We’re working toward Trinity Sunday, the day in which we celebrate the Third Person of God, God’s Holy Spirit. Christians don’t worship THREE Gods, rather we acknowledge the Triune faces of God, different functions, yet the same God. Some would call these Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer. Scriptures to be read this weekend celebrate this Third Person (the Holy Spirit) and how he/she works in our daily lives to bring us closer to Perfection.
Before Jesus, this spirit was considered to be Wisdom, and PROVERBS 8:1-4, 22-31 tells of the everywhere character of this Person: “on the heights, beside the way, at the crossroads…” We are encouraged to remember the spark of Wisdom coursing through our own souls, to affirm that the creative process continues within us as we assume the process of truth and discernment. Even in this mystery we pay attention to our own connection with the Creator.
St. Paul goes deep in ROMANS 5:1-5: he speaks of the rewards of bearing our “sufferings” nobly and with an eye on coming glories. Why? “…because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us”. This faithful love is ours not because of our goodness, but rather through the mercies of One who Created us in a holy image. We are given the opportunity–again and again–to discern this steadfast love in our daily walk.
JOHN 16:12-15 is part of Jesus’ farewell discourse to his followers in which he assures them (and us) that his absence is only temporary, that a great portion of God–the Holy Spirit–” will guide you into all the truth”. The role of the Spirit, then, is an interpretation of the God-like life to all who wish it; that is, to imitate Christ in ethical and moral stances.
Douglas M. Donley questions, “why can’t this form of wisdom be seen as an aspect of God’s Presence in our lives? As we are innately wise, so we are innately connected with God”. (FEASTING on the WORD, C 3:26) In all of our wanderings, we are to remember that God’s Holy Spirit graciously spreads God’s abundance to everyone, even in times of rebellion and anger and neglect…
In the process of unfolding, Horace Brown King
Lessons to be read and heard during worship on the upcoming weekend are presented every Tuesday at horacebrownking.com.
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