God's creating Spirit

I have begun reading a book by Christopher J.H. Wright, which is entitled: "Knowing the Holy Spirit through the Old Testament". 

Book has been lying around for 3 years now ~ or rather, since I entered the seminary in 2009 ~ but I've only worked up an appetite for it some days ago... (Honestly, I think the colour/design of its cover turned me off initially ~ it's just my pet peeves ~ but well, what did they tell you about not judging a book by its cover???) 

Yesterday night, sleep did not come easy ~ and suddenly I had a great yearning to read this book. So I did ~ and I loved it.

The first chapter was already very fascinating. Wright compiles Scripture from the Old Testament to indicate God's Holy Spirit's role in the Creation --- how the Spirit hovered over the waters; the link between God's Spirit and His Word that spoke the old Creation into being; the daily sustaining and renewing of the Creation; and the work of the Holy Spirit in human life that makes human beings different from the rest of the Creation. Subsequently, Wright cleverly leads his readers to ponder on the role of the Holy Spirit in creating ~ or birthing ~ the new Creation in Christ (cf. Romans 8:19-23, 26-27).

What constantly struck me whilst reading that first chapter was the awe of the Triune nature of God ~ as well as the unity, intimate collaboration and synergy of the Three Persons of the Godhead in every work and in the making of every bit of history. We often tend to think that at least one Person of the Godhead "takes a break" while the rest acts for a period of time ~ and then they SWAP PLACES. Like workers on shifts! But the truth is this: GOD ~ the Father, Son and Holy Spirit --- they never work apart from one another. And yet, many churches do not emphasize the role of the Holy Spirit enough.

Also, I reflected on what my salvation in Christ meant in the light of this chapter (yes, just this chapter for now)--- and I concluded that it means "...being enabled by God's grace and initiative to synchronize oneself with the poise and yet action of the Holy Spirit in the birthing process of the New Creation..."