ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tu‘apulelulu ‘Akosi 31, 2017

“Everything is under his loving, benevolent care”

Fehuʻi #5

Ko e hā ha toe me‘a na‘e fakatupu ‘e he ‘Otuá ?

(What else did God create?)

Na‘e fakatupu ‘e he ‘Otuá ‘a e me‘a kotoa pe ‘aki ‘a e mālohi ‘o ‘Ene Folofolá  pea na‘e lelei ‘a e me‘a kotoa; na‘e lato ‘a e me‘a kotoa ‘i he malumalu ‘o ‘ene pule anga‘ofá.

(God created all things by his powerful Word, and all his creation was very good; everything flourished under his loving rule)

Komeniteli ‘a Keni Hausia

Commentary – R. Kent Hughes

Pea ko hono ‘uhingá  leva eni, ‘i hono tu‘unga ko e fakatupu ‘o e me‘a kotoa pe, pea ko e me‘a kotoa pe leva ‘oku ‘i he malumalu ‘o ‘ene tauhi lelei mo anga‘ofá.  Kuopau foki ke tau manatu‘i, ko e fa‘ahinga ‘o e tangatá, ‘a ē ko e tumutumu ‘o ‘ene fakatupú, na‘e ngaohi kitautolu ‘i he ‘imisi ‘o e ‘Otuá. Ka koe‘uhí ko e kakai kitautolu ia kuo fanau‘i fo‘ou, pea ‘oku tau toe ma‘u ‘e kitautolu ‘a e ‘imisi ‘o Kalaisí.  Pea ‘oku ‘uhinga ia, ‘oku tau nofo malu mo mālōlō ‘i he‘ene faileleí mo hono ivi lahi fakatupú pea ‘oku ne pule‘i ‘a e tapa kotoa ‘o e mo‘uí, pea ‘oku tau tupu ma‘ui‘ui ‘i hono malumalú.

And that means that, as he’s the creator of all things, everything is under his loving, benevolent care. We must also keep in mind that as human beings, the apex of creation, we were made in the image of God. But as regenerate people, we also have the image of Christ. Which means we can rest in his goodness, and his great creation power, and he controls all of life, and we can flourish under him.

Lotu

‘E ‘Otua na‘a ke Folofola pea ‘i ai ‘a Mamani, ‘oku mau ofoofo ‘i ho‘o fakatupú, neongo ‘a hono fakamele‘i ‘e he angahalá. Ko ho faka‘ofo‘ofá ‘oku fakae‘a mai ‘i he Masani ‘o e ngaahi fetu‘ú.  Ko ho iví  ‘oku hā mai ia ‘i he mālohi ‘o e afāá. Ko e maau ho‘o fokotu‘utu‘ú  ‘oku faka‘ali‘ali ‘i he matematiká.  Ke fakafeta‘i ‘a e me‘a mo‘ui kotoa pe ‘oku mānava koe‘uhí  ko e ngaahi ngaue ‘a ho to‘ukupú. ‘Emeni.

Prayer

Lord who Spoke the World into Existence, we marvel at your creation, even though it has been corrupted. Your beauty is revealed in the splendor of the stars. Your might is shown fourth in the strength of a hurricane. Your order is displayed in the laws of mathematics. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord for the works of his hands. Amen.