While I cannot say for certain how I'd react (I don't think many of us honestly can), I feel that it wouldn't really make a difference to me. I've made the decision to live my life regardless of whether or not God exists. Simply due to...well, look at the state of the world, not much happiness, cheer and goodwill to go around; at least not what you would expect if a benevolent God was in charge.
If God is in control, is that the sort of God you would want to worship? Should God actually be worshipped at all?
People living the way they want to is how this world got jacked up to begin with. If you want to change the world then align your will with His and teach others the benefits of doing the same. If you still don't want to do that, then at least don't complain about if you're not going to do anything to remedy it.
Aside from which, worship doesn't merely entail us bowing down in reverence. Reverence is good, but I think God is pretty clear that He wants a relationship with you. Just loving Him with alacrity and casting your cares and worries upon Him is a great act of oblation.
But I think its wise that you recognize just because having God with us won't necessarily change the behavior of anyone. God delivered the Jews out of Egypt and physically and spiritually fed them. It didn't take long for them to relapse.
I've always said that a relationship with God is no different from any other. Human relationships take effort on our part to keep the fire stoked. Constant attentiveness is needed to nourish any relationship. And meeting God for the first time is like newlyweds who are on fire for one another. But the day-in, day-out begins to wear down the immediate infatuation. Unless there is work involved and the bedrock established upon the rock, it will dissolve into nothingness. That's why all of our relationships, physical or spiritual, need regular maintenance. A relationship with God is no different, according to the parable of the sower.
"A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop”a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. He who has ears, let him hear."
The disciples came to him and asked, "Why do you speak to the people in parables?"
He replied, "The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. This is why I speak to them in parables:
But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
"Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path. The one who received the seed that fell on rocky places is the man who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since he has no root, he lasts only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away. The one who received the seed that fell among the thorns is the man who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke it, making it unfruitful. But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown." -Matthew 13:2-23
Edited by nemesis_juggernaut, : typos
"A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell." -C.S. Lewis
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