ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tokonaki ‘Epeleli 2, 2022

LIFE DEMANDS FAITH

KUOPAU KE ‘I AI HA TUI KI HE MO‘UI NI

PROVERBS 3:5

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.

PALOVEPI 3:5

Falala ki he ‘Eiki ‘aki ‘a e kotoa ‘o ho loto, ‘O ‘oua ‘e faaki ki ho poto ‘o‘ou:

 

Sola Fide - Faith Alone - Ko e Tui´ pe   

 

The pursuits of life illustrate faith in many ways. The farmer buries good seed in the earth and expects it not only to live but to be multiplied. He has faith in the covenant arrangement, that "seed-time and harvest shall not cease," and he is rewarded for his faith. The merchant places his money in the care of a banker and trusts altogether to the honesty and soundness of the bank. He entrusts his capital to another's hands and feels far more at ease than if he had the solid gold locked up in an iron safe. The sailor trusts himself to the sea. When he swims he takes his foot from the bottom and rests upon the buoyant ocean. He could not swim if he did not wholly cast himself upon the water.

 

You cannot turn anywhere in life without seeing faith in operation between man and man, or between man and natural law. Now, just as we trust in daily life, even so are we to trust in God as He is revealed in Christ Jesus.

 

CHARLES SPURGEON

 

‘Oku tau ma’u pe mei he mo’ui faka’aho ‘a e ngaahi fakatata ‘o e tui. ‘Oku to ‘e he tangata ngoue ‘a ‘e tenga ki he kelekele, pea ‘oku ‘ikai ngata pe ‘ene ‘amanaki ‘e toe mo’ui, ka ke fua lahi foki. ‘Oku ne falala ki he fo’i natula mo’oni ko ia, ‘o e taimi ‘e to ai ha tenga ki he kelekele, mo e taimi ‘e utu ai pea ‘oku vilo ma’u pe. ‘Io, ‘oku fakapale’i ia ‘o fakatatau ki he’ene tui. Ko e tangata pisinisi, ‘oku fakahu ‘ene silini ki he pangikee, pea ‘oku ne falala kakato ki he faitotonu mo e mafai ‘o e pangikee ke malu’i ‘ene pa’anga. ‘Oku ne tuku atu ‘ene falalaa ki he nima ‘o ha tokotaha kehe, pea ‘oku ne ma’u ha nonga, ‘o laka hake ‘o kapau na’a ne loka’i ‘ene koula ‘i he seifi ‘aione. Ko e tautahi, ‘oku ne falala ki he tahi. ‘I he taimi ‘oku kakau ai, ‘oku ‘ikai te ne tu’u ‘i he ‘one’one ‘o e kilisitahi, ka ‘oku ne tokoto ke puke hake ia ‘e he tahi. ‘Oku ‘ikai te ne lava ke kakau, kapau ‘oku ‘ikai te ne tukuange ia ki he fukahi tahi.

 

‘Oku ‘ikai ha potu te ke hanga ki ai ‘oku ta’e ma’u ai ‘a e fakatata ‘o e tui, ‘i he va ‘o e tangata mo e tangata pe ko e tangata mo e lao ‘o natula. Ko ia ia, hange pe ko ‘etau ngaue ‘aki ‘a e falalaa ‘i he’etau mo’ui faka’aho, ‘oku toe mahulu ange ‘a e pau ke tau tui falala ki he ‘Otua, ‘i he’ene fakaha mai Ia kiate kitautolu ‘ia Kalaisi Sisu.