Piety is that reverence joined with love of God which the knowledge of his benefits induces. For until we recognize that we owe everything to God, that we are nourished by his fatherly care, that he is the Author of our every good, that we should seek nothing beyond him-we will never yield him willing service. Nay, unless we establish our complete happiness in him, we will never give ourselves truly and sincerely to him. (Institutes 1.2.1)