Kia ora te whānau o ngā kaipānui,
Kua kaha te nekehanga a te Ariki i roto i tōku ngākau i ngā wiki kua taha ake nei, i te mea kei te puta mai tētahi wāhanga hou (kāore au i te mōhio me pēhea te whakamārama atu). Ko aku tuhinga e whakamārama ana i te Whakapono i tēnei marama kua taha ake nei he wāhanga o taua wāhanga (ka whakamāramahia e au i tētahi atu wā). Engari kei hea tātou e anga atu ana? Kei hea ēnei tuhinga e ārahi ana i a tātou? He aha atu anō tā tātou e taea ai te mahi hei whakarite mō te hurihanga e pakaru mai ana i tō tātou taha?
Āe! Ki taku whakaaro i ngā rā kei mua ka mahi te Ariki ringihia nui ake te māramatanga, te arotahi, me te aroha noa hei whakarite i a tātou mō te Haapaoho Nui kei konei, kei te haere mai. Engari he nui atu i tēnā, kei te whakarite noa ia i a tātou mō Ko ia ano (ka nui ake ngā kōrero mō tēnā i ngā rā me ngā wiki e haere ake nei!)
Kei te karanga ia i a tātou "ki roto i te hohonu"... ki roto i ngā wai marino o te "te oranga o roto"te wāhi e kitea ai e tātou te kaha mō mea katoa. I roto i ngā huarahi maha, ko te Waiata 46 te mea ka wetewetehia e au i ngā marama e haere ake nei:
Ko te Atua tō tātou piringa, tō tātou kaha, he kaiawhina e tata tonu ana i ngā wā pōuri. Nō reira, e kore tātou e wehi, ahakoa rurea te whenua, ahakoa wiri ngā maunga ki raro i te moana, ahakoa ngangau, ahakoa pahuka ngā wai, ahakoa wiri ngā maunga i tōna ngaru.
E whakahari ana ngā awa o te awa i te pā o te Atua, te tapenakara tapu o te Runga Rawa. Kei waenganui te Atua; e kore e whakangaueuetia; mā te Atua ia e āwhina i te atatu. Ahakoa ngangau ngā iwi, ahakoa wiri ngā rangatiratanga, ka puaki tōna reo, ā, ka rewa te whenua. Kei a tātou a Ihowā o ngā mano; ko te Atua o Hākopa tō tātou pā kaha.
Haere mai kia kite i ngā mahi a Ihowā, nāna nei i mahi ngā mea whakamataku ki te whenua: e whakamutu ana i ngā pakanga ki te pito o te whenua, e whatiwhati ana i te kopere, e motumotu ana te tao, e tahuna ana ngā whakangungu rakau ki te ahi. “Kia ata noho, kia mōhio ko ahau te Atua! e whakanuia ana ahau i roto i ngā iwi, e whakanuia ana ahau i runga i te whenua.” Kei a tātou a Ihowā o ngā mano; to tatou kaha, ko te Atua o Hakopa. (Salamo 46:2-12)
To Tautoko
E hiahia ana ahau kia poto ake aku kōrero i tēnei rā, nā te mea ko te kaupapa matua o taku tuhituhi atu ki a koutou, kua tae ki te wā, kia inoi atu anō ki a koutou mō Te Kupu o Nāianei. E mōhio ana te tokomaha o koutou, he mahi wā-katoa tēnei māku — te rangahau, te inoi, ngā tuhinga, ngā whakapāho tukutuku, me ērā atu. Kāore he utu mō tētahi o ēnei mea.
Ma te kore utu ka riro mai i a koe; me utu e koe. (Matthew 10: 8)
Ko te take kāore au e whakauru i te pukapuka The Now Word ki roto i tētahi raupapa pukapuka e rua ngā mea: ko tētahi te whakatata o te kupu, mehemea i tatari ahau kia whakaputaina, ka whakaroa pea tēnei i roto i tētahi pukapuka. Tuarua, ka taea e au te hoatu noa atu ki a koe, he mea whakaharikoa tēnei ki ahau!
E te hunga katoa e matewai ana, haere mai ki te wai! e te hunga kahore nei a koutou moni; haere mai, hokona he witi, kainga; haere mai, hokona he witi, kaua he moni, he waina, he miraka, kaua he utu. (Isaiah 55: 1)
Kua taea e au tēnei mahi inaianei mō te nuinga o ngā tekau tau e rua tika nā te mea, ko te hunga e taea ana, kua tautoko i tēnei mahi minita. Mō…
Waihoki, i whakahau te Ariki kia ora te hunga e kauwhau ana i te rongopai i runga i te rongopai… (1 Koriniti 9: 14)
E noho koutou i taua whare, e kai, e inu i ngā mea e homai ana ki a koutou: e tika ana hoki te utu mō te kaimahi. (Luke 10: 7)
Nā te atawhai o te tini o koutou (e mōhio ana koutou ko wai koutou!), kua taea e au te aro katoa ki te "kupu o nāianei" me te mahi minita hoki ki te hunga kāore e taea te hoatu. Ngā mihi ki te Atua!
Nō reira, kua hoki anō ahau ki te tangata tono moni kia taea ai e tātou te utu i ā tātou pire me te haere tonu i tēnei mahi. Heoi anō, e mihi ana ahau mō ngā inoi, ngā Mīsa e tukuna ana, me ngā reta whakatenatena e whiwhi ana ahau i ia wiki. E mōhio ana ahau ka whakahokia mai e te Ariki tō atawhai ki ngā rau o ngā wā i ngā huarahi e kitea ana e ia he pai hei manaaki i a koe.
Ma te aroha me te mihi,
Mark me Lea Mallett
Ka nui te mihi mo o inoi me to tautoko.
Mauruuru koe!
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