Maopopo iā ʻoe ka makana o ka pule? ʻ tellslelo ʻo Iesū iā ʻoe ...
E noi a e hāʻawi ʻia iā ʻoe… ”(Matiu 7: 7).
ʻEsetera C: 12, 14-16, 23-25; Mat 7: 7-12
ʻO nā huaʻōlelo hōʻoluʻolu o kēia lā e pili ana i ka hopena o ka pule e like me kā Iesu kauoha ma ka pule "Ko mākou Makua". Ke ʻike nei mākou i kēia pilina pili loa me ka ʻAba, makemake ʻo Iesū e manaʻo mākou e lohe ʻia a pane ʻia kā mākou pule. ʻO kāna hoʻohālikelike ʻana me ka makua honua e koi ana: ʻo wai ka makuakāne e hāʻawi i kāna keiki i kahi pōhaku ke noi ʻo ia i ka berena, a i ka nahesa inā noi ʻo ia i hua manu? Hewa nā mākua kanaka i kekahi manawa, akā pehea ka ʻoi aku o ka hilinaʻi o ka makua kāne lani a makua paha?
Nui nā mea i kākau ʻia e pili ana i ka pule, me nā manaʻo o nā pule pane ʻole ʻia. ʻO kekahi o nā kumu e makemake ʻole ai ka poʻe e pule kikoʻī no ka mea ʻaʻole maopopo iā lākou pehea e pono ai e hahai i kā Iesu kauoha. ʻAʻole kilokilo ka pule a i ʻole quid pro quo maʻalahi, a kōkua ke Akua iā mākou inā loaʻa iā mākou nā mea āpau a mākou e noi ai, e like me nā hoʻoponopono wikiwiki a me nā aloha makamae, a i ʻole nā mea e hōʻino iā mākou a i ʻole nā mea ʻē aʻe. Pono ka ʻike, a inā mākou e heluhelu pono i ka ʻōlelo a Iesū, ʻike mākou ua wehewehe ʻo ia i ka pule ma ke ʻano he hana, ʻaʻole ka hana maʻamau.
ʻO ka noi, ʻimi, a me ke kīkēkē ʻana nā pae mua o kahi neʻe i loko o mākou e alakaʻi iā mākou e ʻimi i kā mākou mau pule ponoʻī ke huli mākou i ke Akua i ka manawa o ka hemahema. ʻO kēlā me kēia mākua e pili ana i ka nīnau a kahi keiki ua ʻike ia ua lilo ia i mea kūkākūkā e pili ana i kā lākou makemake a me ke kumu. Hoʻololi pinepine ka makemake kumu i kahi makemake hohonu. Ma mua o ka meaʻai, makemake kahi keiki i ke kūpaʻa, ka hilinaʻi e hāʻawi ʻia ia. Ma mua o kahi mea pāʻani, makemake kahi keiki i kekahi e pāʻani pū me lākou, e komo i ko lākou honua. Kōkua ka kamaʻilio i nā pilina e ulu, ʻoiai ʻo ka pule e hoʻonui i kā mākou mākaʻikaʻi ʻana no wai ke Akua no mākou.
ʻO ka kikeke e pili ana i ka hāmama, ka pane ʻana. I kahi manawa o ka huhū, ʻike mākou ua paʻa nā puka. Ke noi nei ʻo Knocking i ke kōkua mai ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe o kēlā puka, a ʻo ka puka hea a mākou e koho ai e hoʻokokoke ʻo ia ka neʻe mua ma ka manaʻoʻiʻo. Ua pani paʻa ʻia nā puka he nui akā ʻaʻole na ke Akua. Ua hoʻohiki ʻo Iesū i kāna poʻe haumāna inā kīkē lākou, na ke Akua e wehe ka puka, kono iā lākou e komo a hoʻolohe i kā lākou mau pono. Eia hou, ʻo ka pule e pili ana i ka hoʻonui ʻana i kahi pilina a ʻo ka pane mua a mākou e loaʻa ai ka pilina ponoʻī. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ke Akua a me ka ʻike ʻana i ke aloha o ke Akua ka pōmaikaʻi nui loa o ka pule.
Ua kapa ʻia nā haumāna he poʻe ʻimi. ʻO ka poʻe ʻōpio he ʻimi ʻimi kūlohelohe no ka mea ʻo nā mea āpau a lākou e makemake ai i kahi pōmaikaʻi i ke ola i hoʻomaka. ʻO nā mākua e hopohopo e pili ana i nā keiki i hoʻoholo ʻole e hauʻoli lākou i nā ʻimi, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻolilo i ke Akua i ko lākou pahuhopu. ʻO ka noiʻi kahi mea hoʻomaka i ka pule. Ke hana nei mākou i ka holomua a aia kekahi mea kupaianaha a me ka adventurous e pili ana i ka lawe ʻana i nā pule i hoʻopau ʻole e halihali iā mākou i mua, hana i nā mea i manaʻo ʻia, noi iā mākou e kikoo a makemake i nā mea hiki ʻole iā mākou ke kapa inoa, e like me ke aloha, kumu, a hemolele. Alakaʻi lākou i kahi hālāwai alo a he alo me ke Akua, ko mākou kumu a me kahi e hele ai, ka pane i kā mākou pule āpau