Whakaaroaro o tenei ra: Te rapu whakaaro nui

Kia tiki kai kaore e ngaro, kia mahi tatou i ta tatou whakaoranga. Ka mahi matou i roto i te maara a te Ariki, kia pai ai ta tatou moni i ia ra. Me mahi tatou i roto i nga korero o te whakaaro nui e ki ana: Ko ia e mahi ana i roto i aku maarama e kore e hara (cf. Sir 24:21). "Ko te mara ko te ao" (Mt 13:38), e ai ta te Tika. Tatou ka keri ki roto, ka kitea te taonga huna. Waiho ia tatou i waho. Ina hoki, he mea ano mo te whakaaro nui ka unuhia mai i te piringa. Kei te rapu katoa maatau, taatau katoa e hiahia ana.
E kii ana: "Ki te hiahia koe ki te ui, paatai, huri, haere mai!" (Is 21:12). Ka ui mai koe ki ahau he aha te mea hei whakarereke? Haere atu i o hiahia. Na, ki te kore e kitea e au i roto i aku hiahia, kei hea e kitea ai e ahau tenei whakaaro nui? Kei te hiahia hoki taku wairua. Ki te hiahia koe kia tino kitea e koe. Engari ko te rapu kaore e ranea. Ina kitea, me riringi ki roto i te ngakau ma te pai, ma te pepeha, puhipuhi, ka puhipuhi (cf. Lk 6, 38). Na tika atu. Ae ra: Ka hari te tangata e kitea ana te whakaaro nui e tino mohio ana (cf. Pro 3, 13). Na me rapu atu i te wa e kitea ana e koe, ka tata ana ka tata atu, whakaekea. Kei te hiahia koe ki te whakaaro i te tata i a koe? Ko te mea e tata ana ki a koe ko te kupu i roto i to ngakau me to waha (cf. Rom 10: 8), engari ki te rapu koe ma te ngakau tika. Ma te pono ka kitea e koe he whakaaro nui i roto i tou ngakau, ka ki koe i te ngakau mohio i tou mangai; engari kia tupato kua rere atu ki a koe, ehara i te mea ka rerenga, kua paopao ranei.
He tika kua kitea e koe he honi, mehemea kua kitea e koe te whakaaro nui. Kaua ra e kai nui rawa, na te mea kaore ahau e peka ke i muri i taku makona ia koe. Kainga kia hiakai noa koe. Ko te tikanga, e ki ana te whakaaro nui: "Ko te hunga e whangai ana ki ahau, ka hiakai tonu ahau" (Sir 24:20). Kaua rawa e totohe ki o raatau mea. Kaua e kai i te makona kia kore ai e paopao, no te mea ko taau e whakaaro ana, kaore i haea mai ia koe, mai i te wa i wareware koe i mua i te waa ki te rapu. Ina koa, kaua tetahi e peka atu ki te rapu, ki te toro ranei i te whakaaro nui, engari ka kitea ano i te wa e tata ana. Mena, ko ta Salama ano i kii, ka rite ki te tangata e kai nui ana i te honi he wharanga, na, ko te tangata e hiahia ana ki te tirotiro i te hanahana o te Atua ka pakaru ia i tona kororia (cf. Pro 25, 27). Ka rite ki te tangata e kite ana i te whakaaro nui ka manaakitia ano ia, ae ra, he manaakitanga ano ia e ora ana i runga i te whakaaro nui. Ma tenei pea e pa ana ki ona hua.
Ae ra i roto i enei e toru ko te nui o te whakaaro nui me te tupato ki to waha: ki te mea ka whaki ana i to hara i to waha, ki te mea ka whakawhetai koe me te waiata whakamoemiti, ki te mea he korero whakatikatika ano to koutou. Ma te moemoeatanga "ma te ngakau e whakapono te tangata kia whiwhi te tika, me te mangai, kia kotahi te kaiwhakaora mo te whakapono kia ora" (Rom 10: 10). Ko te mea tika: Ko te tangata tika ka waiho i a ia hei kaiwhakaatu mai i te timatanga o tana korero (cf. Pro 18, 12), i waenganui i te mea ka whakanuia e ia te Atua, me i roto i te tuatoru me whakakiia e ia he mohio ki te hanga i tona hoa tata.