Thy Kingdom Come: A Blumhardt Reader - Plough

me, then, although I may be the cleverest theologian or thegreatest of Christians, every fool can throw me; it wouldn’ttake an Antichrist to accomplish that. Therefore, beloved,what is important is that we be able to stand before God. Itis about this that we must concern ourselves; it is for this wemust hope...We should be able to observe how the day ofthe Lord makes its approach. The text says that, in observingit, it is as though you were to see summer coming. Justas, in the gardens and fields, one can observe the first blossomsopening, the trees beginning to bud, and the leavesemerging, so we are to be a people that experiences the summerof God—the rising of the Father, the light of the Savior,the radiance of the Holy Spirit, the glory of the Sabbath ofGod.All this we are to experience; but we will have to be quietso that the Savior can show it to us. There are plenty ofinquisitive people who would like to know something veryspecial; but God does not tell them anything. When we experiencesomething, we must remain perfectly quiet andmake no great commotion about it; we must not storm andshout and seek to convert everybody to it. Just let it all comeinto your heart!God does not reveal anything to a person who will immediatelyshout it abroad. But if we become sensible andrate the kingdom of God higher than anything else, thena kingdom-year can come and we will experience it. Yet wemust pray for it, too, standing before God quietly and unit­13