Aren't Christians supposed to fix the world?

The world is broken beyond our fixing. While we are to practice pure and undefiled religion by looking after “orphans and widows in their distress,” Christians are not charged to fix but to faithfully endure. As I note in Thinking Christian,

“When our disposition is one of humble strength, we recognize that the problems of the world are not ours to solve but to navigate faithfully. Christians will leave the world broken, perhaps more broken, despite our faithful efforts to live out the kingdom of God within it. We do not faithfully convey God to the world by fixing the world. We convey Him to the world by continuing to be faithful as we confront a world so broken only God can fix it.”

The point is not to suggest that Christians should abandon the world. Rather, it reminds Christians that our efforts aren’t primarily geared toward the pragmatic result of changing the world. They are intended to point to Christ.