ʻO ke Akua ka potera

193 akua i ka poteraE hoʻomanaʻo i ka wā i lawe mai ai ke Akua i ka manaʻo o Ieremia i ka pahu potera (Ier. 1 Nov.8,2-6)? Ua hoʻohana ke Akua i ke kiʻi o ka potera a me ka pālolo e aʻo mai iā mākou i kahi haʻawina ikaika. Loaʻa nā ʻōlelo like me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke kiʻi o ka potera a me ka pālolo ma Isaia 45,9 a me 64,7 pela no ma Roma 9,20-21.

ʻO kekahi o kaʻu kīʻaha punahele aʻu i hoʻohana pinepine ai e inu i ke kī i loko o ke keʻena, e hōʻike ana i ke kiʻi o koʻu ʻohana. Ke nānā nei au iā ia, hoʻomanaʻo mai ʻo ia iaʻu i ka moʻolelo o ke teacup e ʻōlelo nei. Hōʻike ʻia ka moʻolelo e ka teacup i ke kanaka mua a wehewehe i ka mea i lilo ai kāna mea e hana ai.

ʻAʻole wau he tiʻaka maikaʻi i nā manawa āpau. ʻO wau wale nō he puʻupuʻu lepo kolo ʻole i hana ʻole ʻia. Akā ua hoʻokau kekahi iaʻu i kahi diski a hoʻomaka i ka wili wikiwiki ʻana i ka disikā. I koʻu huli ʻana i nā pōʻai, kaomi ʻo ia, kaomi a haehae iaʻu. Ua hoʻōho wau: "Kāohi!" Akā ua loaʻa iaʻu ka pane: "ʻAʻole naʻe!".

ʻO ka hope, hoʻōki ʻo ia i ka diski a hoʻokomo iaʻu i ka umu. Ua ʻoi aʻe ka wela a hiki i koʻu hoʻōho ʻana, "Stop!" Ua loaʻa hou iaʻu ka pane "ʻAʻole i kēia manawa!" Ma hope ua lawe ʻo ia iaʻu i waho o ka umu a hoʻomaka e pena iaʻu. ʻO ka uahi i maʻi iaʻu, a hoʻōho hou wau, "Stop!" A ʻo ka pane hou ʻana: "ʻAʻole i kēia manawa!".

A laila lawe ʻo ia iaʻu i waho o ka umu a ma hope o ka maloʻo ʻana, kau ʻo ia iaʻu ma luna o ka papa i mua o ke aniani. Ua pīhoihoi wau! ʻO ka mea potera i hana i kahi mea nani mai ka ʻōpō kīwī ʻole. ʻO kēlā ʻano pālolo a mākou pālua, ʻaʻole anei? Ke kau nei iā mākou ma luna o ka huila o ka potera o kēia honua, hana ko mākou potika hoʻolilo iā mākou i nā mea hou e pono ai mākou e like me kona makemake.

Ma ka olelo ana i na pilikia o keia ola ana e halawai pinepine me kakou, ua kakau o Paulo: “No ia mea, aole makou e luhi; akā, inā e palaha ko waho ko mākou kanaka, ua hoʻomaikaʻi hou ʻia ko loko i kēlā lā i kēia lā. No ka mea, ʻo ko mākou ʻeha, ka manawa pōkole a me ka māmā, e hana ana i ka nani mau loa no mākou, ka poʻe i nānā ʻole i ka mea ʻike ʻia akā i ka mea ʻike ʻole ʻia. No ka mea, he kino ka mea i ikeia; akā, ʻo ka mea i ʻike ʻole ʻia he mau loa ia" (2. Korineto 4,16-17th).

Aia ko mākou manaolana i kahi mea i waho a ma waho o kēia ao. Ke hilinaʻi nei mākou i ka ʻōlelo a ke Akua, ʻike mākou i ko mākou mau pilikia i kēia manawa me ka maʻalahi a me ka manawa kūpono i ka mea a ke Akua i mālama ai no mākou. Akā, ʻo kēia mau hoʻāʻo ʻana he ʻāpana o ke ʻano o ke ola Karistiano. Ma Roma 8,17-18: "Aka, ina he poe keiki kakou, he poe hooilina no hoi, he poe hooilina no ke Akua, a he mau hooilina pu me Kristo, ke eha pu kakou me ia, i hookiekieia'e kakou i ka nani." No ka mea, ke manao nei au, aole pono ke hoohalikeia na ehaeha o keia manawa me ka nani e hoikeia mai ana ia kakou.

Ua hui pū mākou i nā ʻeha o Kristo ma nā ʻano he nui. ʻO kekahi, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua pepehi ʻia no ko lākou manaʻoʻiʻo. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka hapa nui o mākou e hui pū i nā ʻeha o Kristo ma nā ʻano ʻē aʻe. Hiki i nā hoaaloha ke kumakaia iā mākou. Hoʻohewa pinepine ka poʻe iā mākou, ʻaʻole lākou e waiwai iā mākou, ʻaʻole lākou aloha iā mākou a ʻaʻole hoʻomāinoino iā mākou. Akā, i ko mākou hahai ʻana iā Kristo, ke kala nei mākou e like me kāna kala ʻana iā mākou. Ua kaumaha ʻo ia iā ia iho i ko kākou mau ʻenemi nona (Rom. 5,10). ʻO ia ke kumu i kāhea mai ai ʻo ia iā mākou e hoʻoikaika nui e lawelawe i ka poʻe e hoʻomāinoino mai iā mākou, ʻaʻole waiwai iā mākou, ʻaʻole maopopo iā mākou, a makemake ʻole iā mākou.

"No ke aloha o ke Akua" wale no i kapaia mai kakou e lilo i "mau mohai ola" (Rom. 1 Kor.2,1). Ke hana nei ke Akua i loko o mākou ma o ka ʻUhane Hemolele e hoʻololi iā mākou i ke ʻano o Kristo (2. Korineto 3,18), kekahi mea i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o kahi puʻupuʻu pālolo i hoʻolapalapa ʻia!

Ua hana ʻia ke Akua i loko o kēlā me kēia, i nā hanana a me nā luhi i hiki mai me ko kākou ola. Akā ʻo kēlā me kēia pilikia a mākou e kū nei, e pili ana i ka olakino a me ke kālā a i ʻole ka lilo ʻana o kahi mea aloha, aia pū kekahi me mākou. Hoʻopono ia iā mākou, hoʻololi i kā mākou, hana a puka mai iā mākou. ʻAʻole ke haʻalele a haʻalele paha ke Akua iā mākou. Me ia nō mākou a pau ka hakakā.

na Joseph Tkach


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