Long before the age of jet airplanes, the Internet, or digital television, theologian Arthur Pink wrote the following: "what man despises, God esteems; and what man admires, He abominates. The world is mad, and speed is one of the 'gods' which is now worshipped by the multitudes. And living as we yet are in the world; God's own people are infected with its evil spirit. Much need has each of us to beg the Lord to lay His cooling and calming hand upon the feverish 'flesh' in us. Rush, hurry, and hustle are the terms which best describe modern activities; but 'stand', 'sit', and 'wait' are words that have a prominent place in the Scriptures."