One may be able to discern the times or analyze and categorize human nature, but we can only know what God has chosen to reveal to us about Himself and His thoughts and ways. If you study His Word (what He has revealed to man) and know His presence through worship and prayer, you will make a discovery: How vain it is to try and tell Him what to do or bribe Him for favor or mercy. Can the branch say to the vine, “I have no further use for you?” Can the clay say to the potter, “Why did you make me like this?” God is the source of all things, the Sustainer of all things and the end to which all things will arrive; and, it is by His mercy that any of us realize this. Think about it.