Indeed, loving God is of necessity "tied to getting what's in it for me," because it is true that "we love [Him] because He first loved us" (1 John 4:19). It does not negate "worshiping God just because He is great," for the supreme act of His greatness is in His sacrificial love for us; we know He is great only because He has revealed all His greatness to us in Jesus Christ the Lamb of God who came to take away the sin of the world (ref. John 1, Rev. 5). Apart from Christ (the Gift) there is not even a connection to God, much less an intimate fellowship, only our fallen rejection of our Creator and Ruler. Without our first "getting" no "worship" would even be possible. I, like Forest, found your argument contradictory in this regard, kosta.
Wow, I thought that's what the Protestants believe. In other words, "buy me a drink, I love you." That is not even Christian.
The Church established by Christ and living in the tradition of His Apostles teaches that loving is not "by necessity" tied to getting but to giving.