I realized that I had been taught most of my life that devotion was duty to God, not delight in God. I quietly determined to live for delight, not duty. The Change Jesus Made in My Life As a result of that inner transaction, the weight of religion with rules rolled off me like a heavy backpack falling to the ground. Who took it and how it was lifted off me, I wasn’t sure, but it was gone. I felt free. I knew from that moment, I didn’t need to do anything—indeed could not do anything—to make God love