ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Pulelulu ‘Akosi 23, 2017

You are my All in All

Senesi 1:27

Pea na‘e fakatupu ‘e he ‘Otuá ‘a e tangatá ‘i he ‘īmisi ‘o‘ona, ‘io, ‘i he ‘īmisi ‘o e ‘Otuá na‘á ne fakatupu ia; na‘á ne fakatupu ‘a kinaua ko e tangata mo e fefine.

Genesis 1:27

So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Komeniteli ‘a Sione Paipa – hoko atu

Commentary – John Piper – cont.

‘Oku fiema‘u ke tau fakakaukau mo mo‘ui mo ngaue mo lea ‘i ha founga ke tataki e tokanga ‘a e kakaí  ki he ngaahi tu‘oni haohaoa ‘a e ‘Otuá. Pea ko e founga lelei taha ke tau fakahoko ai ‘a e me‘á ni, ko ‘etau tomu‘a fakahaa‘i ‘oku tau fiemālie mo nonga ‘i he ngaahi tu‘unga faka-‘Otua ko ení. ‘Oku tau fakahaa‘i ‘oku laka hake eni ia ‘i he pa‘angá, hulu atu ‘i he ongoongoá, vovo ange ia he felātani ‘o e nofo malí mo ha toe me‘a pe ‘oku hu‘u ki ai hotau lotó.

Pea ‘i he mamata ‘a mamani ki he‘etau mahu‘inga‘ia pehē fau ‘i he ‘Otuá mo ‘etau lato ‘i hono langilangí pea te nau fakamo‘oni mai ko Ia tokotaha pe ‘etau mata‘ikoloa. Te nau loto ke toe fakahā ange ‘a e lelei ko ení. ‘Oku ou tui ko hono fakalangilangi‘i ia ‘o e ‘Otuá ‘i he‘etau ma‘u hono ‘imisí.

We want to think and live and act and speak in such a way that we draw attention to the manifold perfections of God. And I think the way we do that best is by being totally satisfied in those perfections ourselves. They mean more to us than money and more to us than fame and more to us than intimate romantic relations or anything else that might compete for our affections.

And when people see us valuing God that much and his glory being that satisfying, they see that he is our treasure. “Show me more!” I think that’s what it means to glorify God by being in his image.