The word worship itself is fascinating. It is a shortened English version of the old Anglo-Saxon word weorthscipe, which is transliterated “worth-ship.” It simply means “worthiness.”

Thus to worship someone means to recognize and to declare that person’s worth. But to worship God pushes “worth-ship” to its ultimate limits, for true Christian worship calls us to declare the absolute worth-iness of God and the relative worthiness of everyone and everything else.

from The Worship Maze