Be glad about this, even though it may now be necessary for your to be sad for a while because of the many kinds of trials you suffer. Their purpose is to prove that your faith is genuine. Even gold, which can be destroyed, is tested by fire; and so your faith, which is much more precious than gold, must also be tested, so that it may endure. Then you will receive praise and glory and honor on the Day when Jesus Christ is revealed. You love him, although you have not seen him, and you believe in him, although you do not now see him. So you rejoice with a great and glorious joy which words cannot express, because you are receiving the salvation of your souls, which is the purpose of your faith in him.

1 Peter 1:6-9

Our salvation began with the Father’s loving plan, and was made possible by Jesus’ atoning death on the cross to provide forgiveness and cleansing, and is carried out by the transforming work of the Holy Spirit in us. The more clearly we see and appreciate the unique role each Person of the Godhead has in our salvation, the more intimate will be our daily walk with Him.

We cannot fully understand His being – that He is Three-In-One, that He eternally exists in three equal yet distinct Persons as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. But He expects us to praise Him because of the wonder of His love and forgiveness that flows from His triune nature.

The Trinity confounds our minds,

but comforts our heart.

Our Daily Bread – May 26, 2002