Day of Rest and the Lord's Day

As Tom Kemner taught the study lesson yesterday, all kinds of thoughts were going around in my head. Alex Wascolm brought up the point that everyday is a day of worship but there is one day per week that we have an intent and elevation of worship collectively. Tom pointed out that a day is 24 hours. The thought of what we do from midnight to midnight on one day a week came to light. If a day is 24 hours, then what we do with one day of the seven day week we have becomes pretty important.
In this 24 hour period, we need to accomplish the following:
1. Rest-ceasing from work activities and our normal routine of the other six days.
2. Collectively worship

So not to be legalistic, does that mean if these are "THE" two things that God asks of us on one day a week, why is it that our focus is on so many other things too? Why is it that we add to the list? Why is it that we subtract from the list? Why is it that we think it is okay to not tithe on that day, or not be involved in other collective times of worship so as to pick and choose what "we" want to do?

Just a thought...think about it and answer this question that I have to seriously answer in my own life. As I look at the Lord's day or Sabbath, am I giving 24 hours to intense worship and focus on the Lord?

Thank you to Chris Shirley and this series on Myth Busters and also for Tom Kemner being one of the best challengers of my thinking.

Have a great week.

pb