If God wanted your service to be mechanical, he would have created robots, and they could have done a better job than you're doing. God isn't interested in mechanical responses. God is interested in a loving response from your heart and from your life. The second characteristic of the church of Ephesus was its patience. Now, throughout the new Testament the churches had been exhorted towards patience, waiting upon the Lord to accomplish His work and to fulfill His promise.
Patience is certainly a desired virtue.
How often I am impatient with the things of God. He isn't working quite as rapidly as I'd like Him to work, so I get in and try to help Him out, always with disastrous consequences. Throughout the New Testament the Church was exhorted towards patience in waiting for the coming of the Lord. I wish the Lord would come soon. The worldwide economic system is becoming computerized.