Game theory, chess tactics, the art of war, and so on.
The answer is staring us in the face.
Nothing is ever what it seems.
2 Chronicles 7:14
If my people, which are called by
my name, shall humble them=
selves, and pray, and seek my face,
and turn from their wicked ways;
then will I hear from heaven, and
will forgive their sin, and will heal
their land.