ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tokonaki Tisema 17, 2022

LABOR FOR THE LORD

NGAUE KI HE ‘OTUA

COLOSSIANS 3:23

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord.

KOLOSE 3:23

‘Ilonga ha me‘a te mou fai, ngāue fie ngāue ki ai, he ko e ngāue ki he ‘Eiki, ‘o ‘ikai ki he kakai:

 

Soli Deo Gloria – To the Glory of God Alone

Ki he Langilangi ‘o e ‘Otua Tokotaha pe    

Among the toiling multitudes, the journeymen, the day labourers, the domestic servants, the drudges of the kitchen, the apostle found, as we find still, some of the Lord's chosen, and to them he says, "Whatsoever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ." This saying ennobles the weary routine of earthly employments, and sheds a halo around the most humble occupations.

To wash feet may be servile, but to wash His feet is royal work. To unloose the shoe-latchet is poor employ, but to unloose Master's shoe is a princely privilege. The shop, the the Great barn, the scullery, and the smithy become temples when men and women do all to the glory of God! Then "divine service" is not a thing of a few hours and a few places, but all life becomes holiness unto the Lord, and every place and thing, as consecrated as the tabernacle and its golden candlestick.

CHARLES SPURGEON