True worship

30 March 2011

Zechariah 4:6 Then he said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to Zerub'babel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the LORD of hosts.

We worship the Living God in spirit, when we understand that we come to meet with God, we meet with and through the Spirit of God. This does not mean that God is not One, but that in and through His Spirit, the Holy Spirit is the way through which we experience God. In the Old Testament this was limited to those who were of the bloodline of Israel and who were called by God for a specific purpose. Because of what Jesus Christ has done this is now an unlimited blessing to all who believe.

So often we find people wanting to experience the power of God, our the strength of God in their situations, rather than through the Holy Spirit. The gift of the Holy Spirit is conditional on belief, those who believe that Jesus Christ is their Lord and Saviour, those who live by His teachings, to them is the gift freely given. Yet there is a purpose in that gift, the purpose is to do the will of God, and most often this is revealed to us when we worship God in spirit.

To worship God in spirit is to not allow the barriers of self-doubt, fear of people, fear of the past to separate us from the love of God, but to be free in one’s self before God. Music, prayer, meditation, sermons, rituals are only a means to the end, the end in itself is to worship God with all our heart, mind, body and soul, a complete meeting with God in the spirit.

Be encouraged today to be reminded that we worship God with every breath.

David

Point to ponder: True worship is worship in the spirit.

Question to consider:  Do you worship in the spirit?