Michael E. Wood
June 2, 2014
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. 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 (he who is called Christ). When he
comes, he will tell us all things.” Jesus said to her, “I who
speak to you am he.” John 4:23-26
Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes
him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has
passed from death to life. “Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming,
and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God,
and those who hear will live. John 5:24-25
How often do we who have the privilege to read the
scriptures in our own language miss out on the fact that as we read, God speaks
to us through Christ by the Spirit? We
can become so immersed in reading as an accomplishment of a particular goal
that we have set for ourselves and miss the sweetness of the communion, or the
wisdom that we could be given, or the understanding for correction needed, or
the blessed assurance that we have indeed heard Him for whom all praise is due.
While reading the passage where Jesus was confronting the
woman at the well, my heart was stirred afresh in the realization that the
words of eternal life of which He spoke to her, He likewise spoke to me. He has
borne my judgment and has brought me from death into life.
Have you heard from Him today?
I speak to you from heaven
By the Spirit that I give
Who immersed you in the love
Of God the Father now to live
As a child whom He adopted
When we brought you forth to birth
As a part of the eternal plan
Prepared before the earth;
In the counsel now revealed in truth
Through Holy Scripture taught
By the Spirit who is in you
And my blood by which you’re brought
Into union with the body
As the virgin bride to be
When the consummation comes
And all will know that I AM HE!
