God works with the grain of the created-order: “Our God is a God who works by means [e.g., “Bible-reading, private prayer, regular attendance on public worship, regular hearing of God’s Word, and regular reception of the Lord’s Supper”], and He will never bless the soul of that man who pretends to be so high and spiritual that he can get on without them” (J. C. Ryle, Holiness, 21).