Depends upon upon the level of consciousness one is refering to.  Subjectively: Ignorance is the presences of darkness; Knowledge is the Light of ignorance; Understandsing the Light of knowledge; Wisdom the Light of understanding; Truth the light of wisdom and finally Love thr light of truth.   Understanding is the Light of heart and mind, which ever leads into the Spiritual Heights .  Whereas Objectively:  the Light of the Sun can burn the skin and eyes, yet nutures all Earthly Life, by pushing back the darkness of the night. 

God need not prove Himself to any created being or creature, for He is beyond creation, though such is come of His fantasiful ideas.  Who are men to demand God prove Himself, it is men who must needs prove themselves to God.  All that 'exsts is evidence of His thoughtful power; 

This God, this all knowing Mind of minds, is beyond mens mere objective knowledge, but not beyond ones Subjective Understanding when seeking Intuitively beyond the obvious.  That,is beyond the senses of the body and the world.  For it is beyond the comprehension of the physics of the world, for it cannot be measured because it is beyond space and Time; Beyond the Eternity, the Sphere of the Existence.  Therefore only in hearts and minds of men may this greatest of Consciousnesses be known within, as the truth of the presence of Life itself and the uniqueness of the individuated Soul. 

When one understands the present consciousness of the people then one will know what the state of the Nation is.  For better or for worse.  Let all have Faith in the Good, for therein lies the power of the people, in group consciousness.