God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth (I) in spirit

The context of this quote from John 4:24, is of the Samaritan woman bringing up the dispute about where is the correct place of worship (verse 20). Part of what Jesus was saying, is that in the soon coming New Covenant, it would not be about the correct place, but rather that true worship will be about spirit and about truth (verse 23). And it doesn’t seem to be much of a stretch, to apply this to our denominational disputes, so that true worship is not about which is the correct denomination, but rather again, that true worship involves spirit and truth. But what does this mean?

In Romans 8:10 (NIV), Paul tells us “But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.” The human spirit can be thought of as that part of us that relates to God. And what we are being told here, is that before we become Christians, we are spiritually dead (see also Ephesians 2:1), and unable to truly relate to God. So part of what Jesus is saying, is that true worship is only possible for those who are in Christ. I came to this morning’s Scriptures, through meditating on the phrase “deep calls to deep” (Psalm 42:7). Light is shed on this, and on this morning's verse in 1 Corinthians 2:10, where we read that the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God, and that it is the Spirit who reveals these things to us.

What I am seeing here, is that as the Spirit reveals to us the deep things of our fascinating God, our hearts naturally turn to worship. The picture given in Revelation 4:10 of the twenty-four elders falling down before Him who sits on the throne, and worshiping Him, paints a picture of moment by moment revelation of ever new facets of His glory. These ongoing revelations are so wondrous and amazing, that the 24 elders can do nothing but fall down and worship. I have caught glimpses of this in the here and now, in some of the dramatic encounters I have both witnessed and experienced of the deep things of God calling to deep things in our spirits, in this way!

Father, part of what I am seeing here this morning Lord, is that in each and every one of your children, there is a depth spirit that we have not yet begun to plummet. So I pray for myself and all reading this blog, that You would give us a spirit of wisdom and experiential revelation knowledge of You, and that as Your deep calls to our deep, You would open the eyes of our heart so that we may truly worship You in spirit and truth. In Jesus Name Amen