Falaite ‘Akosi 11,
2017
“a
Call to worship”
Saame
86:8-10, 15
‘Oku ‘ikai ha taha ‘i ha‘a ‘Otua ‘oku tatau, ‘Ātonai, mo Koe; Pea ‘oku ‘ikai ha ngāue ‘e tatau mo ho‘o ngāue. 9) Ko e
pule‘anga kotoa kuo ke ngaohi Te nau
omi ‘o punou ‘i ho ‘ao, ‘Ātonai: Pea ko
ho huafa te nau fakahīkihiki‘i. 10) He ko e lahi ‘a e ‘Afiona, Pea mo
e fai me‘a mana; Ko koe ‘a e ‘Otua toko taha. 15) Ka
ko koe, ‘Ātonai, ko e ‘Otua ‘alo‘ofa mo angalelei, Tuai ki
he houhau, pea fonu ‘i he kelesi mo e mo‘oni.
Psalm
86:8-10, 15
There is none like you among the gods, O
Lord,
nor are there any works like yours. All
the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord, and shall
glorify your name. For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God.
... But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and
abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
Komeniteli
-
D. A. Kāsoni
Commentary - D. A. Carson - cont...
‘I hono
toe fakalea ‘e tahaʹ, kapau te tau fie aʻu moʻoni ki he uho ‘o e ‘Otuaʹ mo tau
tulolo ‘i hono ‘aoʹ, ‘o fakatatau ki he mahino poko siʻi ‘oku tau maʻuʹ, ‘oku
mahuʻinga ‘aupito ke tau fakakaukau lelei ki he ngaahi fakamatala ‘oku toutou
hā ‘i he Tohitapuʹ, pea ke tau ‘omi ia ke fuaʻaki e ngaahi moʻoniʻi meʻa ‘oku
‘osi fakahā ‘e he Folofolaʹ kau kiate Iaʹ. ‘Oku ui leva kitautolu ke tau hū ‘o
lotu kiate Ia. Pea ka tau fetongi ‘a e ‘Otuaʹ ‘aki ha toe meʻa kehe, pea
ko e lotu ‘aitoliʹ ia.
In other words, to get to the heart of who
God is and to bow before him in some small measure of genuine understanding,
its important to think through what the Bible says again and again and
intergrate the whole with the same balance and proportion that Scripture itself
gives. That calls us to worship. And if we put anything else in the place of
God, that is the very definition of idolatry.
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