Parera reMutengo Mukuru rakanyorwa naMichael D. O'Brien
Humambo hwekudenga hwakafanana nefuma yakavigwa mumunda, unowanikwa nemunhu ndokuhwiga zvakare, uye nemufaro unoenda ndokutengesa zvese zvaanazvo akatenga munda iwoyo. Humambo hwekudenga hwakafanana nemushambadzi ari kutsvaga maparera akanaka. Paanoona parera rine mutengo mukuru, anoenda otengesa zvese zvaainazvo ndokunotenga. (Mat. 13: 44-46)
IN zvinyorwa zvangu zvekupedzisira zvitatu, tataura nezvekuwana rugare mukutambura uye mufaro mumufananidzo mukuru uye kuwana tsitsi patinenge tisingakodzeri. Asi ini ndinogona kupfupisa izvi zvese mune izvi: humambo hwaMwari hwawanikwa mukuda kwaMwari. Ndokureva, kuda kwaMwari, Izwi Rake, kunovhurira mutendi maropafadzo ese epamweya kubva Kudenga, kusanganisira rugare, mufaro, uye tsitsi. Kuda kwaMwari iparera remutengo mukuru. Nzwisisa izvi, tsvaga izvi, tsvaga izvi, uye uchawana zvese.
CHINOKOSHA MUBHUKU
Mumufananidzo waKristu, munda hauna kukosha kusvikira pfuma, taura parera, yawanikwa. Saizvozvowo, tsanga yegorosi inoramba ichingova tsanga kusvikira yawira muvhu ikafa, yozobereka michero. Muchinjikwa unoramba uri chisakiso nenhamo kusvika pakumutswa uko kwainozova tsime regungwa renyasha. Jesu akati.
Chikafu changu kuita kuda kwewakandituma… (Johane 4:34)
Chikafu chinoramba chiri icho isu kusvikira chadyiwa, uyezve chobva chaita simba nehupenyu kune anochidya.
Mune imwe neimwe yeanalogies, kuda kwaMwari kwakafanana kiyi mubhokisi rechipo. Imwe neimwe nguva, Mwari anotipa chipo ichi. Asi ngazvive saizvozvo 
chenjera! Dzimwe nguva bhokisi rakaputirwa mukutambura; dzimwe nguva, yakaputirwa mukupesana; uyezve dzimwe nguva yakaputirwa mukunyaradza. Zvisinei hazvo kuda kwaMwari kunouya kwauri, mukati mayo nguva dzose mune kiyi inovhura nyasha muhupenyu hwako. Sezvo iwe uchigona kugamuchira chipo kubva kune mumwe munhu uye uchisiya chisina kuvhurwa, saka nesuwo tinogona nekuda kwaMwari. Kutambura kusingatarisirwi kungatiwira. Tinogona kumhanya kubva pairi; tinogona kuituka, tinogona kuiramba zvachose. Uye nekudaro, kiyi inovhura nyasha dzeDenga inoramba yakavharirwa, yakavanzwa kubva pamoyo yedu. Asi kana isu tichivhura icho chipo, kunyangwe chakaputirwa mukushushikana kwekuvanza kwekutambudzika, kuvimba kwedu, kudzikama, uye kuzvininipisa kunovhura musuwo wepfuma yezve nyasha dzeDenga. Zvino, kuda kwaMwari kunova parera rinoshandura munda wemasora kuita munda wemizambiringa, tsanga yegorosi inobereka zana zvakapetwa, muchinjikwa uyo unopa nzira kune simba reKumuka. Uye icho chinovava rurimi chinova chinotapira mudumbu, kupedza nyota yemunhu nekugutsa nzara yemunhu.
TANGA KUTANGA
Jesu akati,
Tanga kutsvaka umambo hwaMwari nekururama kwake, uye izvi zvese zvinhu uchazvipiwa iwe kunze kwaizvozvo (Mat. 6:33)
Mune mumwe mufananidzo, Jesu anoti Humambo hwatinofanira kutsvaga hunouya kwatiri kuburikidza neIzwi ravo, ndokuti, Kuda kwavo Kutsvene.
Inzwai mufananidzo wemukushi. Mbeu yakadyarwa panzira ndiye anonzwa shoko roumambo asingarinzwisisi, akaipa ndokuuya ndokuba.
chakakushwa mumoyo make. Mbeu yakadyarwa panzvimbo dzine matombo
ndiye unonzwa shoko ndokurigamuchira pakarepo nemufaro. Asi haana mudzi uye unogara kwenguva chete. Kana kumwe kutambudzika kana kutambudzwa kuchiuya nekuda kweshoko,
anobva angowira pasi pakarepo. Mbeu yakadyarwa pakati peminzwa ndiyo inonzwa shoko, asizve kuzvidya mwoyo kwenyika nekukwezva kwepfuma zvinovhunga shoko rikasabereka chibereko.
Asi wakakushwa muvhu rakaorera, ndiye unonzwa shoko akarinzwisisa, unoberekawo zvibereko, achibereka zana, kana makumi matanhatu, kana makumi matatu. (Mat. 13: 18-23)
Chiito chekuvhura bhokisi rechipo cheKuda kwaMwari kunogona kukomberedzwa nemiedzo yakawanda nehondo. Kana yaunzwa neIzwi raMwari, kuda Kwake pahupenyu hwako, Akaipa anogona kuoneka nekukugutsa neimwe nzira. Anogona kukuudza kuti kuda kwaMwari kunonyanya kuda, Chechi zvakare kumashure kwenguva. Kana kuti achakuedza kuti utende kuti Mwari akakurasa kana kuti ari kukuranga nekuda kwehunhu hwako hwakaipa ("kuwana izvo zvakakukodzera!"), Kana kuti hachisi chaicho kuda kwaMwari kwauri zvachose. Zvino kune avo vasina kudzika midzi muna Jesu kuburikidza nehupenyu hwekunamata uye maSakaramende, uye kutambudzika kana kutambudzwa kudiki kubva kune vezera ravo kunovabvisa kure nekuda kweGo; ivo vanodziya zvakanyanya uye vanotya kuvhura yakadaro chipo bhokisi. Zvino kune avo avo, kunyangwe vakadzika midzi zvakadzama muna Mwari, vanotendera zvinokanganisa, kushushikana, uye kukwezva kwekubatanidza kuti zvivabvise pakunzwa nekuita kuda kwaMwari. Pakupedzisira, kune avo vakawana parera remutengo mukuru. Vanoziva kuti kuda kwaMwari ndiko kudya kwavo; kuti mukati mezviyo zveShoko Rake mune simba uye hupenyu nerunyararo nemufaro. Ivo vanovimba kuti chikafu chinovava zvirokwazvo mabiko enyasha.
NGUVA YEKUUYA
Shamwari dzinodikanwa, Mwari ari kugadzirira Kereke Yake kuti a nguva yerunyararo pasi pano apo umambo hwake huchauya nehwaKe "zvichaitwa panyika sezvazviri kudenga"Kureva kuti kutambudzika kwenguva ino kuri kutsungirirwa mu 
Muviri waKristu gadziriro yekuti isu tirarame nekuda kwaMwari. Mumiyedzo iri kuuya panyika, Chechi ichabviswa hembe uye hatizove nechinhu chekuvimba nacho asi Iye neKutsvene Kwake Kuda. Asi ndicho uye chichava Chikafu chedu; ichava Simba redu; huchava Hupenyu hwedu; ichava Tariro yedu; chichava Mufaro wedu; ichave kiyi inovhura simba uye nyasha dzeDenga pamusoro penyika.
Uye saka, nemoyo wako wese, pfungwa, mweya, uye simba, tsvaga kuziva kuti chii chiri kuda kwaMwari, iro parera rine mutengo wakakura, uye kana zvichidikanwa, enda uye "utengese zvese zvaunazvo" kuti ugone kuva nazvo.
Nokuti ani naani anoda kuponesa upenyu hwake acharasikirwa nahwo, asi ani naani anorasikirwa noupenyu hwake nokuda kwangu uye nokuda kwevhangeri ichaiponesa. Ndezvipi zvakanaka zviripo kuti munhu awane nyika yese orasikirwa neupenyu hwake? (Mako 8: 35-36)
