The Friday within the Octave of the Feast of the Holy Trinity
Posted on June 20, 2025 by under
Scripture: Galatians 4:1-7 (NKJV)
4:1 Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all, 2 but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father. 3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world. 4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.
6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” 7 Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Devotion
These verses use the closeness of human relationships to show us how God desires salvation for us and to keep us strong and steadfast in it. At the same time, it gives us some glimpse into how united the persons in the Trinity are. This closeness and unity is precisely the way that God identifies Himself and wants us, His people, to think of Him.
As close as the Father and the Son are, they were united in purpose that the Son should take on humanity and fulfill for us the Law that we cannot, so that we could be redeemed from sin, death, and the power of the devil. This work required the Son to die, but He did so willingly and without complaint. Now that He has called us to faith, He also sends us the Holy Spirit, who dwells in our hearts and cries out, not in fear or terror, but as one pleads with a loving father, “Abba!” It is this work of God which converts us from slaves of the Law into His sons under grace, that is, members of God’s immediate family and heirs of those heavenly benefits.
Collect: Almighty and Everlasting God, Who hast given unto us, Thy servants, grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of the Divine Majesty to worship the Unity: We beseech Thee, that Thou wouldest keep us steadfast in this faith, and evermore defend us from all adversities; Who livest and reignest, One God, world without end. Amen.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
