As long as you believe sheerly as routine, things are not right. One cannot
come drowsing into the kingdom of God. The cause must proceed with clarity
and zest; the way must ever be made afresh by God. And therein is true
grace demonstrated—that God hurries forth as the God who acts.
I tell you I cannot hold out for a single day unless from somewhere,
either
in myself or from afar, I have a report or am able to see that “Praise be,
God is hurrying forward!”...Thus we all should become enlightened in
spirit
so that we become clear about world events, so that we do not fall into
religious confusion and other foolishness, so that we know what time it
is,
so that we have an inner sense about how to comport ourselves. “Shall I
hurry? Shall I wait? Shall I do this? Shall I leave that?” In short, we
need light.
--
Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt
www.blumhardts.com
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