Flourishing in the Midst of Destruction

Ever since the fall of man, the world has been a place where people scheme, lie, cheat, and use other people for their own advantage. This is not the special domain of a group of "really bad people." It is common to man. Often, the people who proclaim the loudest that they don't do this are the ones who do it the most skillfully. Can we really flourish in such a world? Yes, it is possible for those who trust the Lord