"And the effect of righteousness will be peace...the result if righteousness, quietness and trust forever."(Isaiah 32:17 ESV).  "Do you know that a little leaven, leavened the whole lump" (1Cor.5:6 ESV).  The Isaiah reading can be looked at from two perspectives. For, without the Spirit poured out, the wilderness will stay just that...wilderness. I am, of course, speaking metaphorically about a believer's life which, devoid of Spirit enabled righteousness, will be marked by anxiety instead of peace. Chaos and suspicion will reign in the place of quietness and trust.  Paul's teaching for the Corinthians also applies. A little measure of u righteousness poisons the whole Christian community, especially if it is allowed to continue unchallenged or, heaven forbid, even affirmed.  A small measure of righteousness bears the appropriate fruit...peace, quietness, trust.