What on earth is God looking for? Wouldn’t you like to give it to Him?
“But the hour is coming and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.”
–Jesus the Christ to the Samaritan woman at the well (John 4:23)
What is God looking for? He is looking for true worshipers.
Do you know what that means?
God is not looking for moral people; He is looking for true worshipers.
God is not looking for good people; He is looking for true worshipers.
God is not looking for grateful people; He is looking for true worshipers.
God is not looking for humble people; He is looking for true worshipers.
God is not looking for friendly people; He is looking for true worshipers.
God is not looking for spiritual people; He is looking for true worshipers.
God is not looking for church-goers; He is looking for true worshipers.
God is not looking for believers; He is looking for true worshipers.
God is not looking for baptized people; He is looking for true worshipers.
God is not looking for Christians; He is looking for true worshipers.
God is not looking for followers; He is looking for true worshipers.
God is not looking for leaders; He is looking for true worshipers.
God is looking for true worshipers who worship in spirit and truth.
Can He find one where you’re sitting?
(P.S. At the risk of decreasing the force of the statements, I hope you can easily recognize the ellipses in these statements.)
Thanks for this, Edwin.
While God is not looking for the other things, being “true worshippers” (and worship in spirit and truth in its broadest meaning is more than just what we do in the assembly) will lead to them. If we are truly recognizing God’s worth, we will be moral people. If we are truly recognizing God’s worth, we will most certainly be humble people, and so on…
Absolutely true. Of course, it is a bit of a cycle. I need humility to worship in spirit and truth, and the more I worship in spirit in truth the more humility I’ll have.