Spirit and in Truth

In the midst of cellgroup worship this week, i was led to this passage.

21Jesus declared, "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23Yet 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: 21-23

True worshippers...Hmm...it was beyond the Spirit and in Truth...

vs 22 stood out to me,...hmm...we can know who we worship but that doesn't mean we are true worshippers! Yupz...just because we know Jesus, we can't call ourselves true worshippers in comparison with other religions that worship too.

vs23 'Yet a time is coming and has now come'....what a declaration! What authority! It's like declaring a new era! How many can declare that a time "has now come", in such confidence that it will indeed come to pass! -- i had a new appreciation for God's omni-presence over Time and seasons.

Daddy seeks true worshippers...Hmm, worship in Spirit and in Truth...in truth...In TRUTH...IN TRUTH!

What does in truth mean to you? Whose truth? His truth in the word? Your truthfulness to Him? Or what we understand in the phrase: " The truth will set you free?"...or truthfulness to yourself? =)...or do you have a new revelation on truth to share? =P

Truthfulness is a virtue. It dawned upon me that these days we're surrounded by half-truths, till we have fogotten what real truth is. Perhaps half-truths have become acceptable without us realising it....How many of us have hidden how we felt when asked about something?

Hmm...that leads me to another revelation...usually, dont' we hide the truth when we are afraid? Fearful?...of hurt and backlash? consequences....over the years, half-truths may have become a form of self protection without us realising it. I'm not talking about blatant lying...the the grey areas we can't face up to...Hmm...

Maybe that's why He's so wonderful...He invites us to come to him without fear...and.....be....truthful...=)