"If the redemption in Christ is to be appreciated, we need to know the depth of the fall from which it delivers us. We need to know the inherent evil of our own nature. We need to connect all the selfishness and anger, the pride and self-seeking, the desires of the world and the flesh, with their one root: self, turned from God and fallen under the power of the evil one."
The above comments by Andrew Murray on William Law's 18th Century teatise "The Spirit of Love" is profound in it's depth and perception of Mankind's condition. We need to learn of Jesus. He is meek and lowly of heart. In Him we find rest. The sinking down of our heart into total resignation to God is the rest we long for. However, though he gives us this rest—the only guarantee we will find it is if we seek for it in the manner he commands. The only way is through patience, meekness, humility and resignation to God. Christ can only be found in these virtues. There is no help but in a total despair of any human help. Also, this state must be renewed every minute of every day as we follow Christ wholly depending on Him. Through our desire to do so, we must let no other thinking into our mind but what will nourish and keep this state of heart (Romans 12:1, 2). Will we feel impotent and vulnerable? Of course. But this life is never a question of feelings but of the will. We can never have more or less of Christ working in us. Instead, what is needed is that through our faith He will have more of us. The way to God is through our heart.
Now we can understand that the evil of the world is not the fault so much of others, but on the Christians. Our failure to pray and daily seek the face of Jesus is the problem in our present society. 2 Chronicles 7:14 (ESV) tells us that "if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land." If we want the madness of our society to abate, then Christians must pray.