Indescribable!

RON HAMILTON, CCCC CONFERENCE MINISTER

One of my favorite worship songs is the Chris Tomlin song, “Indescribable.” The chorus of this song contains these words…

Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name.
You are amazing God
All powerful, untameable,
Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim
You are amazing God

When considering all of the attributes of God, there is nothing more indescribable than the Trinity. Our statement of faith contains this statement…

“We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.”

Every attempt to explain the Trinity is inadequate. Can we really say that God is like an egg? Could the eternal God ever be limited to a one-dimensional triangle? Does God really look like a shamrock? Does the state of water (water, ice and steam) relate at all to a living and loving God?

Dawson McAllister says this about the Trinity,

“We can’t fully define God or the Trinity. But that’s what’s so cool about God. He’s so awesome, powerful and inexplicable, that we can’t define him. Nor would we want to. He just leaves us looking to him with wonder and awe.”

The passion of the life that we share as members of the CCCC is that we would live in obedience to Jesus as we “love God, love others and as we go, make disciples.” Loving God begins with getting to know Him personally and growing in our understanding of Him on a daily basis. The mystery of God’s nature is revealed to us as we get to know Him more each day.

I have been a believer for nearly 65 years. I have been a pastor for over 44 years. I’ve been surrounded by people of faith for my entire life. But, I must confess that I grow in my understanding of God each day and I want to know Him more each day.
I am so pleased that we serve a God who is bigger than than we are and beyond our comprehension. This does not drive me away from Him but invites me to know Him better day by day.