Baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
—Matthew 28:19
We will do well to remember that the doctrine of the Holy Trinity has a deep devotional aspect. As we think of God, we remember the inconceivable distance that separates Him in His holiness from sinful men, and we bow in deep contrition and holy fear. As we think of Christ the Son, we remember the inconceivable nearness in which He came to be born of a woman, a daughter of Adam, and to die the accursed death, and so to be inseparably joined to us for all eternity. And as we think of the Holy Spirit, we remember the inconceivable blessedness of God having His abode in us, and making us His home and His temple throughout eternity.
When Christ taught us to say, “Our Father which art in heaven” (Matthew 6:9), He immediately added, “Hallowed be Thy name” (verse 9). As God is holy, so we are to be holy, too. And there is no way of becoming holy but by considering His name most holy and drawing near to Him in prayer.
How often we speak His name without any sense of the unspeakable privilege of our relationship with God! If we would just take time to come into contact with God and to worship Him in His love, how the inner chamber would become to us the gate of heaven!
Child of God, if you pray to your Father in secret, bow very low before Him and seek to adore His name as most holy. Remember that this is the highest blessedness of prayer.
“Pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly” (Matthew 6:6).
What an unspeakable privilege, to be alone with God in secret and to say, “My Father!” How incredible to have the assurance that He has indeed seen me in secret and will reward me openly. Take time until you can say, “I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved” (Genesis 32:30).