Sermon: 4/12/26- Monday's Devotional

The Foundation of Worship
Reading: Job 1:13-22

Job's response to devastating loss reveals the bedrock of true worship. When everything was stripped away—possessions, livelihood, and all ten children—his immediate response was to fall to the ground in worship. "The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised." This wasn't denial or spiritual bypassing; it was profound recognition that God's worthiness transcends our circumstances. Job understood what we often forget: we are stewards, not owners. Everything we have is a gift from God's hand. Today, consider what you're clinging to as "yours." Can you hold your blessings with open hands, ready to worship whether God gives or takes away? True worship isn't dependent on receiving; it flows from recognizing who God is, regardless of what we're experiencing.