JR. Forasteros - May 26, 2013
Trinity Sunday
The Trinity is the most basic expression of who God is: God is wholly self-giving love. God exists eternally as Father, Son and Spirit - three persons who are united as one being. And these three are constantly giving to and receiving from each other. This is God. This is Trinity. We were created in this God's image. The good news is that through Jesus' death and resurrection, God invites us to join in the Trinity's inner life. We were created to be givers, and we are never more fully ourselves than when we give.
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One of the most surreal moments in my life was my going away party in Ohio. When I lived there, I was part of a preaching team at a large church. When we left to come to Texas, they threw us a goodbye party. As they tend to be, the party was bittersweet, a chance to say goodbye to good friends one last time. But a couple of different people came up to me to say goodbye, and I would have sworn I’d never seen them before in my life. But they came up to me, gave me a hug, and spent a couple of moments telling me how much my preaching had impacted them.
It was surreal, but it happens in jobs like teaching or preaching or writing. Any place where, as part of your craft, you put a lot of yourself out there, share personal stories as illustrations, get raw and vulnerable… but it’s all a 1-way interaction. It’s not bad necessarily – I don’t expect to have a close personal friendship with every person I meet. But it was weird for me, to be on the receiving end of the illusion of a relationship, and as I was working on this new series I kept coming back to that experience.
How do we know God? Not just know about God, but really know God.
It’s a lot easier to know about God than it is to know God, and I wonder if we’re clear about exactly what the difference is.
How do we know God? The answer is complex, but not complicated. As with any relationship, there are a lot of ways to know God. And as with any relationship, it takes time.
The best news is that God wants to have a relationship with us.
God wants to know us, not just know about us. So today, we’re going to explore some access points for knowing God better, and we’ll see how God uses them to invite us into a true relationship, one where we don’t just know about God, but truly know the God who created us and calls us.
