And anyone who thinks differently is a fool. It would be easier for us to believe that world could be straightened out, if there were more effective ways to coerce people. It would be easier to settle things, if we exercised a little more authority. We like to think that the problems of the world would just go away, if we could only execute a few more of the bad guys. The outward wisdom of the world says that we need strong, military force to back up all of the good things we want to do.
People still like that outward wisdom.
And there are still people who say that they are only going to change if God tells them, if God puts up a great big sign written up in the sky, or if God sends a personal engraved invitation, written out just for them. People are ready to believe in God, if only their prayer gets answered, their way. I'll believe, only if God heals me. As if healing doesn't usually happen, in its own way, in its own time. Or people are ready to believe in God, if they win the lottery.