Worship the Creator

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Mar 11, 1913

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 40, No. 10.

Worship the Creator

OUR divine Father desires that we should worship Him as Creator, for His Word declares, "Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens." Jer. 10: 11. He who has created the heaven and the earth, and He alone, is worthy of worship. The mythical gods of the heathen do not have this power, and they are doomed to perish from the earth along with all the superstitions that have been centered in their worship. A striking text, calling us directly to the worship of the Creator of the heavens and the earth, is the following:

"And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to Him; for the hour of His judgment is come: and worship Him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of water." Rev. 14:6, 7.

This text calls for a great message, in which the everlasting gospel and the judgment-day at hand will be the central theme. And this important message calls for the people of the world to worship the Creator of the heavens and the earth. The desire is that we should worship only Him who has creative power, for we have already seen that to worship any god that does not possess such power is to worship something that will eventually perish from the earth.

Our God is so desirous that we should keep in mind that He is the Creator, and that we should worship Him as such, that He has set apart one whole day of every week, not merely as a worship day, in the common acceptance of the term, but as a memorial day. This divine memorial day is that which gave rise to the week, an institution that has embedded itself in the civilization of all countries and climes. If this important memorial of creative power is not clear in the mind, please read the following:

"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man servant, nor thy maid servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it." Ex. 20:8-11.

It is readily seen, from the foregoing text, that the Sabbath commandment calls us to consider the work of the mighty Creator as the great central theme of the worship day He has given us. According to His plan, the day begins with the setting of the sun. And as we are waiting for the Sabbath, we see the sun disappear,—one of the mighty objects that our Creator has made, and that He continues to guide in its course. Then in a little time after the sun has disappeared, the twilight permits one star after another to be seen. As each one of these suns or worlds comes to view, how sublime, on the Sabbath evening, and how it fits into our worship, to think that these wonderful bodies in the heavens are all the handiwork of our Father! How restful it is, and how it fills us with trust and confidence to think that the Creator, the All-powerful One, cares for us!

The individual who has never seen in Sabbath observance the call to worship the Father as Creator, has missed one of the most sacred and one of the sweetest joys. Our God desires that we should come in touch with Him as our Creator, so that we may sense His power and have unbounded confidence in His ability to save, protect, and keep us.