Daily Chizuk #1416

There's a mitzvah from the Torah to love Hashem. The Pele Yoetz writes, someone who loves Hashem would choose to do His will even if he would lose as a result. If he would be told that for doing mitzvot he would be punished and for doing averot he would be rewarded, but Hashem's will is for him to do mitzvot, it would be a no-brainer – he would do the mitzvot happily, knowing that he's bringing satisfaction to Hashem. Sometimes people take upon themselves to do extra mitzvot with the hope of seeing improvement in their lives, but then things don't change and, at times, they even get worse. That is a time when the person could truly show his love for Hashem. He could say, "I'm so happy I did those mitzvot. it was Hashem's will for me to do those mitzvot, regardless of what I got out of it."
Many times, people attempt to grow in religion. They pray harder to Hashem for salvation, they do things for zechuyot, but they get let down. And it could be, time after time, if instead of complaining or getting angry at Hashem, they could seize their opportunity and show their love to Hashem instead, then they would soar to the greatest heights.