Whenever we think of an economy, we typically think of a person’s or a nation’s wealth creating machine. The truth is that an economy is much more pervasive than merely “a system of producing, distributing, and consuming wealth” (YourDictionary.com) It’s “the restrained or efficient use of one’s materials, technique, etc.” (YourDictionary.com).
While the media culture has shaped our minds into thinking of economics merely as wealth production, distribution, and consumption, the truth is far more basic; it’s efficiency. God certainly understood and understands efficiency. Many people doubt that, asking themselves why a God of love would allow evil in the first place. If He is indeed all powerful, why not just destroy it? After all, that would be the most efficient answer, wouldn’t it? Or would it? The truth is, this is the knee jerk answer, but it is not the most efficient answer, nor is it the most compassionate. God’s love keeps the wheat from being torn up by allowing evil to run its course until the appropriate time. We’ll find in economics that intervention into the normal flow of free markets usually does more harm than good, but God knew that long before we realized it.
God: the quintessential economist.
If God chose to rip the evil out of the world, what potential negative impact could that have (keeping the wheat from being torn up)?
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