John 4:24 (NRSV) God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
Sometimes I think I am the center of the universe. I mean, here I am and everything else is all around me, right? Then I think the feeling must be felt by everyone else too. When I peel this onion of an idea to the core, I come to understand that God is the rightly placed center, the Alpha and the Omega, no corners or edges, no boundaries, and no bottom. I am humbled. I worship this amazing God from the depth of my humility and smallness in the face of such incomprehensible bigness and love.
Jesus tells us today that we “…must worship in spirit and truth.” Since God is Spirit, we can only worship in spirit. Since God is Truth, we can only worship in truth. This is the way we can be truly in prayer—not just be at prayer. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the king is at prayer, not in prayer, and arises with, “My words fly up, my thoughts remain below. Words without thoughts never to heaven go.” Today, may I be in prayer, knowing my place—and God’s.
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