“Yet a time is coming
and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and
truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.” John 4:23.
Most likely, the majority of us are familiar with the story
of Jesus and the woman at the well (John 4).
She had one heartbreaking relationship after another in searching for the
lover of her heart. She stood before God
and claimed a life of loyalty and commitment for five different men only to experience
broken dream after broken dream. Even as
her eyes met Jesus, there was a man at home preparing to be number six but
doomed from the beginning. No doubt, he
too would fall short because the object of his affection had a hole in her
heart that only God could fill. Jesus
explained to her that there would be a day when those whose heart pursued
worship with God over every other desire would never have to pursue anything
again. When the object of our affection
becomes Jesus, the overflow of that relationship will provide the fulfillment
of our dreams when aligned with His will.
The Greek word used for worship in this account is proskuneo, derived from pros, "toward" and kuneo, "to
kiss”. Jesus was entreating her to
lean into Him and share the affection of their connected hearts. Our fellowship with Christ today is no
different than when He met the Samaritan woman at the well. God doesn't intend that worship be
connected with a place but with the heart attitude. We were created in the image of Love and are
hard-wired to be relational and connected with the Body of Christ. We build our own wells and wearily approach
them with the same spiritual bucket only to discover the huge hole in the
bottom. It is only when we place Christ
at the center of our hearts that we are able to fill the empty places and
broken dreams.
He alone will fill our hearts and satisfy our desires if we
will just meet Him at the well where the Living Waters flow.
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