In discussing the issue of true worship with the woman at the well, Jesus declares that "An hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be his worshipers." So many times have I read over that verse; yet not once has the second part of it stood out in such a way as Duncan highlighted it: "To glorify and enjoy God, to meet with God and engage with him, is so important to him that he himself is seeking us to become his worshipers. No higher commendation of the colossal importance of the activity of worship for new-covenant believers is imaginable" (GPTG, 44).
God is passionate about us worshiping him, and he is passionate about us worshiping him right. We often hear the first part of that verse emphasized--that we are to worship God in spirit and in truth. We want to do it because Jesus said to, as we should. Yet the powerful importance of this act comes not out of a mere obligation to obey, but from a response to a relentlessly pursuing God who is jealous for our sincere and right worship.
God is seeking worshipers.
God is passionate about us worshiping him, and he is passionate about us worshiping him right. We often hear the first part of that verse emphasized--that we are to worship God in spirit and in truth. We want to do it because Jesus said to, as we should. Yet the powerful importance of this act comes not out of a mere obligation to obey, but from a response to a relentlessly pursuing God who is jealous for our sincere and right worship.
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