The Invitation/ Prepared/ Holy Spirit as Personal Guide

A Vision of The Trinity Powerfully At Work

Eph 2:6 March 1, 2000

I was praising the Lord in the spirit one day when suddenly I was transported by the Spirit to the throne room of God. Immediately, I was before the Father’s throne at His feet. I was on my knees and Jesus was with me on one knee. He had His right arm around my shoulders and His left hand was under my chin holding my head. I was transfixed before God. I was afraid to move for fear that the vision, though I knew I was really in the throne room of God, would dissolve just as quickly as it had appeared. The Father then spoke to me and asked me, “What can I do for you?”

I asked for salvation for some people and some other things and then precipitously asked the Lord, “What can I do for you?” His reply was simple and quick. “Love one another.” After a bit longer the vision lifted but my memory of it has never faded.

The picture of the workings of the Trinity has served me well for forty years. Jesus was on one knee to show His subservience to one thing and one thing only, the Father. I was in His arms to show that whatever is accepted of Jesus and in His care is also accepted by the Father and that it is by this fact that we have access to the throne of grace. It is the Father who hears and answers our prayers when they are offered in the “name” of Jesus. My being in His arms showed I was asking in accord with His desires and with Christ’s OK. But what made this visit to the throne room happen, what made it a reality, was the power of the Spirit to transport me into the arms of Jesus and appear, in all spiritual reality, in heaven before God. “And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:” Eph 2:6 Jesus having one arm around me and one hand under my chin provided a perfect picture of the Song of Solomon when he appears in chapter two and eight to His bride with the same love and care. “His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.” Song of Songs 2:6 It is by His love that we are able to hold our head up in the presence of the Father and make our requests known to Him in time of need. This whole picture is a perfect illustration of The Trinity at work for the believer.

By the transporting power of the Holy Ghost I was seated in heavenly places in the arms of Christ. Through His grace and by my personal relationship with Christ I was granted access to the Father. The owner and master of the household of faith is all things and provides all things to his children. The Father is overseer and conceiver of the plan of salvation. He is omnipotent and omniscient. There is nothing He does not know and He is the architect of the sprawling spiritual house in which we live. The Son is the only path of entrance, for he delivered to us the only key that can unlock the door, a key in the form of the cross. A personal acknowledgment of Him as the Savior of our life is required if we are to be a resident in this great household of faith and we must concede to his will by obedience to the Spirit if we are to live in harmony with him in the heavenly home, his residence. But Jesus is much more than just Lord and Savior to those who have taken up residence in the household of faith. He is our advocate with the Father, always ready to intercede with the Father in our behalf. He wants to be our Friend, Parent, and most wonderfully, because he is man, he can be our brother, our sibling able to identify with us in everything. And he is Shepherd and Captain of our souls He wants to be our eternal husband and make us one being with Him – even as He and His Father are one. The Spirit is omnipresent – ever ready to console, convince, convert, guide and comfort on a personal level any believer of the household of faith who will allow him into their private quarters.

Life is good and active in the house of God. The adventure of life never ceases. The Triune God, always in perfect harmony, is ever present, ever ready, to give us what we need by His effectual workings in our lives. It is by – through – and to. By the power of the Spirit and through the love of Jesus we can go into the presence of our caring Father. “Cast all your cares upon God, for he careth for you.” 1 Pet 5:7 When someone asks you; How does the Trinity operate, how does it work? Answer them: by through and to, that’s how! How does the Trinity work? BY, THROUGH, and TO – One, in God’s Love working together for a person’s salvation.