"And you will be hated by all for my name’s sake."

A man who thinks that it's always easy to choose God is either naive or foolish.  As it means to lay down your life every time, whether in will or in body.  But, the choice is still to the man as to whether or not to obey God and live for God.  This is the free will which God has given to every human being.  So then, credit can absolutely be given to any man who will "man up" for that job... for that grave responsibility and subjection to ridicule, condemnation and even martyrdom which all too often is Christianity.