ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Monite 11 Fepueli 2019

Ko Tevita mo Kolaiate – ‘Oku ikuna ‘a Sihova!

David & Goliath – God wins!

1 SAMIUELA 17-18 (1 SAMUEL 17-18)

VEESI LAULOTO: 2 TIMOTE 1:7

He naʻe ʻikai foaki ʻe he ʻOtua kiate kitautolu ʻae laumālie ʻo e manavasiʻi; ka ko e mālohi, mo e ʻofa, mo e loto fakapotopoto (Uesi/West)

MEMORY VERSES: 2 TIMOTHY 1:7

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind (NKJV)

Ko e talanoa ‘o Tevita mo Kolaiate ko e taha ia he ngaahi talanoa ‘iloa taha ‘i he Tohitapu.  Na’e poletau ‘a Ha’a Filisitia ki he fa’ahi ‘a ‘Isileli ke veipa ‘a e ongo semipione ‘i he ongo pule’anga ko ‘eni.  Ko e to’a ‘a e fa’ahi ‘a Filisitia ko e saianiti, pea ko hono lahi na’e manavahee’i ‘e he kau tau ‘a ‘Isileli pea ‘ikai ha taha ke poletau mo ia.  Na’e hopo hake ‘a Tevita ke ne tali ‘a e poletau ‘a e to’a ko ‘eni, neongo na’e ‘alu atu ki he mala’e tau ko ‘ene ‘ave ‘a e me’akai ‘a hono fanga ta’okete.  Na’e fisi’ia ‘aupito ‘a Tevita ‘i he luki ‘a Kolaiate mo leakovi  ‘ene ki he ‘Otua ‘o ‘Isileli.  Na’a ne to’o ‘a ‘ene makata ‘o taa’i ‘aki ‘a Kolaiate ‘i he ivi ‘o e ‘Otua.  ‘Oku ha ‘i he vahe 18, ‘a e ngaahi me’a na’e hoko kia Tevita ‘i he hili ‘a e ikuna kaafakafa ‘i he’ene taa’i ‘a Kolaiate.  Na’e liliu lahi ‘aupito ‘a e mo’ui ‘a Tevita tatau pe ‘i he lelei pea mo e kovi.  Na’a ne ‘ilo’i ha kaume’a fafale ‘i hono va mo Sonatane.  Ko e ikuna na’e fai ‘e Tevita ‘i he’ena tau mo Kolaiate ko ha ikuna lahi faufau, ka ko ha fakatata ‘o e kosipeli.  ‘Ia Kalaisi, ‘oku tau ma’u ha Tu’i ‘oku lahi ange mo lelei ange ‘ia Tevita – ko ha Tu’i kuo ne ikuna’i ‘a e saianiti ‘o e angahala mo mate pea ne fakatau’ataina ‘a hono kakai ‘o ta lave ai. 

The story of David and Goliath is one of the most well-known in Scripture. The Philistine army challenged the Israelite army to a battle between their greatest champions. The Philistine champion was the giant Goliath, whose presence was so foreboding no Israelite wanted the seemingly impossible challenge of battling him. David (who was simply delivering lunch to his older brothers in the army) was offended by the mockery Goliath hurled against Israel's God, so he used his slingshot and the power of God Himself to kill the giant. Chapter 18 tells how, in the aftermath of his victory over Goliath, David's life changed both for the better and the worse-he discovered a lasting friend in Jonathan and a bitter rival in Saul. David's defeat of Goliath is a great biblical account, but it's also a picture of the gospel. In Christ, we have an even greater King than David - a King who defeated the giants of sin and death to set His people free.