Thy Kingdom Come: A Blumhardt Reader - Plough

my distress, more is accomplished than if men organize ahundred thousand benevolent institutions. It is God’s actionwe need; and very quickly God will have to do somethingfor us, because we cannot pull the load. We must ask God tobestir himself; and we must become biblical again. I wouldlike to say nothing but this: Become biblical! This is whatproduces understanding and wisdom: our maintaining as apriority the truth that God comes down and Jesus comesdown, and that we claim our privilege on earth. Sin anddeath are overcome here, not through our faith, but throughthe power of God.Our pitiful faith doesn’t accomplish anything anyway.Most people merely believe according to their heads. Thissounds harsh; but I can’t help it. I can’t bear such prattleabout “faith,” because it produces the most self-loving ofpeople. They pay attention only to themselves. I, too, knowwhat faith is. But a faith which we create, in which we wishto see things go according to our own ideas, such a faith Idon’t want. The power of God saves us, and that power isobliged to save many people who don’t even believe aright.Who among us would stand up with his faith and say,“Look, I have the right faith!”? That is delusion! But whenwe reverse this thing and make it biblical, then light comesinto every situation, we acquire totally different hearts andheads, totally different hands and feet.We must be constantly mindful of God’s efforts to comeinto the world and achieve something here. We must not be253