Whakaritehia te Ataata o To Manawa

TE Ko te ngakau he taputapu tino pai. He ngawari hoki. Ko te huarahi "kuiti me te taratara" o te Rongopai, me nga tukinga katoa e pa ana ki a tatou i te huarahi, ka peia te ngakau ki waho o te whakatikatika. Te mau faahemaraa, te mau tamataraa, te mauiui… e nehenehe te reira e ueue i te aau e erehia ’i tatou i te mana‘o e te arata‘iraa. Ko te mohio me te mohio ki tenei ngoikoretanga o te wairua ko te haurua o te pakanga: mena ka mohio koe me whakatikatika to ngakau, katahi koe kei waenganui. E rave rahi râ, mai te peu e e ere te rahiraa o te feia e parau ra e e Kerisetiano ratou, aita ratou i ite e aita to ratou aau i tuea. Ka rite ki te kaitahuri ka taea te whakatikatika i te ngakau o te tinana, me whakamahi ano tatou i te kaikohikohiko wairua ki o tatou ngakau, no te mea he "mamae ngakau" nga tangata katoa ki tetahi tohu, ki tetahi atu ranei e haere ana i tenei ao.

 

TE HANGATA

Ina ara ake koe i te ata, he aha te mea tuatahi ka mahia e koe? Mena ka roa pea ētahi haora i mua i te mihi ki te Atua, me whakatikatika anō tō ngākau.

I te tīmatanga o te whakaohooho o ō tātou hinengaro i ngā kawenga katoa o te rā, ka ngāwari te mau i roto i te awhiowhio o ngā mea katoa e pā ana ki a tātou. Kei reira te whakaaro tonu kua mahue kē te tangata, kāore i te nui te wā hei whakaoti i ngā mea katoa e hiahiatia ana e te rā. Koinei te wā e hiahia ana kia tere te whakatikatika i te ngākau. Ki te kore, ka tūpono tātou ka mimitia ki roto i te awhiowhio o te pukumahi, ā, ka noho whakamuri te Atua. Ā, ka rite tātou ki te mamae o te manga ina wehea mai i te waina.

Engari ko Ia tō tātou rangimārie me tō tātou whakamarie! Ko Ia tō tātou mea katoa, tō tātou ora, tō tātou manawa, tō tātou take mō te noho! Ka ngaro haere te whakataurite o ō tātou ngākau, te arotahi ki a ia, ka nui haere te koretake me te manukanuka. Me kī atu…

Kua waiho tonu e ahau a Ihowā ki tōku aroaro; kei tōku ringa matau ia, e kore ahau e whakakorikoria. (Waiata 16:8)

Kaua e kuware! I ia ata, ka tupu ake ngā taru, kua rite ki te kotia te purapura pai kua ruia e te Atua ki roto ki tou ngakau...

…ko te manukanuka o te ao, me te hopu o te taonga, e whakakoi ana i te kupu, a kore ake e hua. (Matiu 13:22)

Koia te take e akiaki ai te Karaipiture i a tātou kia mau tonu kia mataara, kia mataara. ^[1]1 Pet 5: 8 Me whakatakoto tonu e tātou te Ariki ki mua i a tātou, kia whakatikatika tonu i te ngākau ki a Ia. He aha te tikanga o tēnei?

I whakaako a Ihu i a tātou kia tūpato kei mau tātou i te awhiowhio o te te whai i muri i ngā mea e tika ana mō te ao, i te kino atu rānei, ko te "mammona" o te ao, ko aua taonga e pirau ana, e pirau ana:

Ko ēnei mea katoa e rapua ana e ngā tauiwi; e mōhio ana tō koutou Matua i te rangi e matea ana e koutou ēnei mea katoa. Engari rapua te rangatiratanga o te Atua, me tōna tika; ā, ka tāpirihia ēnei mea katoa ki a koutou. (Mātiu 6:32-33)

Me tīmata tā tātou rā mā te tango i ētahi wā poto hei whakawhetai me te whakamoemiti ki te Atua mō tētahi rā hou, mō te manawa, mō te ora, mō te hauora, mō ngā kai, ā, nui atu i ngā mea katoa, mōna. Ko te mihi, te whakawhetai, me te whakamoemiti ki te Atua te mea tuatahi hei whakatikatika i te ngākau i ia ata. Kātahi ka tīmata tātou me te kī, "E te Ariki, ko ngā mea katoa e mahia ana e au ināianei ka mahia e au māu. Ko tāu e pai ai taku kai. Ko tō rangatiratanga me tō korōria taku e aro atu nei. Ko ngā mea katoa e mahia ana e au, ka mahia e au mō te aroha ki a koe, e whakaatuhia ana i roto i te aroha ki tōku hoa tata." Ki te taea, ko te ata te wā pai rawa atu hei wehe i tētahi wā whakaaroaro me te inoi me ngā Karaipiture, te Rosary, me ētahi atu i mua i te pupuhi mai o ngā hau tuatahi o te raruraru... ā, ka panaia te wā mokemoke me te Atua ki te mutunga o te rā, i te nuinga o te wā, ki tua rawa i te taha.

 

DAY

Ko te nuinga o tātou ehara i te hunga mōneka, ehara hoki i te hunga whakapono. E karangatia ana tātou kia noho, kia mahi hoki i te mākete. Nō reira, kāore te Atua e tumanako kia noho koe mō ngā hāora e whakaaroaro ana i roto i te whare karakia, kia inoi rānei mō ngā hāora ina kore e taea e tō karangatanga tēnei.

…me whakarerekē hoki te mahi o te karakia ki te kaha, ki ngā mahi me ngā kawenga o ia tangata. —Tanga. Francis de Hokohoko, Kupu Whakataki ki te Ao Kino, whārangi 33, whakamāoritanga nā John K. Ryan

Heoi, e karangatia ana tātou katoa ki pure, ina hoki, ki inoi tonu, kaua e mutu. ^[2]1 Thess 5: 17 Me pehea tenei? Mā te ngākau e anga atu ana ki te Atua i ia wā, i ia wā o te rā.

I tētahi atu rā, i me kawe e au tētahi mea ki te whare witi. He mahi māmā noa iho, he mahi iti noa iho, he mea wareware noa iho. I a au e hikoi ana ki te hau o te ahiahi, ka mea ahau, "E te Ariki, koinei tāu e pai ai, taku kai. I ia hikoinga, e aroha ana ahau ki a Koe, e whakahonore ana i a Koe, e haere tahi ana me Koe i roto i tēnei mahi o te wā." Ahakoa te ahua kuware o tēnā, ka mōhio ahau ki te Atua; ka mōhio anō ahau ki te aroha o te Matua, ā, ka pārekareka tōku ao katoa ki tētahi wā mutunga kore. Ae, koinei te āhua o te noho i ō tātou rā, me te mōhio tonu ki te aroaro o te Atua (ahakoa ka rongo tātou i a Ia, kāore rānei), me te mahi te mahi o tenei wa, aua mahi ririki, me te aroha nui. Kātahi ka tūtaki a Rangi rāua ko Papatūānuku, ā, ko te mea e āhua nei he "kore noa iho" ka whakakīia ki "Ngā Mea Katoa".

Whakamātauria tēnei, ahakoa i a koe e pānui ana i nāianei. Mea atu ki te Atua, "E aroha ana ahau ki a koe. Ka pānuihia e au tēnei inaianei māu, māu tahi, ā, i roto i a koe, i roto i te kotahitanga o te Wairua Tapu, kia waiho te kororia me te honore katoa ki a koe e te Matua Kaha Rawa, ake tonu atu." Ko tēnei patunga tapu iti o tēnei wā, ko tēnei whakahere iti, koinei tonu te huarahi e ora ai koe i tō "tohungatanga kingi."

Engari, mehemea ka inoi tonu tātou i ēnei momo inoi, tērā pea kāore e taea e tātou te whakaako i tētahi akomanga, te whai wāhi atu ki tētahi hui, te tuhi i tētahi whakamātautau, me ērā atu mea. He nui noa iho te "titiro" ki te Atua, te whakaae ki a Ia, te "noho" ki a Ia. Ko ngā kīanga māmā pēnei i te "E Ihu, e whakawhirinaki ana ahau ki a koe," tae noa ki te "Ihu" he huarahi iti noa iho e taea ai e tātou mahara ki te ngākau—ngā kupu hei āwhina i a tātou kia tere te titiro atu ki te Ariki. ^[3]kite Te maumahara Mā tēnei, ka whakatikatikaina anō tō ngākau, nā te mea ko te mahi tahi me te Atua, ko te noho mōna, mō tōna rangatiratanga, ā, ko te tīmata ki te wheako i te rangatiratanga e "tata ana".

Ae, ko te titiro atu ki te Atua he titiro atu ki te ao mutunga kore.

 

AHIAHI

I te tōnga o te pō, kua tutuki tātou, kua hinga, ā, kua wareware ki te whakarite i a tātou ki te Atua i te awatea. Kia tae mai te ahiahi, me whakatikatika anō tātou i ō tātou ngākau i mua i te moe. Me te ngākau mahaki, me whakatata tātou ki te Atua me te tirotiro poto i te hinengaro, me te whaki i ō tātou hapa, me te tuku anō i ō tātou oranga ki a Ia. Me waiho tēnei hei wā piripono i waenganui i a koe me te Matua i a koe e whakaae ana anō ki tana aroha me tana murunga hara mutunga kore me tō iti o te aroha.
te kaha ki te aroha. Mā tēnei, ka whakahoutia anō tō ngākau, ā, ka taea e koe te tīmata i tō rā i te ata e whai ake nei, me te kore he "para" o inanahi.

Kaua e hoatu he whai wāhi ki te rewera mā te tuku i te rā kia torengi i runga i te ngākau kāore anō kia taurite.

 

KATOA ANGA

Ko te whakatikatika anō i te ngākau ko te tīmatanga anō, anō, anō i a tātou e piki ana i te maunga o te tapu ki te whakakotahitanga ki te Atua—te tutuki, te hinga, te ara anō. E ai ki taku kōrero mai i te Katekihama i taku panuitanga tukutuku whakamutunga i runga i Te Mana o te Cross...

Ko te tangata e piki ana, e kore e mutu tana haere mai i te tīmatanga ki te tīmatanga, mā roto i ngā tīmatanga kāore he mutunga. -Ko te Katorika o te Hahi Katorika, 2015

Kaua e mataku ina kite koe me whakahou anō tō ngākau i ngā wā katoa, kua roa rānei koe e kore e whakaaro ki te Atua! Engari, whakamahia tēnei hei wā hei whakaiti i a koe anō, hei whakaae hoki kāore pea koe i te aroha ki te Atua pērā i tō whakaaro, kei te rapu koe i tō rangatiratanga nui atu i Tōna, ā, kei te toe tonu te maha o ngā tahuritanga i roto i tō ao. Āe, mō te hunga pērā i a tāua i haere mai ai a Ihu, ehara i te mea mō te hunga ora, engari mō te hunga mate. ^[4]cf. Mareko 2:17 Ko te noho tonu i te aroaro o te Atua me tō ngākau katoa, tō wairua katoa, me tō kaha katoa, ka puta mai i te ara o tikanga.

Nō reira, ko te oranga o te inoi ko te noho ki te aroaro o te Atua tapu-toru, me te hononga ki a ia. Ka taea tonu tēnei hononga o te ora nā te mea, mā te Iriiri, kua honoa kētia tātou ki a te Karaiti.-Ko te Katorika o te Hahi Katorika, 2565

Kāore e taea e koe tēnei mahi me te kore te aroha noa o te Atua. Nō reira, pērā i te Kaiwaiata, whakatakotoria te Ariki ki mua i a koe i ngā wā katoa e taea e koe te mahara, ā, mā te Atua e mahi te toenga. Tukua atu ō taro e rima me ō ika e rua ki a ia i te ata, ā, ka tīmata ia ki te whakanui i aua taro puta noa i tō rā, puta noa i tō oranga. Ka taea e ia te kawe i a koe ki te harikoa o te kotahitanga i roto i te hēkona poto. Engari kāore ia e pena, nā te mea me ara te ara o te whakawhirinaki, te whakahoahoa, te whanaungatanga… whakapono. ^[5]kite No te aha te Faaroo? Ā, e mōhio ana tātou, he ara tēnei o ngā tīmatanga maha, he maha ngā mahi me ngā whakatikatika anō.

E arata‘i rā te reira i te ora mure ore, i ô nei e i roto i te ao a muri atu.

Ripeneta, kua tata hoki te rangatiratanga o te rangi. (Matiu 4:17)