Our duty is to discover His will and to do it and to let Him take care of the outcomes. He is trustworthy.
Americans are characterized by a “can do” attitude. We are performance oriented. While there are many advantages to this there are also characteristic faults. We are prone to seek control beyond our rightful sphere, to take over from someone else [by unjust means]... Don’t like the employer? Just sue him. Don’t like your neighbor’s trashy yard? Get a zoning ordinance passed. Don’t like the way your acquaintance is raising her child? Anonymously report her for child abuse. Don’t think people should use echinacea for their ailments? Use the FDA to have it prohibited.
One characteristic all of these approaches use is their ends-justify-the-means assumption. God wants us to seek good ends. He also wants us to use good means. Respecting His division of authority is basic.
Excerpt from "Trusting God or Trusting Ourselves"
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