We must not think for one moment that we are capable of anything to be proud of. It's all God- Without Him, left to ourselves, we would yield nothing but destruction---We are depraved by nature- we are sinful- Up until the point God catches up to us, we are dead in sins and trespasses- we are alive only to ourselves, serving our own selfish, sinful desires---Nothing happens apart from how God wants it to happen. The world is not a runaway. God is active- He's able and willing to finish the work He started-