Spirit and Truth

(My first guitar, 1983 Gibson spirit)

John 4:23  New International Version 
Yet 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


I have to admit before taking a worship class from the local "mega-church" (which was awesome BTW) I had always passed over this verse as something I already had a firm grasp on and needn't consider any further.  I thought Jesus simply meant that we should worship with a spirit of truth when we worship God.  In other words we should be sincere and forthright in our intentions.  Which of course is good but that's not at all what He is saying.  He says God is looking for people who will worship Him in Spirit and in Truth.  Does that mean he wants us to worship Him in our spirits?  In our truth?  I don't think so.  Simply put, our spirits and our truths (on their own merit) aren't worth squat.

So whose Spirit?  Whose Truth?  Or is it more like Who is Spirit?

What is worship and who's on the team?

 I'll go to any and every worship/tech conference or training that I can and have attended the local "school" of worship because I want to know true, authentic, spirit and truth-filled worship for myself.  I am a junkie for worship leading, church tech, guitar playing blogs and I follow a quite few of them.  Most of them being Christian bloggers and most of them at some point cover the subject of what worship truly is.  I also listen to podcasts from worship leaders from around the world and something bothers me about the prevailing perception of what is worship and who is considered a part of the worship team.

Epiph

  A long time ago my pastor said in a sermon that he had something just short of an epiphany - it was more of an epiph.  I loved it and I am shamelessly stealing it.  Thanks PB.  This is the origin of my epiph.