Jesus Speaks to Women: He Seeks Us!

21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.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: 21-24

Worship God in Spirit and Truth! What a command! The magnificent words of Jesus make us tremble all the way to the twenty first century.

But...what does it mean to worship Him "in spirit and truth"?

I'm sure the Samaritan woman was as confused as I am today too.  For her, as well as for us, it probably means to leave the things of this world behind...to forget about the physical and the material, and to approach the presence of God with our spirit overflowing.  I believe it is more of an attitude than an action.  We worship with the the right attitude, which is the attitude that focuses on the truth that tells us we are more than our physical bodies and our infirmities, we are also spirit, and as such, we are eternal.  I believe that's the type of attitude of worship that Jesus is telling us to cultivate.  It doesn't matter what we think we know or our assumptions, just worship Him seeking the life of the spirit.  

It seems complicated for pragmatic-minded people like me...but, the good news is, even if we don't know how to worship, there aren't any detailed rules, the Father accepts it if it is done seeking the spirit and seeking truth, which is Jesus Christ Himself!

And, the most magnificent part is:  "The Father is seeking" us...He is seeking us, worshipers!  Can you believe it?  

After all, it was Jesus who sought the Samaritan woman, right?  It was Him who decided to go through the town where no respectable Jew was supposed to go, in order to seek for her.  And not only did He seek for her, He waited for her...Wow!

That's the message of Jesus to this Samaritan woman, and to us today:  God is seeking you as you worship!  It doesn't matter if we don't know how to find Him.  He is the One seeking; therefore, He will find us...He will even wait for us.  Just like He was trying to explain to the Samaritan woman back then, He is also telling us today:  All we have to do is worship Him.  

Lord, please, give us the light of the Holy Spirit to know how to worship You in Spirit and in Truth; but also give us the peace that comes with the understanding that it is You, ultimately, the Great Seeker of our hearts.  Let us be still as we worship You, so we can be found by You.  In Jesus' precious Name! Amen!