But a pietism that immerses itself in the bible only to gain insights into religious history is a weak and poor thing, because it stands in opposition to the almighty, all-embracing, creative God. There is, however, a meditation on scripture that can lift us beyond our small ego and our petty affairs a meditation that carries us into God s heart, so that we may take part already now in his all-embracing kingdom. But our expectation of this kingdom cannot be a passive waiting, a sweet, soft occupation with ourselves and our like-minded friends. Then the social justice of the future with its purity of heart and divine fellowship will be realized now, wherever Jesus himself is present. The spirit of expectation is the spirit of action because it is the spirit of faith.
Faith is bravery.
Faith is reality. If we have faith, even only a small seed, we cannot regard anything as impossible. For faith is what gives us a clear picture of life s ultimate powers. It discloses God s heart to us as the pulse of the entire living creation, and shows us that the secret of life is love. If we live in love we can never exhaust ourselves in psychic introspection or in narrow conventionality.