WORSHIPPING GOD IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

FRUDAY JANUARY 15, 2021.

SUBJECT: WORSHIPPING GOD IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH!

Memory verse: "But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him." (John 4 vs 23.) 

READ: John 4 vs 23 - 24; Hebrews 12 vs 28; 

John 4:23: But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. 

4:24: God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.

INTIMATION:

Worship is paying great honor to; to love and admire very greatly. Worship is the appropriate response to God's self-revelation. You worship because you know the worth of what you worship. You worship God because you know who He is. When you catch the revelation of God and His worth, the appropriate response is to reverence Him in worship. True worshipers, therefore, would worship God after the spirit and according to the knowledge of the one true God. As opposed to the worship of the Samaritans and the Jews at that time, who did not know whom they worshiped, and worshiped after the traditions of their fathers (Mark 7 vs 1 - 9). 

Worship must be based on the truth of Scripture, not our opinions or feeling about God. Jesus told the Samaritan woman that true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. To "worship in truth" means to worship God as He is truly revealed in the Bible; the worship that is truth directed. The worship is directed to to the God who has revealed Himself through inspired words of revelation. What Jesus is saying in this most profound statement is that one must know the word of God in order to worship the God of the word. Ignorance of God’s Word leads to one worshiping a god who is the creation of one’s mind. Such is the spirit of idolatry. 

God is spirit (Second Corinthians 3 vs 17). He cannot be seen by mortal eyes. Neither can He be conceived to be a physical being after the form of man. Since God is spirit, then those who worship Him cannot do so after material means. True worshipers approach God on a spiritual basis. Christians are those “who God in the spirit” (Philippians 3 vs 3). “God is Spirit” means He is not a physical being limited to one place. He is present everywhere, and can be worshiped anywhere, at any time. It is not where we worship that counts, but how we worship. Your worship must be genuine, and acceptable. Genuine worship is spirited. You must engage your real you, and your real you is in your spirit. 

Your worship is acceptable to God when it’s in truth and in spirit, and involves the total of you. You use your all to worship the all powerful, all knowing, present everywhere, all sufficient, and all merciful God. Let the all in you worship the all encompassing God. He wants all of you. He is not interested in halfhearted commitment, partial obedience, and the leftovers of your time and money. He desires your full devotion, and complete commitment. That is the first commandment given to us by Jesus in Mark 12 vs 30; “And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength...”

The Bible, in First Corinthians 2 vs 11 says; "For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God." The things of a man are known to the spirit of man, and only the spirit of man can genuinely worship God accurately. When Jesus said, "Love God with all your heart and soul" He meant that worship must be genuine and heartfelt. It is not just a matter of saying the right words; you must mean what you say, engaging your inner self in all you do. Heartless worship is not worship at all! It is an insult to God. 

We must remember that true worship originates first with the heart and is directed according to how God had determined that our worship toward Him should be conducted. We must also remember that the heart is motivated by love. A loving heart worships God because God had simulated such by His own love. When we worship, God looks past our words to see the attitude of our hearts. The Bible says, "Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." (First Samuel 16 vs 7.) Therefore, your heartfelt worship is what God accepts and responds to.

Prayer: Abba Father, I praise You with my whole heart, and all that is within me bless Your Holy Name. O Lord, let Your Word dwell in me richly in all wisdom, that I may  

worship You acceptably with grace in my heart, giving thanks always for all things to You in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!