Whew! I see a LOT of responses to this. I have not had time to read through yet, and am sure to be repeating what others have expressed, but the main reason to serve Hashem (other than that it is His Ratzon) is that it makes us into better human beings when we live according to the Torah. No one became bad from lack of idol worship, not killing, not being untzniusdig, not sdtealing, no swearing falsely, not giving tzedaka,doing acts of chessed,davening, etc. etc. It is ONLY to our benefit. SO whether or not we serve al menat l’kabel pras, by the very virrue of our growth as spiritual, ehrliche, menschen we have already received a pras gadol. The reward of a mitzvha is another mitzvah. And the reward for serving Hashem is that we hopefully continue to serve Hashem for a long time.
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