The goodness of usness

"The Son Exalted Above Angels

For to which of the angels did He ever say:

“You are My Son,

Today I have begotten You”? And again:

“I will be to Him a Father,

And He shall be to Me a Son”?

But when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says:

“Let all the angels of God worship Him.”

And of the angels He says:

“Who makes His angels spirits

And His ministers a flame of fire.”

But to the Son He says:

“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;

A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom." - Hebrews 1:5-8

I don't know if any of us will ever grasp the concept of the Trinity. It is way beyond our ken. How God the Son can be begotten by God the Father and be not only the Son of God but also God is more than my more feeble mind is able to grasp. In this passage God the Father addresses God the Son as God. If we believe the Bible the deity of Christ cannot really be in doubt. I don't 'get it' but I think there is a lesson for us. 

I read a book recently by Michael Reeves. He is going to be our speaker next year at a Christian workers conference in Ireland. In America the book is called 'Delighting in the Trinity' and in the UK it is called 'The Good God: Enjoying the Father, Son, and Spirit.' In this book Reeves makes some applications that really helped me undestand just a tiny bit more about the Trinity. 

Reeves' concept of the Trinity is that God is a God of relationship. From the very beginning we read of God saying 'Let Us make man in Our image.' God said that it was not good that man is alone, so He did something about it.  A little later He says 'let Us go down and confuse their language.' 

It is clear that there is an inherent 'usness' of God. Relationship was a part of God's plan from the very beginning because it is a part of who He is. It is a part of His very nature. 

God evidences the goodness of usness at the very start when He created both man and woman so that there would not be aloneness. Cultures and societies are a part of how we live. After Christ He gave us the church and we call each other 'brother' and 'sister.' He calls us His children, 

God never intended us to be alone. 

At yet all around us are lonely people. As the children of a Triune God we need to remember that there is a goodness about usness. God wants us to reach out to those who have no usness. Jesus prayed that we would all be one just as He and the Father are one. It is Hid desire that everyone enter that eternal usness and He has commissioned us to share that message with all those around. 

Thank God for this little tidbit to remind us that usness is a part of God's plan and that usness in a part of His goodness.