But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. “God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

 Worship in Spirit and in truth:  

 

John 4:23-24

23 “But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers.

24 “God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

 

            Many Christians go through some rote method of worshipping God. Sing three songs and say some canned prayer is how they think they should worship Him. We must come before Him and worship in spirit and truth. It’s o.k. to have a plan of entering into worship, but we should be open to His leading as to how to achieve that goal. It’s too easy to get into a routine of how to do it. We did it this way once, and it was great … so we should do it this way every time. We also need to come to Him in the truth of His Word. We need both in order to worship Him.

            You may have heard the saying, “If you have the Word without the Spirit, you’ll dry up. If you have the Spirit without the Word, you’ll blow up.” We need both. The Word makes sure that what we believe is the direction of the Spirit is according to what God has said. The Spirit makes that Word come alive in our lives.

 

If you could hear God speak, I believe this is what He would say:

            "You are My children, and I desire earnestly that you would come before Me in praise and adoration. As you do, you will be set free to worship Me. In worship of Me, you will have freedom. You cannot know true freedom apart from worship of Me. You are Mine, and I desire earnestly that you would come into My presence in worship and adoration. You will be free to become what I have destined you to become when you worship Me in Spirit and in truth. There is no other way to achieve this freedom than through worship of Me.”

 

            48. I worship the Father in the only acceptable way; that is, in Spirit and in truth.

 

            Our destiny is to know the Father through His Spirit. We cannot know Him apart from His Spirit. As we walk in the Spirit, we will come closer and closer to Him. Then we can discover our destiny and walk fully in it.