WORKING AND WORSHIPING

What is Working and Worshiping?

Worship is an act of religious devotion usually directed towards a deity. An act of
worship may be performed individually, in an informal or formal group, or by a designated
leader.
Working is an afford of oneself to fulfill their need.
What is Work as Worship?
Many people spend a great deal of time at work and yet they dont see how their work
intersects with their faith. One of our passions at Right Now is helping people realize that there
isnt a divide between the sacred and secular parts of our lives and that working with our Godgiven skills can be an act of worship.
Life is tough. This is something that probably everyone other than the most fortunate,
lucky, and wealthy individuals on the planet would agree with. For the vast and overwhelming
majority of humans, life is mostly a grind - with occasional periods of rest and relaxation.
First, when it comes to work, I don't understand why it is practically the center of all life.
We barely have time each day to enjoy the basics of life, tend to our relationships (with friends,
siblings, children, etc.), or even our own health. We have to work to survive. Yet, why would an
all-powerful and awesome God design the world this way? Life is sometimes a miserable grind
at its worst. It's just filled with work.
I have actually heard you say in debates of yours that if there were no suffering - which
we could include work under - then humans would just turn into spoiled little brats. And so
suffering or work can serve a greater good in making people responsible. I suppose I take issue
with this, because while I understand that responsibility is a good thing, the degree to which life
is filled with drab and mundane work on a constant daily basis seems disproportionate to any
good it might produce. Most people can learn to be thankful and responsible without having to
work 75-85% of their existence. But, additionally, I have also noticed that many who do work
the hardest and longest in society can often do so out of pride and competition, as their way of
validating their self worth (probably because they have no social life), or greed.
In modern society and sociology, some writers have commented on the ways that people
no longer simply worship recognised deities, but also/instead worship consumer brands, sports
teams, and other people (celebrities), Sociology therefore extends this argument to suggest that
religion and worship is a process whereby society worships itself, as a form of self-valorization
and self-preservation.
As long as we feel greatful to everything in our life any difficulty in our life will
dissapear and it is also count as worship.