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Spiritual Worship

“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. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.” John 4:23-24

In the Bible, the primary Hebrew and Greek words for worship mean humility. Humility means to lower yourself and submit yourself to the will of another. So, when you worship, you are coming under submission of the Holy Spirit, and allowing Him to act, and speak in and through you. Worship is submitting ourselves to the will of God.

Quite a few years ago, I was asked to lead worship at an outside event. We had just finished a worship CD, and were excited to be able to play these new songs we had just written and recorded. It rocked! When we arrived at the event, we soon realized that we were about 40 or 50 years younger than most of the people attending. Big oops! We knew the people would hate us. After a few minutes of trying to figure out how we could get out of playing the songs we had prepared, we finally offered a prayer of desperation out to God.

Desperate is exactly where God wanted us. We did what we had prepared. God had an entirely different idea for the evening. The people there were very loving. After a while, a person stood up and said he felt like the Lord wanted us to pray for people. People started lining up. We didn’t even have time to give it a thought. Again, desperate for God’s presence, we prayed. God did amazing things and many were healed. Wow! A huge lesson was learned that night. Worship is always about God and His plans. God gets big when we get small.

Prayer Focus: Lord, may we worship You in spirit and in truth as You desire.

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