Created for Worship

We all worship something, we can't not, its what we do. If you are not sure what it is; it is easy enough to find out. Follow the trail left by your time, money, energy and effort. See where it is spent, where it leads. You will end up at an altar, on that altar there will be a throne, on that throne is what you value most and that which you value most is what you worship.
For some it may be a spouse or family. For others a career, wealth, fame or fortune. For the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4 that throne was occupied or reserved for a husband. Jesus shows us in this incident that He knows where you have been, where you are and where you are going. Jesus shaows that he knows her well. He knows you well also. He knows your name; he hears your prayers; He is waiting to meet with you.
John 4 teaches us two of the most important lessons we will ever need to learn as Christians. First He teaches us that the object of our worship is foundational. He points her back to the Jews; back to the place where the Samaritans and Jews seperated. He says, "you Samaritans worship what you do not know." That does not sound very politically correct or sensitive but it is to the point isn't it? He is pointing her back to the revelation of God as revealed and recorded through the history of the Jews.
She remembers the Prophets speaking about their hope of a Savior. One who would come and bring justice, deliervance and healing to God's people. Jesus says to her, "I who speak to you am He." Jesus tells her that he is the answer to her many prayers, He tells her that he is the one who come "to explain all things." He is the "Truth" that she seeks (Jn 14:6).
He also brings another difficult concept to light when He addresses "how" to worship God. Worship that pleases God will not only be done in truth (ie to/through/in Christ) it will also be done in spirit. It will not necessarily be in one spot; Mt Gerazim, The Temple Mount, Mt Sinai, Mt Carmel or any other Mount. God is not as concerned about the location, the sacrifice, the ritual, or the exactness of the worship as he is about the spirit of the worship that is given him.
Remember the passage in Isaiah when the Lord says: "These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is made up only of rules taught by men (29:13). If our hearts aren't in it...it isn't worship. It is something less. God wants our hearts, our affection, our love...nothing less.