"GOD IS SPIRIT!"

John 4:21-24                         (ESV)
"21 Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
22 YOU WORSHIP WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.
23 But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the TRUE WORSHIPERS WILL WORSHIP THE FATHER IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.
24 "GOD IS SPIRIT", and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."




Yesterday the photo below was posted on the internet.  I sat gazing at the photo in disbelief.  Keeping GOD out of the language and geography classes of the six children that are in the photo is NOT the problem.  We must instill a need and dependence upon a power so much bigger than ourselves and realize that "GOD IS SPIRIT"!

JESUS told the woman at the well "You worship what you do not know"!  We are creatures of faith.  You either BELIEVE GOD exists, or you BELIEVE HE doesn't exist!  So JESUS was right on target with HIS statement.  If HE does exist, we can't keep HIM out of schools no matter how hard we try.  If HE doesn't exist, why do we even try to keep HIM out of our schools, courtrooms, public squares, and so on?

The thing that fails to be addressed is the six children in the photo.  We have allowed their need for a personal relationship to be replaced with a corporate need for the right to worship "A" god.  JESUS said "GOD IS SPIRIT" in verse twenty-four.  Since "GOD IS SPIRIT" there is no way we can eliminate HIM from our classrooms unless HE prohibited from entering our spirits.  If we fail to allow HIM into our homes (Bible study, prayer, surrendering to HIS will for our lives), why do we want to fight to allow HIM in our schools?

FATHER IN HEAVEN, I pray that YOUR SPIRIT will have total and complete access to my life in everything I do.  Although I fail YOU daily and take control over my life, please cause me to become more and more dependent on YOUR guidance and leadership in my life. I know that "GOD IS SPIRIT", but HE will only go where HE is welcome!  Help me to welcome "GOD IS SPIRIT" wherever I go.