A God Who Seeks

FOCUS TEXT

John 4:23-26

But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.’ The woman said to him, ‘I know that Messiah is coming’ (who is called Christ). ‘When he comes, he will proclaim all things to us. Jesus said to her, ‘I am he, the one who is speaking to you.’

DAILY BYTE

There is a common misconception about God. At times we think of God as a passive being who is sitting in a throne up in the distant heavens. We tend to think of a God who is idling and waiting to be praised, worshipped, and served. We often forget that God is constantly taking the initiative to relate with us. Time after time in the Bible, we find example after example of a God who takes the initiative. God takes the initiative to communicate with us, the initiative to come into relationship with us.

Let us hear the words of Jesus today. Jesus tells us that God our Father is seeking. God is seeking? Seeking is not usually something that we associate with God. But, yes God is seeking. What is God seeking then? God is seeking you and I. Jesus tells us today that God seeks those who will worship God in spirit and truth. It is not common for us to think of our God as one who seeks. We are more familiar with the concept of seeking after God ourselves. But we must understand that God is the one who takes the initiative. God always goes ahead of us. God is constantly seeking after us.

As you and I well know, God sent Jesus Christ into the world so that you and I could come to the knowledge of God. God revealed God’s self to us in the life, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus. The Messiah, Jesus Christ, is the most vivid sign of God’s initiative to enter into relationship with us. God, through Jesus, has proclaimed to us all things. All things that we need to know and understand in order to enter into a meaningful relationship with a God who earnestly seeks after us. The question for us is: How will we respond to God’s initiative? Friends, please remember that our loving God is seeking for those who would worship in spirit and truth. Let us respond to God’s initiative and worship with all that we are and in all that we do.

PRAY AS YOU GO

Father, we thank you for always taking the initiative to meet us. Thank you for seeking after us. We praise you for Jesus Christ your only Son. You sent him into this world to reveal yourself to us. Through him, you proclaimed to us all things that we need to know and understand in order to enter a meaningful relationship with you. Father, you are Spirit, so teach us how to worship you in spirit and in truth. Amen.