Two things the story shows: first, that man can not maintain the cause of God
merely up to a certain point, so far as may be without disturbing himself; rather the will of God claims the man completely.
However, don't jump too fast
to say someone is implying continuation of a trend within a
certain confidence level when they may
merely be saying, statistically, the
points plotted against time are
pointing up, level, or downward within a
certain range, no continuation of confidence said, meant, or implied.