“…
true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is
looking for those who will worship him that way.” John 4:23 (NLT)
It was a simple, yet surprising request
that Jesus made to the Samaritan woman.
Jews didn’t talk to Samaritans and accepting a drink of water from one
was almost unheard of. However, the
request was certainly a conversation starter and the woman couldn’t help but be
drawn in.
Jesus talked to her about the “living
water” that he could give to her and how this water wells up inside giving
eternal life. The woman could see that
Jesus was something special and clearly she wanted this living water. However, she tried to get Jesus to make a
pronouncement concerning the ongoing controversy between the Jews and the
Samaritans about where one could worship God.
Jesus was offering living water and she was focused on technicalities
and rules!
But Jesus saw through all this and instead
of engaging in a pointless theological/socio-political discussion, He gave the
woman what she really needed to know about worship, “true worshipers will
worship the Father in spirit and in truth.”
The best part of the story is that Jesus
had already offered to the woman, and offers to us now, the “living water” of
his love and grace. When we accept His
gift, all the essentials needed to make our worship pleasing to God have been
given to us by Him!
We don’t need to over-think or add a “yeah,
but” to this concept. We just need to
accept that our connection and communication to God is a spiritual mystery--one
that He facilitates.
So that’s how we are to worship God—in
spirit and in truth because we have taken the living water of Jesus Christ!
Need a drink?
K.K.
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