The Trinity Is Community

Consider just two essential realities that flow from this fact. First, we are created in the image of God, or more precisely, as a reflection of the Trinity. If we really understood this wonderful truth deep in our hearts, it would probably bring revival in our day. The Trinity is a community and so to be made in its image means we are relational at our core. “Our creation is by love, in love and for love,” writes psychologist Gerald May. But there is more. The Trinity is a society whose members draw their identities from the others. The Father wouldn’t be a father if it weren’t for his relationship to the Son and to us. He might be “God,” “Jehovah,” even “Almighty,” but never “Abba, Father.” Of course the Son would never have been one if not for the presence of the Father. But because of his relationship to the other members of the Trinity, Jesus has been and forever will be the Son of God. And just like all children, what he craves most, his greatest prize, is the applause of the Father. “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world” (John 17:24).

Identity is not something that falls on us out of the sky. For better or for worse, identity is bestowed.


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