zamdima zingawonekere mu nthawi ino - chikhulupiriro mwa Mulungu ndi kumvera mawu Ake zidzatipulumutsa ku chiwonongeko cha uchimo ndikutipatsa tsogolo labwino mu ufumu wa Mulungu.
Tiyeni tigwiritse ntchito zotheka zomwe tili nazo mwa Khristu Yesu, ndikukhala mu mzimu womwewu wa chikhulupiriro, kuti nafenso tipeze madalitso osatha omwe Mulungu walonjeza onse amene aika chiyembekezo chawo mwa Iye!