Delighting in the Trinity

“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” 2 Corinthians 13:14

When you hear the word Trinity, what stirs inside you? Perhaps reverence. Perhaps confusion. Maybe even anxiety, as if you're being handed a theological riddle with no answer key. For many believers, the doctrine of the Trinity feels like the deep end of the theological pool mysterious, necessary, but not exactly thrilling.

But what if we’ve misunderstood what the Trinity is meant to be?

The Trinity isn’t a doctrinal burden for theologians to argue over. It’s the wellspring of Christian joy. The very foundation of our hope, our worship, our prayer and, ultimately, our happiness is rooted in the glorious truth that God is Father, Son, and Spirit.

Not a Puzzle, but a Person

Too often, we treat the Trinity like an abstract math problem “One God in three persons.” But the Bible doesn’t present it that way. It simply shows us a God who is deeply relational within Himself. Jesus speaks of the Father. The Spirit descends on the Son. The Father delights in the Son. This is not a puzzle to crack it’s a relationship to enter.

As theologian Michael Reeves writes, “The Trinity is the cockpit of all Christian thinking.” It's the core, the center, the heart. Without the Trinity, we don’t just lose clarity we lose the very identity of the God we worship.

And as John Calvin warns, if we don't think of God as triune, “only the bare and empty name of God flits about in our brains.” We may speak of God, but we’re not speaking of the true God.

The Joy at the Center of the Universe

From eternity past, the Father has loved the Son. The Son has reflected the glory of the Father. The Spirit has shared and communicated this perfect love between them. In this divine love, joy, and fellowship, God has existed forever not static, not cold, not alone but in a glorious dance of eternal delight.

C.S. Lewis described the Trinity as “a kind of dance.” A divine choreography of love so rich and alive that it’s almost irreverent to describe, but impossible not to try. He writes:

“God is not a static thing not even a person but a dynamic, pulsating activity, a life, almost a kind of drama... The union between the Father and the Son is such a live concrete thing that this union itself is also a Person... the Third of the three Persons who are God.”
(Mere Christianity)

We were created not just by this triune God but for this very joy. Christianity teaches that we are invited into this divine life, to participate in the eternal fellowship of Father, Son, and Spirit.

The Trinity in Our Daily Life

The Trinity is not merely theological it is deeply personal and practical. Tim Keller puts it this way “We address a triune God, and our prayers can be heard only through the distinct work of every person in the Godhead.” (Prayer)

Consider your daily spiritual life:

• You pray to the Father, who loves you and welcomes you.

• You pray through the Son, whose sacrifice grants you access.

• You pray in the Spirit, who intercedes and guides your heart.

Every time you pray, you’re engaging with the Trinity. Every time you worship, you are drawn into the divine circle of love that has existed forever. And when you forget this, your spiritual life shrinks into a cold, mechanical routine.

Where Beauty Begins

Karl Barth once said, “The triunity of God is the secret of His beauty.” But more than that, the Trinity is the source of all beauty. The perfection we see in creation the harmony, the joy, the glory flows from the fellowship of the triune God.

In Jesus’s baptism, we see the clearest picture of this divine harmony:

• The Father speaks love and delight.

• The Son obeys and fulfills righteousness.

• The Spirit descends like a dove.

Anointer, Anointed, and Anointing. Three persons, one God, one perfect moment of eternal love made visible in time.

Made for the Dance

Why does this matter for you?

Because you were made to join the dance. Not to observe from the outside, not to decode the formula, but to enter into the joy. C.S. Lewis again:

“The whole dance, or drama, or pattern of this three-Personal life is to be played out in each one of us... If you want joy, power, peace, eternal life, you must get close to, or even into, the thing that has them.”
(Mere Christianity)

To pursue joy in God to live the Christian life fully you must be drawn into the triune life of God. You must know Him as Father, Son, and Spirit. That’s not optional. That’s the Christian life.

Why It’s Worth the Wonder

Yes, the Trinity is mysterious. It stretches the mind and humbles our explanations. But mystery is not a reason to back away. It’s a reason to lean in. As Reeves puts it, “What we assume would be a dull or peculiar irrelevance turns out to be the source of all that is good in Christianity.”

We don’t love a generic god. We love the Father who sent the Son. We love the Son who gave His life and rose again. We love the Spirit who brings us into this love and makes it real in our hearts.

So let your soul be thrilled. Let your heart swell in worship. Let your mind be renewed. Delight in the Trinity not as a problem to solve, but as the God who saved you, walks with you, and fills you with joy everlasting.

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