Every Sunday, millions of Christians leave the comfort of their home to gather with other believers to worship. The fact that we can do this freely in the Western world is nothing to be taken lightly especially since there are many places in the rest of the world where the church is still persecuted.
The challenge is to prevent this from becoming a meaningless ritual that we perform that we either take for granted or treat casually.
When Jesus met the woman at the well they had a conversation... it appears as though she views worship as the "ritual" - the when and the where.
Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship. John 4:20Jesus' reply gets to the heart of the matter:
But the hour is coming, and is here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship hum. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth. John 4:23-24
In no way am I implying that you should not go to church. On the contrary... Christianity in Action is realizing that we are the church, and it's not about a ritual, or a time or a place. We should always be worshiping God in spirit and in truth.
Let's spend some time this week meditating on our relationship with God and allow Him to show us whether we have gotten complacent and our relationship has been reduced to a check box, or whether we are truly worshiping God as we should in all aspects of our life.
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