At the close of a worship service a minister was approached by a sincere young man. "Do you think I ought to come to church when I don’t feel like it?" he asked. "There are times when I want to come and really enjoy the service, but there are other times when I’ve no inclination at all. Am I a hypocrite to come then? In addition, sometimes I find worship quite boring. Why should I come to something that bores me?"

The minister responded to the young man in this way: "Well, Bob, do you only pay your bills and your rent when you feel like it?" Needless to say, the young man grasped his point. Worship is a debt to be discharged regardless of how we feel. It is giving the Lord the glory due unto his name.

In response to the young man’s finding worship to be boring, much can be said. This particu…