ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tusite Novema 29, 2022

HIS PROVIDENCE

KO ‘ENE PALOVITENISI

PSALM 113:5-6

5¶Who is like the Lord our God, Who is enthroned on high, 6 Who looks far down to The heavens and the earth?

PSALM 113:5-6

Ko hai ‘oku tatau mo Sihova ko hotau ‘Otua? ‘A ia ‘oku ne ‘ai mei ‘olunga hono ‘afio‘anga. 6 ‘A ia ‘oku ne āfeitaulalo ke vakai ‘a e ngaahi me‘a ‘a langi mo māmani.

 

Soli Deo Gloria – To the Glory of God Alone

Ki he Langilangi ‘o e ‘Otua Tokotaha pe   

Though God's glory is far above all heavens, the distance at which is placed does not prevent His governing the world by His providence. God is highly exalted, but He sees after off, so that He needs not change place when He would condescend to take care of us. We on our part are poor and lowly, but our wretched condition is no reason why God will not concern Himself about us.

While we view with admiration the immensity of His glory as raised above all heavens, we must not disbelieve His willingness to foster us under His fatherly care. The two things are, with great propriety, conjoined here by [the psalmist], that, on the one hand, when we think of God's majesty we should not be terrified into a forgetfulness of His goodness and benignity, nor, on the other, lose our reverence for His majesty in contemplating the condescension of His mercy.

JOHN CALVIN