Worship Him

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John 4:1-24
Matthew  4:8-11
Psalms 95:5-6
 
When we talk about worship, worship is defined as an act of reverence.  As we will see here in this passage from John chapter 4, Jesus helps us to understand worship.
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Here Jesus is talking with this woman at the well and she begins to question Jesus: Our fathers worshipped in this mountain but you say we should worship in Jerusalem…. Why should we worship there?

Good Question ..... Just where should we worship? The woman opened up an opportunity for Jesus to teach her about worship.

Jesus’ answer lets her know that worship is not about a place. Even today as we come together to do this devotion or even as we go to church – in either place, in any place, we can worship God.  You can worship God anywhere you want.  You don’t have to wait until you go to a certain place, such as the Islamic brothers; they go to Mecca, they do the pilgrimage thing. We don’t have to do that; we can worship God right here.

 “The hour is come and now is where the true worshipers will worship him in spirit and in truth.” God seeks those that would be willing or open to worship him.  Worship is essential to serving God and we have to be willing to worship God.

 “Come let us worship him let us bow down - let us kneel before the Lord our maker.” God looks for worshipers, and he invites us to worship. He is the maker: we should worship Him, we should exalt Him, and we should praise Him. We should give Him the honor that is due to Him.

In the passage from Matthew Satan takes Jesus and shows Him some things to, intending to tempt Him.  In other words Satan took him up and showed him (in today’s time) the condominiums, the Cadillacs, the big rolls of money, the flash, the gold, the women…… In today’s time Satan would take a brother up and he would show him these things.

He’s telling Jesus if you fall down and worship me I can give you all you see.  Satan is offering Jesus all the things of this world if he would just fall down and worship him. 

Jesus was not going to fall down and worship him.  If he would have I wouldn’t be standing here right now reading this word, trying to say some things to advance the kingdom of God.

Jesus tells Satan, and he tells us that only the Lord should be the object of our worship.  He quotes Deuteronomy 6:13 “You must worship the Lord your God and serve only Him.”

God formed us out of the dust of the ground and has given us all that we have, all that we are.  We should worship Him and Him alone.

How do we worship? Jesus is glad you asked.

Just as Jesus taught the woman at the well about worship, and we must learn from him as well. We can worship anywhere, we can worship anytime, but we must worship only God.
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Worship Him.
~ J. T.