It’s man’s basic nature to be at his best during hard times and at his worst during good times. It requires discipline and character not to be ruined by too much prosperity and most people simply don’t have it. When we’re hungry and desperate, we’ll rediscover the traits that will restore our bounty and security until it inevitably leads again to our demise.
Excellent point
This is a very possible outcome.
A personal hypothetical observation I have made, is that if Barack Obama proved to be an excellent gun salesman, perhaps has he also proved to be an excellent prayer salesman?
I believe it logical. And God is always gracious to the prayerful attitude that turns back His way (theologically this is called repentance — and the important thing in the Christian model is that it does not look like the world’s model in which there is a probationary period, as God can see genuine movement of the heart and needs no other testimony as to what is in a man).
Also... what is called discipline and character, is in the end simply the properties of a focus on the Lord. To speak of a focus without them is like to speak of a focus with no focus.