He is rewarder of them that seek him diligently-Heb. 11;6

I might not really be the church person here ,but I must say this is a perfect call to the things of the spirit here on POB.

Thou many might not see reasons to why this type of content should be here just like you said also,but I still believe that we should charged ourselves at times with great content like this and I must say you have really done well.

Getting close to God is very important as it will help in our day to day life and even reshape our under about the things of God.

Their are many rewards attached to doing the things of God ,just like your talked about the present benefit of it and the future one.

Finally let me say it is good to be a good disciple,it pays to serve Jesus