Devotion:
Read John 4:19-24.
In today's verses we find Jesus talking with a Samaritan woman at a well. She is there to get water; but he speaks of living water that provides eternal life. She recognizes that he is a prophet of the Jews and tries to argue where worship takes place. Jesus says it's not about where but about who is worshiped. John 4:23 issues a warning that could fill us with great fear and trembling. But the good news is that God wants our worship; otherwise, why would he call us to worship? What's more, Christ qualifies us to worship him.
The call is to worship God "in the Spirit and in truth." The Spirit gives us faith in God and Scripture gives us the truth about God so that we can know the God we worship. "Spirit and truth worship," then, is real worship. Being spiritually disciplined enables us to worship by knowing who God is, as well as who and whose we are. We can and should worship privately, but we need to worship with others as well. We worship not because of the great things he's done for us, but because God is great and glorious. Together believers make the gospel visible to the world and encourage each other that the risen Christ is real.
Personal Worship Option:
Dear God, we need your Spirit to guide us in the truth about you and to inspire our worship. Amen.
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