Who Said That?

Matthew 3:16-17   After his baptism, as Jesus came up out of the water, the heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and settling on him. And a voice from heaven said, "This is my beloved Son, and I am fully pleased with him."

            In our private moments with the Lord, have you ever asked the Lord a question and then paused for the answer?  Maybe we have said something profound or a little embarrassing and expected the Lord’s voice to come booming down from heaven to give us approval or dismay.

            We have often thought that when we get to heaven, we’ll have a laundry list of questions to ask Him.  It could be about pain and suffering, or poverty, or war, or hate, or many things that come to mind right now.  But don’t you wish He would just answer them now?

            Today’s verses give us the very beginning of the relationship that has been present since the beginning of time.   It’s the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. 

Did you realize that we are made in His Image?  You have a physical body just like Jesus, God’s Son had, we have an intellect or thinking capability like God the Father, and a soul that nudges us to what is right or wrong which is our connection to the Holy Spirit.

            At this one location all three are revealed at the same time. Each member of the Trinity has a distinctive primary role (or work):  The Father originates, chooses, and calls us.      The Son reveals the Father and redeems us by means of His own death on the cross.      The Spirit witnesses to Christ, awakens our dead souls, gives us new life, and delivers us to heaven.

But the personal distinctions are not something added onto God's essential being. His being encompasses them all.

 Jesus was faithful to his Father’s wishes, the movement of the Holy Spirit like a dove, and the Father speaking His words of approval.  Therefore at the beginning of Jesus’ ministry what better way to show the people that the Messiah had really come than to speak His approval?

Can we hear the Lord’s voice speak to us?  Are you tuned in or are you saying, “Who Said That?”