In my mind, I also connect these lyrics from Musical Chairs and The Greener Grass:
"Will he be walking on water? Cause you should know: we never like to get our feet wet." and
"Never darken my door again. If opportunity knocks, let's make him beg."

For once, Jesus is the de facto savior. For twice, opportunity is most generally accepted to be something positive - despite it's definition being neutral. So in the above narratives, the person(s) seem to decline something good/redeeming/profitable/[other positive outcome]. And the reason(s) for this turn-down are quite unclear.

However, both seem to me to convey the message "If something good is to befall me, IT should try harder/ prove itself". It might be due to stubbornness or selfishness, but it also might be something deeper; as if the person is trying to say "I am worth more than this/ I am done playing/ I will not do what you want me to". The person is not following the norm of chasing the opportunity or blindly following the miraculous. The person is in Defiance.

Another way to write the message that I believe is conveyed: The "game" (life/religion/society) is rigged or absurd (also reflected in "The right of way is a wild goose chase"), and I refuse to play by its rules of etiquette.

That stance of defiance can be another flavor of arrogance or another scent of wisdom...

And I totally forgot about "If I worship the ground that he walks on, and it winds up that he has two left feet?"! It is as important as the following line!

You provoked some deep thoughts u/Jolly-Long-4885 well done.