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23 But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the
true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. 24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must
worship in spirit and truth.” – John
4:23-24 ESV
When talking to the Samaritan woman at
the well, Jesus said God is seeking out those who would worship Him in spirit
and in truth. To this very day, God is still seeking true worshipers, not
beggars, not spoiled brats, not even servants but worshipers. Jesus’ statement
alone should make us pause and take a long good look at what true worship is
and then make ourselves available to the Father as true worshipers.
God is spirit, we are spirit with soul
and body; now the only way we can truly worship God is by our recreated spirit
that is joined to His. As we do so, we will be able to present our bodies as
living sacrifices to Him and be renewed in our souls to know what His will for
us is, otherwise we will find ourselves being conformed to the pattern of this
world system while deceiving ourselves into thinking that we are truly worshiping
Him. Romans 12:1-2 comes to mind.
The thing is, God is Omnipresent and
Omniscient, that is He is everywhere present at the same time and He is also
all knowing at all times, so when Jesus says He is seeking worshipers, it is
not that God doesn't know who they are or where they’re at, but by using such
language, Jesus is offering us this incredible opportunity of joining the ranks
of true worshipers, He is inviting us into intimacy with the Father through
Him. We will do well to avail ourselves of such an awesome opportunity, the
Samaritan woman did and her entire town got to hear the Good News and many
believed in Jesus.
The Scriptures also say:
9 The Lord’s
eyes scan the whole world to find those whose hearts are committed to him and
to strengthen them. – 2 Chronicles 16:9a
GW
If you are in Christ, your heart is
committed to Him and so you can rightfully expect Him to strengthen you to
victoriously face everything the world, the flesh and the devil can throw at
you. That is the reason why the Apostle Paul said, “I can do all things through
Christ who strengthens me” –Phillipians
4:13
Let us make ourselves available to the
Father, not just as kings and priests, not just as sons and daughter, not even as
servants but as worshipers. The Father delights in us so much, He desires
intimacy with us both collectively as well as individually, that’s why Jesus came – to reconcile
us to God, to make us one with Himself by dealing with sin that had separated
us from God.
Worship to us who are His is never an
event but a way of life. Worship to us who have been redeemed by the precious
blood of the spotless, blameless Lamb of God who was slain from the foundations
of the world, is not limited to a weekly event we call a worship service, it has
everything to do with how we live.
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We worship God as we live by faith, we
worship Him as we love others, we worship God as we serve others, we worship
Him as we faithfully use our gifts and talents to bless others. We worship God
as we live the abundant life He provided for us, we worship Him as we walk in
the good works that He has already prepared for us (Ephesians 2:10). And the best part is, He graciously enables us to
do all these things, for it is He who works in us both to do and to will for
His good pleasure (Philippians 2:13)
Worship Him today and everyday!
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