" . . . God governs the world, not our abstract reasoning, and He structures it in such a way that when we avoid the company of fools--in our own village--and seek out the company of the wise in the same place, God connects us to the global issues rightly. We don't have to get a Ph.D. in international relations before we vote for candidate Smith or Murphy, or obtain an MA in economics before buying something on sale at Wal-Mart. We don't have to spend a month in the library trying to decide if it is all right to join the Navy. This protection from God doesn't happen because we have ensured a goodly outcome, it happens because God honors those who walk with Him, and who do their duty according to their light in the place where He has put them. The attempt to figure the big picture out beforehand (so that we can know the right thing to do) is to give way to the ancient temptation--ye shall be as God."
--Douglas Wilson (Credenda Agenda 20:1, p. 10)
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