ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Falaite 8 Fepueli 2019

Ko e Tu‘i/tangata ne hoa mo e finangalo ‘o e ‘Otua

a man after God’s own heart

1 SAMIUELA 15-16 (1 SAMUEL 15-16)

VEESI LAULOTO: 1 SAMIUELA 16:7

Ka ka folofola ‘a e ‘Eiki kia Sāmiuela, ‘Oua na‘a tokanga‘i hono fōtunga, pe ko hono mā‘olunga; he kuo u li‘aki ia: he tala‘ehai ko e fai ki he sio ‘a e tangata; he ‘oku sio ‘a e tangata ki he mata, ka ‘oku sio ‘a e ‘Eiki ki he loto.

MEMORY VERSES: 1 SAMUEL 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”

Ko e hokohoko talangata’a ‘a Saula, na’e kau kovi ‘aupito ia kiate ia mo hono famili.  Na’e fakahaa’i ‘e he ‘Otua kia Saula, ko ‘ene talangata’a kiate Ia na’e tatau tofu pe ia mo ‘ene tauhi ‘aitoli, pea ‘i he tu’unga ko ia, na’a ne fakahifo ‘a Saula mei hono tu’i.  Na’e hoko hake leva ‘a Tevita, ko e fetongi ‘o Saula pea ne ko e Tu’i tu’ukimu’a taha ia ‘o ‘Isileli.’Ia 1 Samiuela 13:14, ‘oku fakamatala’i ai ‘e Samiuela, ‘a e Tu’i fo’ou ‘o ‘Isileli, ko ha tangata na’e hoa mo e finangalo ‘o e ‘Otua, ka ‘oku ‘ikai ha fakaikiiki fekau’aki mo Tevita, tukukehe ‘a ‘ene hoko ko ha tauhi sipi, pea na’e ‘ikai ko ha tangata na’a ne ma’u ‘a e fotunga talavou ‘o hange ko hono fanga ta’okete.  Na’e ‘ikai ko ha me’a ia ke fai ki ai ha tokanga, na’e fili ‘e he ‘Otua ‘a Tevita ke hoko ko e Tu’i pea na’a ne pani ia ‘aki ‘a hono Laumalie Ma’oni’oni, pea ko e ngaahi faka’ilonga mahu’inga taha pe ia ki ha tangata.

Ko e ngaahi mo’oni’i me’a pe eni ‘oku fai ki ai ‘a e lau ‘i he ngaahi ‘aho ni – kuo fili koe ‘e he ‘Otua ke fai ‘ene ngaue, pea kuo ne fakanaunau koe ki he ngaue ko ia ‘aki ‘ene foaki kiate koe ‘a hono Laumalie Ma’oni’oni ke ne lotolotoi koe.  Pea hange pe ko Tevita, kuo foaki atu ‘a e Laumalie Ma’oni’oni kiate koe ke ne ngaohi koe ke taau mo ha tokotaha ‘oku hoa pea mo e finangalo ‘o e ‘Otua, pea ko ho’o tefito’i ngaue ke tukulolo mo falala kakato kiate Ia ke ne ngaue’aki koe ki hono langilangi.

Saul's repeated disobedience had disastrous consequences for him and his family. God equated Saul's failure to obey with idolatry, and for that, he would remove him as king. This set the stage for David, who would go down in history as Israel's greatest king. In 1 Samuel 13:14, Samuel described the nexi king as a man after God's own heart, but very little else is told about David other than his unassuming build and his work as a shepherd. That didn't matter, though, because God chose him to be king and anointed him with His Holy Spirit, and those were the only qualifications that mattered.

The same is true of God's people today-God has chosen you to serve Him, and He has equipped you for that task by giving you the presence of His very Spirit. Like David, the Holy Spirit is committed to making you into a person after God's own heart, and all you have to do is surrender in order to allow Him to do so.