God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth. ~ John 4:24
Our spirits long to worship something. Everyone has some void in their lives they are trying to fill and when you become a follower of Jesus and realize that’s what you’ve been missing, your soul feels complete and you cannot help but worship God. Our soul worshipping Him delights the Lord. The place, time, or whether in nature, or in a building does not matter. God is spirit and can be worshipped anywhere at any time. God is not confined to space, or time. True worship comes from the heart with an attitude of awe and reference for the Creator of the universe and the one who holds your life in His hands. Just going through rituals and practices of worship because that’s what you’re supposed to do is not what God wants. As a follower of Jesus, you now have the Holy Spirit dwelling in you and God wants your heart felt, genuine worship – spirit to spirit, regardless of rituals. Once again, it’s a heart issue. In John 4 we find the story of the Samaritan woman who is often seeking her acceptance in wrong relationships and so Jesus explains to her that the acceptance she longs for can only come through a relationship with God and that anyone can worship Him with a genuine heart no matter where they physically are, or what their past looks like. Going up a mountain to worship God, or watching the Jews travel to Jerusalem to worship was how the Samaritan woman was taught, but Jesus throws her whole ritualistic worship ideals into the trash and tells her He only wants genuine worship. Heart felt worship. Let our worship be full of genuine humility, respect and thankfulness instead of rituals and religion. Let our worship be a blessing to our very real, relational God. ~ Amen
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