But it does place effort in its proper proportion to the true credit in our spiritual account. We are not holy because we work. We work because we are holy. If we don’t get this order right, we don’t get Christianity right. And we will always struggle with the so-called spiritual disciplines—struggle against them, even. But if we center on the gospel, the essential duties of maintaining a relationship with God begin to seem less like duty and more like delight. They seem less like rules and more like rhythms.
