Abraham Kuyper's belief

"God Himself makes man religious by means of the sensus divinitatis, i.e., the sense of the Divine, which He causes to strike the chords on the harp of his soul. A sound of need interrupts the pure harmony of this divine melody, but only in consequence of sin. In its original form, in its natural condition, religion is exclusively a sentiment of admiration and adoration which elevates and unites, not a feeling of dependence which severs and depresses. Just as the anthem of the Seraphim around the throne is one uninterrupted cry of 'Holy, - Holy, - Holy!,' so also the religion of man upon this earth should consist in one echoing of God's glory, as our Creator and Inspirer. The starting-point of departure and the point of arrival, the fountain, from which the waters flow, and at the same time, the ocean into which they finally return. To be irreligious is to forsake the highest aim of our existence, and on the other hand to covet no other existence than for the sake of God, to long for nothing but for the will of God, and to be wholly absorbed in the glory of the name of the Lord, such is the pith and kernel of all true religion. 'Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy Will be done,' is the threefold petition, which gives utterance to all true religion. Our watchword must be, - 'seek first the kingdom of God,' and after that, think of your own need. First stands the confession of the absolute sovereignty of the Triune God; for of Him through Him, and unto Him are all things. And therefore our prayer remains the deepest expression of all religious life. This is the fundamental conception of religion as maintained by Calvinism, and hitherto, no one has ever found a higher conception." - Abraham Kuyper in Lectures on Calvinism