Someone proposed the thought the other day that people tend to focus on certain aspects of the Trinity, while neglecting another one. Obviously my first instinct was, ‘Why would people do that? Those people are dumb’. Fittingly enough I decided to examine myself and see if I was one of those dumb people. Not surprisingly, I am. Even more ironically, I realized the part of the Trinity that I neglect is Christ Himself.
What I mean is, in relation to the Father, I’m trying to seek him, to know him and to be in community with him, and see my sin in comparison to his holiness. I rely on the Spirit to grow me in holiness and to sanctify me. How I neglect Christ is that I don’t think and rely on his sacrifice like I should. I tend to view myself in light of how I am performing, forgetting that my performance has been switched with Christ’s, and I inherit his work and he has taken mine.
So in light of this I need to continually preach the gospel to myself daily, not focusing on my performance, but on Christ’s.
