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Many have tried to explain the HOLY TRINITY through human images to capture the mystery of how three divine persons work together in harmony to represent one God. Perhaps a plausible but crude explanation can be attempted in the light of how our social systems work or fail to work: Every establishment, call it nation, state, family, or association has an over all ‘leader’ (the father). This leader works with legimately chosen partner(s) (the Son), and these two arms together produce a synergy with ‘the people’ under them (the Holy Spirit).
We all seek peace, and this peace cannot occur if there is no love and cooperation between these principal actors as we see in the HOLY TRINITY. God the Father and God the Son cooperated to enunciate the Holy Spirit. The people in any nation. State, family, or association can experience the fruits of God’s blessings if the leader and the legimately chosen partner(s)work together in sincerity to make progress come about. Just as the spirit of God is the fruit of the love that exists between the Father and the Son, so will that same love envelope ‘any group’ if true love or collaboration exists, otherwise forget it.
St Paul says it clearly in Romans 8:14ff that “all who are led by the spirit of God are children of God.” The people who allow themselves to be led by the spirit and thus collaborate with love will indeed reap the fruits of peace and progress. Leaders who do not genuinely collaborate with their chosen officials or partners and are biased, preferring other ‘clicks’, will not experience true peace and harmony in the group. No change can come if there is no cooperation in this trinity of engagement.
In the Old Testament, we see this same triune activity in the book of Deuteronomy (4:32-40), when God and Moses were working together with “the people” on their way to the Promised Land. Moses pleads with them to “keep God’s statues and his commandments …that it may be well with you.” Even for us today, the fruits of the trinitarian God can only be reaped if we learn to obey God’s commandments and cooperate with the socio-political dispensation or any other environment we find ourselves. The blame game and our making excuses to go separate ways is not the answer to our quest for peace and harmony. May God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit help us.
Disclaimer: The opinion expressed in this article is strictly that of the author, Peter Obele Abue and does not represent TheLumineNews, its agent or the organization the author works for
