Worshipers?

I was recently thinking about John 4:20 where Jesus is speaking with the woman at the well and they break into a discussion about worship.  "But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers."  I was struck that the Father is not looking for worship, like let's sing some songs in church or let's sing Cumbya around the fire.  He is looking for people who have an identity as true worshipers.  How do we become true worshipers?  Good question, I believe that Jesus worshipped the Father through works of grace (miracles, healings, and signs) but really His whole life was worship.  When the Father put us "in Christ", Jesus the true worshiper is in us and we were seated "in heavenly places in Christ" (Ephesians 2:6) which is where there is continual worship.  Since we who are in the New Covenant receive all the promises, a new identity, and payment for our sin through the finished work of Christ not through our own works or effort.  I think of Romans 8:15 "For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption by which we cry out, 'Abba, Father!'."  The Spirit of Christ in us is crying in to worship the Father, later in Romans 8 it even says that all of creation is groaning.  Deep inside of us there is a groaning, a desire so strong within us that the only satisfaction that comes is from worshipping the Father.  We were created to worship the Father because "in Christ" the glory of the original creation Covenant is restored.  You were designed by the Father to worship Him because in worshipping Him you come more fully alive.  The other thought the Lord connected for me was reflecting on Romans 12:1 which says "Therefore I urge you, brethern, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrafice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship."  I was blown away when I someone shared the revelation that under the Old Covenant we would never be an acceptable sacrafice but now "in Christ" being a living sacrafice we are holy and acceptable.  We are not our own and when we offer ourselves to let His Spirit live through us, this is worship.  The fire of the Holy Spirit is in us to consume all of the sacrafice, transforming us into the image of Christ (Romans 8:29).  So does God want us to sing songs or does He want to transform us into true worshipers.  So every person can be a temple of worship to the Father through the indwelling Holy Spirit, I believe we would see a lot of glory.

Worshipping Him,
Bret