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There is a seismic struggle to find value and self-worth among twenty-first century man. And what I have observed is that the struggle over self-worth and value is really a struggle about worship. True worship is in serious decline. In its place we have put work or pleasure. Twenty-first century man believes he must earn his worth. He believes that worth is in what he possesses. Therefore, ceasing from work, which is the requirement of true worship, decreases, he believes, the ability to earn wealth, thus affecting one’s self-worth. Modern people no longer see the need of retreating to the Sabbath Mine to worship God. Worship and work are not seen as analogous terms. Therefore, worship is neglected, which results in the loss of self-worth, value, and a clear direction in life. Sabbath rest was designed by God to replenish value given out over six days of work. We do not have an unlimited source of value, only God. Therefore, God must constantly replenish us.

What is worship? Worship is recognizing the awesomeness of God. It is confessing our creatureliness before God. It is accepting His ownership of all things. It is acknowledging Him as the source of all value. Worship is thanking God for His gift of wealth to man. True worship replenishes worth and value because in worship God breathes value anew into us. He reminds us of His gift of dominion and the ability to create value by naming the world around us. He confirms to us, “We are because He is – therefore, we have because He is.” Only in worship does that revelation come. Worship is where we receive the deepest revelation of God and His value of us. Tied up in Sabbath worship is the truth: wealth is a gift from God. Sabbath observance says, “We are because He is – therefore, we have because He is.” Wealth is in your worship not your works.