11/09/2026
*“God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”* (John 4:24).
The worship of our hearts and the fruit of our lips are like incense rising to the throne of God in heaven.
One of the popular verses in the whole Bible comes from the encounter Jesus Christ had with the Samaritan woman at the well. In that interaction, Jesus told the woman:
*”God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”*(John 4:24).
Jesus used the word worship five times and worshippers, once.
The Greek word translated “worship” is proskuneō meaning to do reverence to, bow down, bow down before, prostrate before . It is the picture of total yieldedness and absolute surrender to the Lord. It has nothing to do with the tempo of the song. (Slow or Fast)
Paul's exhortation to the Romans is in that line. We read from Romans 12:1
“And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice–the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him”
The KJV says we should present our bodies as living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God.
Worship goes beyond singing. It is a whole life surrendered to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. When we do that, our lives become an aroma of Christ. We see this truth in 2Corinthians 2:14-16
“But thanks be to God, Who in Christ always leads us in triumph as trophies of Christ's victory and through us spreads and makes evident the fragrance of the knowledge of God everywhere, for we are the sweet fragrance of Christ which exhales unto God, discernible alike among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing: to the latter it is an aroma wafted from death to death to the former it is an aroma from life to life.
What kind of aroma is your life producing?
The scripture says, our lives can be two different aromas to two different groups of people!
What aroma is your life producing?
My prayer is that your life as a follower of Christ will be a life-giving perfume. Your life should not drive people away from Christ because of bad aroma but should rather draw them to Christ because of the sweet aroma. By the grace of God and through the enabling power of the in-dwelling presence of the Holy Spirit, we are able to defuse a sweet smelling aroma to our world. Worship the Lord in spirit and in truth ( sincerity)!
Good morning and Overcome today!