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Seeking
Worshippers
But the hour cometh,
and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship
the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father
seeketh such to worship Him" John 4:23
Here is an amazing
revelation--that the omnipotent God of creation
should actually be seeking those among His creatures
who would freely come to love and worship Him! How
could He possibly have to seek anything?
Yet Jesus said He does! In
some inscrutable way, it satisfies the infinite
heart of God when we respond to His sacrificial love
in gratitude and worship.
We see this also in the
experience of the ten lepers. All ten had been
cleansed of their leprosy, but only one, a
Samaritan, returned to give thanks to Jesus. Note
the wistfulness in Jesus' reply to the cleansed
leper: "Were there not ten cleansed?" He
asked, "but where are the nine? There are not
found that returned to give glory to God, save this
stranger" Luke 17:17-18. The Lord indeed takes
note both of the few who truly appreciate Him and
also of the many who take His blessings for granted.
In the house of Simon the
Pharisee, for example, the Lord Jesus took special
note of the woman who washed His feet with her tears
and wiped them with her hair, anointing them with
the precious ointment in her alabaster box. But He
also noted that self-righteous, critical Simon had
provided no such services at all. Then He said:
"Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are
many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom
little is forgiven, the same loveth little"
Luke 7:47.
Whether or not we fully
understand, the Lord does seek those who
will worship Him in spirit and in truth. Therefore,
"Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and
His righteousness; and all these things shall be
added unto you" Mathew 6:33. HMM
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