Pehea e loaʻa ai kāu koa o loko
Ke kū mākou i nā pilikia nui, nānā mākou i kā mākou palena, ʻaʻole i ko mākou ikaika. ʻAʻole ʻike ke Akua pēlā.
Pehea e loaʻa ai kāu koa o loko
Nānā ʻoe i kou ikaika a i kau palena paha? He mea nui ka pane i ka loaʻa ʻana o kā mākou pahuhopu a me ka kūleʻa ma kā mākou ʻōlelo. ʻAʻole mākou e nānā i kā mākou palena ʻoiai he wahi mau no ka hoʻomaikaʻi. Akā ke lanakila mākou i kā mākou mau hemahema a kālele ana i ko mākou ikaika, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokō i nā mea hou aʻe i loko o ko mākou ola.
Aia kekahi moʻolelo i loko o ka Baibala e pili ana iā Gideona, kahi kāne i nānā wale i kāna mau nāwaliwali ma mua o ka manawa kūpono i hāʻawi ʻia iā ia e ke Akua, a kokoke i ka nele i ke kāhea o kona ola. ʻAʻole he mōʻī a ʻaʻole he kāula ʻo Gideona, akā he mahi mahiʻai hana i ka wā o ka pilikia a me ka hoʻokaumaha nui i ko ke Akua poʻe kānaka. e hoʻopakele i ka poʻe i ko lākou ʻenemi. Ua ʻike ka ʻānela iā ia he "koa ikaika," akā ʻaʻole hiki iā Gideona ke ʻike ma ʻō aku o kona palena ponoʻī.
ʻAʻole hiki iā Gideona ke ʻike i kona hiki ke alakaʻi i kāna poʻe i ka lanakila. Ua haʻi aku ʻo ia i ka ʻānela ʻo kona ʻohana ka mea nāwaliwali loa o ka ʻohana a ʻo ia ka liʻiliʻi o kona ʻohana. Ua ʻae ʻo ia i kēia mau lepili kaiaulu e wehewehe i kona hiki ke hoʻokō i ka nuʻukia i hāʻawi ʻia iā ia. Ua kālele ʻia kona ikehu i ka ʻike ʻana i nā kaohi ma mua o ka mea hiki iā ia ke hana maoli. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i manaʻo iā ia iho he "koa ikaika", akā he kanaka mahiʻai pio. ʻO ke ala a mākou e ʻike ai iā mākou iho he ʻokoʻa loa mai ka ʻike a ke Akua iā mākou. Ua hele a hoʻi ʻo Gideona me ka ʻānela ma mua o ka hiki iā ia ke ʻae he koa ikaika ia.
Ua manaʻo paha ʻoe ʻaʻole kūpono no kahi kūlana hou a i ʻole alakaʻi alakaʻi? Nui nā manawa aʻu. ʻIke ke Akua i ko mākou mākaukau nui, kā mākou taleni, a me ko mākou hiki ke hana i nā mea kupaianaha. Hōʻike mai ka moʻolelo a Gideona iā mākou pono mākou e hoʻohuli i kā mākou nānā mai kā mākou maoli a i ʻike ʻia i nā palena i ko mākou ikaika e kūleʻa ai.
Ua pane ʻo Gideona i kāna kāhea ʻana ma ke ʻano he koa ikaika me ka pūʻali koa liʻiliʻi a lanakila i ke kaua. ʻAʻole pono mākou e waiho i nā hemahema i hala, ka mōʻaukala ʻohana maikaʻi ʻole a me nā hakakā pilikino e wehewehe i ko mākou hopena a me ka kūleʻa. E like me kā ka mea aʻoaʻo ʻo John Wooden e ʻōlelo ai, "Mai waiho i ka mea hiki ʻole iā ʻoe ke hoʻopilikia i ka mea hiki iā ʻoe ke hana." Manaʻoʻiʻo ʻoe i ka mea e pono ai a, me ke kōkua o ke Akua, hiki i kēlā me kēia mea.