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A Choosey Worshipper

"Though [God] slay me, yet will I hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face." - Job 13:15 Job knew something of which we are often ignorant. The most important things in our lives depend on our choices. We often degrade love, forgiveness, and worship to simple emotional responses. But if these things were merely emotional, then they would be very fickle responses indeed. We would only love those who loved us in return. We would only forgive those who groveled enough to satiate our anger, and we would only worship a God who continually brought us good things. If these were based solely on our emotions, it would also make God something of a tyrant! God has commanded us to love one another, to forgive one another, and to worship the Lord, our God, and serve him only! If we could not choose to do these, but could only love, forgive, and worship as an emotional response, then God would have commanded something of us that we could not give. But, I believe that Job was