God the Holy Trinity

I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one (John 17:22).

God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirit—three Persons, one God.  How can we understand this amazing and mysterious Being?  Why is He so important in our lives?

Trying to understand the Triune God is an exercise in futility.  The LORD is eternal—He stands outside of time, untouched by it. We who are bound by time cannot understand a being that has no beginning and no end.  The Mighty One has unlimited power—we who rely on tools and science cannot imagine a being that can do anything just by speaking His will.  Our God is everywhere and knows everything that’s going on—this amazes us, because we struggle to get hold of what’s going on just in our immediate vicinity.  In so many ways, the Lord of Hosts is beyond what we can imagine—being one God in three Persons is just one more aspect of His magnificence that we cannot truly comprehend.

What we do understand is family.  We know the importance of relationships.  And one thing that is clear about our Triune God is this—He is the God of relationships, the source of family.

Father, Son and Holy Spirit—they have always existed in a unity that we can scarcely grasp.  God has never experienced loneliness.  He did not create us because He needed companionship; the Triune God made people simply to spread His love further. 

Tragically, sin got in the way.  Sin makes each person look inward rather than outward.  Sin urges us to put ourselves first, at the expense of everyone else.  Sin destroys relationships through selfishness.  Thankfully, the LORD did not give up on us.  Although He doesn’t need our companionship, Jesus was sent to fix the relationships that were broken off by sin.  The Son of God experienced something on the cross He never had before—complete isolation from His Father and the Spirit.  That hellish separation had a wonderful effect—it restored our fellowship with God. 

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—three Persons, one God.  We might not understand how that works, but so what?  One thing we can definitely appreciate is the love of family which is ours through Him.