Our deferring Trinity

So many new awarenesses... feel like I need a fortnight off to explore them all!

Been looking at how Jesus related to his Father. He continually said "I only say what the Father says... I only do what the Father is doing." Clearly his eyes were continually on his Father, much as a little boy would watch and imitate his dad. This is a picture of a dependent child - not a masterful adult. Not my will, not my words, not my actions, not my power...but His. If Jesus needed his Daddy (Abba) then how much more do we?

And then there is the deference. Jesus points us to Father - The Spirit points us to Jesus - and the Father says "Look at my Son, I love him so much. Listen to him." Jesus said, "No-one comes to me except the Father draws him." Then he says, "No-one comes to the Father except by me." The Father draws us to Jesus, who in turn is the Way to the Father, and the Spirit speaks into our hearts enabling us to cry "Abba, Father" and to exalt Jesus as Lord. WOW! What a picture of the nature of love. Deferring, exalting another, adding to and assisting one another.

We can't do this of ourselves. Our orphan, unloved hearts are not capable. But once the perfect love of our perfect Father washes and invades our hearts we can! Increasingly and more naturally. What a way to live! Secure in the love of Abba, Jesus and the Spirit and free to defer to others without losing anything. "This is life, that they may know me and the one who sent me."