ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 Tu’apulelulu Fepueli 5, 2026

LEVITIKO 14-15; SAAME 139:1-16

No detail of your life is outside of the watchful and faithful care of your heavenly Father.

‘Oku ‘ikai ha mingimingi’i ma’e ‘i ho’o mo’ui ‘e ta’e ‘afio’i ‘e he fofonga tokanga mo ‘ofa ‘o ho’o Tamai faka-hevani.

Politicians on the campaign trail often communicate that they care for their constituents, but their care is distant and impersonal at best. They don't know you, they don't love you, and they have no idea what your personal life is like or what burdens you bear. So when a politician says he cares, you don't tell yourself you can let go of your burdens and rest in this leader's care. Because you hear his words of care in the most general sense, they make little difference in your emotional or spiritual state or in how you live your life.

But imagine what it would be like to have the most powerful person in the universe set his love on you, commit to unleashing his power to bless you, and deliver amazing promises of guidance, protection, and provision. Wouldn't the care of that person change the way you think about yourself, your life, your hopes and dreams, your potential, and the hardships and burdens of life? This is exactly what the book of Leviticus is about: it's about Almighty God, the Lord of heaven and earth, setting his love on his children and making covenant promises to bless them and, through them, to bless the peoples of the earth. What Leviticus pictures for us is how deep, detailed, and pervasive the care of God is for his children. The specificity and detail of God's laws for his children show just how much he loves them. In these laws we see how much he cares about every detail of what we deal with as we live in this fallen world. The one who created us cares for us, and, because he created us, he knows just what we need.

Leviticus 15 includes a series of laws about bodily discharges. Now, you may not have known that this was in the Bible, or you may be wondering why it is in the Bible. Perhaps you have never heard a sermon on Leviticus 15 and bodily discharges. But there is a reason for these laws, and a reason they were preserved for us. They remind us that no human experience, no matter how personal or embarrassing, is outside the Lord's care. God's care is so insightful and thorough that he even cares about our most intimate bodily functions. He knows what men and women go through, and he meets us with his loving care. I am glad for Leviticus 15 and what it communicates about the specificity of God's love for his children. If he cares so much about the little things in our lives, you can be sure he cares about the biggest danger to us: our sin. If he works in the little things, you can rest assured that he will deal with this big thing: he will send one who will conquer sin and death and reconcile us to himself forever.