Three-in-One

Three-in-One

The wonder and mystery of the Godhead is beyond us, and yet God has revealed Himself as the Three-in-One. One God, and yet three Persons. All illustrations are lacking, but here is my attempt:

In the mind of the Father is the most beautiful color that exists. The beauty of this color exceeds anything else that you could find in creation. If you were to see it, it would take your breath away. If you were to behold it, it would change your life. But, you cannot see into the mind of the Father. That which your heart desires and your soul seeks - it is beyond your reach, deep in the mind of God.

But God (oh, that little phrase), - but God - was unwilling to keep this beauty to Himself. He desired that it be shared, and that you see, and be changed. And this is where the second Person of the Trinity comes in. You see, it is the Father’s place to conceive the color that is beyond the beauty of any other color. But it is given to the Son to communicate the color. “And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us. And we beheld His glory (that color), the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth (the beautiful color of grace and truth) (Jn 1:14, less the parentheses). When we see the Son, we something of the being of the Father, not physically, because the Father is Spirit. But we see something of who He is, His character. And, it is beautiful beyond words.

We see the beauty of the most majestic color hidden in the mind of God when Jesus speaks, and when He refuses to speak. We see it when He confronts, and when He overwhelms; when He forbids, and when He welcomes. We see it in all the ways that He lived; and we see it in the one way that He died. We see the beauty of the Father in the face of the Son. It takes our breath away, and we are changed.

When you are told of the beauty in the un-open-able can of heavenly color, you wonder. And when the lid is taken off the can, you see and believe. But it does not end there, does it? Because there are not only two members of the Godhead, but three: Father, Son, and Spirit. They are together God, and they are each one, God, one God. Their beauty is/are functions of all Three.

The beautiful color of paint in a can is indeed beautiful. But God never intended for that color to be observed, as in a museum. He intended for it to be displayed, to be expressed, to be worn. And so the Spirit applies to the lives of those who believe the beauty of the color that is demonstrated in Jesus and conceived of by the Father. We are adorned with such beauty, frail and foolish creatures that we are, and we are able to then continue to share what God the Father willed to have shared, as displayed by Jesus, with the assistance of the Spirit. The hidden beauty in the mind of the Father is revealed in the Son, and then applied to those who believe by the Spirit. It takes our breath away, and we are changed.