True Worshipers
August 7
True Worshipers
"Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks."
— John 4:23-24
Today's Story
A.W. Tozer wrote: 'I can safely say that whenever a man worships, he is well advanced toward God.' He spent much of his ministry concerned that Christians were busy with religious activity while neglecting genuine worship. His book The Pursuit of God describes the life of one who has discovered that worship is not a church service attended but a continuous orientation of the whole person toward God. He wrote: 'Worship is to feel in your heart and express in some appropriate manner a humbling but delightful sense of admiring awe and astonishing wonder and overpowering love in the presence of that most ancient Mystery, that Majesty which philosophers call the First Cause but which we call Our Father in Heaven.'
Reflection
Jesus tells the Samaritan woman — in the middle of a conversation about her complicated personal life — that the Father is seeking true worshipers. Not worshipers who perform perfectly, not worshipers from the right mountain, not worshipers with the right liturgical heritage. True worshipers who worship 'in the Spirit and in truth.' In the Spirit: not merely outward form but inner reality, enabled by the Spirit. In truth: not pretense or performance but genuine encounter with the God who is real. The Father is actively seeking these worshipers. You are not seeking a God who is reluctant; you are responding to a God who is looking for you, who is hungry for genuine encounter. How does today's life become true worship?
Today's Prayer
Father, I offer You genuine worship today — not performance, not routine, but the real thing: my awe of who You are, my gratitude for what You've done, my trust in what You're doing. Receive this as true worship. Amen.
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