In Spirit and truth

“God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”

- John 4v24

The modern church talks a lot about worship. We have worship services, worship leaders, worship songs, and seminars on worship. We have traditional worship, contemporary worship, and mixed worship. We have changed the meaning of the word worship to talk about the style of a church service.

What is real worship? Whatever it is it is not the style of a church service. Worship, according to Jesus, is what happens in my heart. The Samaritan woman asked questions about where people should worship. Jesus pointed out that it really doesn’t matter. Worship, true worship, is what matter in spirit and in truth. It is what goes on between me and God. Worship is what honestly happens in my spirit and what is truthfully going on. Sometimes that worship may manifest itself in my behaviour or actions, but actions are not worship.

Lets be sure that we focus on Biblical worship, that which is in spirit and truth.