ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Pulelulu Novema 23, 2022 

UNRESTRAINED ZEAL

MAMAHI‘I ‘A E ME‘A ‘A E ‘OTUA

PSALM 69:9

For zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the taunts of those who taunt You have fallen on me.

SAAME 69:9

He ko e mamahi‘i ‘o ho fale kuo kai ‘o ‘osi au; Ko e ngaahi manuki ‘a e kakai ‘oku manuki koe kuo tō kiate au.

 

Soli Deo Gloria – To the Glory of God Alone

Ki he Langilangi ‘o e ‘Otua Tokotaha pe   

How is it with you, dear brother? Do you say, "Well, I am not the warmest of all, but then I am not the coldest of all"? Then I have a suspicion as to your temperature; but I leave the matter to your own judgment, only remarking that I have never yet met with fire that is moderately hot. Should any of you discover such an article, you will be wise to patent it, for it might be of service in many ways.

The fire with which I have been acquainted has been such that I have never given it my hand without remembering its warm embrace. Fire has never yet learned moderation. I am told that it is wrong to go to extremes, and upon that ground fire is certainly guilty; for it is not only intensely hot, but it has a tendency to consume and destroy without limit. When it once commenced with this city, in the olden time, it left little of it but ashes; there was no keeping it within bounds. May God grant us grace to go to extremes in His service! May we be filled with an unrestrainable zeal for His glory!

CHARLES SPURGEON