ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Falaite Tisema 2, 2022

DIVINE BIDDING

TALIANGI KI LOTO TATAU

JAMES 4:10

Humble yourself before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

SEMISI 4:10

Fakavaivai‘i kimoutolu ‘i he ‘ao ‘o e ‘Eiki, pea te ne hākeaki‘i kimoutolu.

 

Soli Deo Gloria – To the Glory of God Alone

Ki he Langilangi ‘o e ‘Otua Tokotaha pe   

The world does not revolve, the sun does not blaze, the moon does not wax and wane, the stars do not shine entirely for the especial benefit of any one brother here; neither does Christendom exist for the purpose of finding us pulpits, nor our own particular church that it may furnish us with a congregation and an income; nay, nor does even so much as one believer exist that he may lay himself out for our sole comfort and honour. We are too insignificant to be of any great importance in God's vast universe; He can do either with us or without us, and our presence or absence will not disarrange His plans.

Yet, for all that, our subject is individuality, and we hope that each man will recognize and honorably maintain his personality. The proper recognition of the ego is a theme worthy of our attention. I will make a word if I may: let egotism stand for proud, vainglorious, intrusive selfhood, and let egoism stand for the humble, responsible, and honest selfhood which, finding itself in being, resolves to be at the divine bidding, and to be at its best to the glory of God.

CHARLES SPURGEON