To say that God is both subject and object is to emphasize that the Triune God is both the audience and the agent of worship: worship is to and for God, and God is active in worship in the Word and the sacraments.

The Lord is the operator; we are But his innumerable instruments. May we realize him in our consciousness And find the bliss he alone can give us.

It was no messenger[182] or angel but his presence that saved them;[183] in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

Hashem’s main purpose in the creation of the world is chesed, but without gevurah, we would be robots or slaves. The relationship we have is not that of master and slave; it is of a parent and a child. We are meant, by our own free will, to serve the Holy One, much like a child who wants to give to or help their parents. Imagine a parent carrying a