The delight and pleasure of God are in His beloved Son, and that is where we are too. What is ours is His; what is His is ours. So God delights in us too. If our hearts would take this in, Martin Luther said, they would burst for joy in a hundred thousand pieces. In a world that is given over to sin, death and the devil, there is one point where the delight of God dwells. "This is my beloved Son with whom I am well pleased." That is where we are in solidarity with Jesus. With Jesus there is God's delight. God, Christ, you -- all together like one thing.
"Selected Sermons of Norman Nagel" page 44
