TRUE WORSHIP

“But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.”—John 4:23

 

I agree with Rev. Chyanna Mull Anthony’s definition of true worship.  She says that, “True worship insists on focusing on worshipping Jesus.”  When the heart of our focus is anything other than Jesus, the results can be disastrous and lead us into captivity. 

 

There are a variety of things that try to move us away from focusing our worship upon Jesus.  Satan does not want us to worship Jesus Christ.  He wants to be worshipped and so, many times evil spirits may try to influence us away from pure worship.  Religion tells people not to worship Jesus.  Religion wants to disconnect true worshippers by following rituals and rules.  External hindrances draw our focus away from Jesus to self.  For example, physical limitations, our surroundings, family, friends, finances, etc.  We focus on these factors of limitations instead of abandoning our hearts to the purpose of our worship—jesus.

 Let’s renew our focus and faith in the New Year to truly worship God with a pure heart and clean hands. 

“Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord?  Or who may stand in His holy place?   He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully.
He shall receive blessing from the Lord, And righteousness from the God of his salvation.”—Psalm 24:3-5

Prayer—Heavenly Father I give my heart anew to You today.  I ask You to renew a right spirit within me, make me new.  Lord, I ask You to purify my heart and mind so that I am free to abandon my spirit to freely worship You in spirit and in truth, in Jesus’ name I pray.  Amen.