Stopping to see God's bigness

Stopping to see God's bigness

Posted by Ashley Hoover

At SPLICE part of what we talked about was the importance of having a day of rest and keeping a Sabbath day. Robin read is an excerpt from C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia, Prince Caspian that I really liked. I've never read the books but the point is made that as we take time to spend with God and grow in Him, we will see His bigness all around us and our awareness of His bigness will increase over time. I've been trying to be more aware of God in the everyday of life. He is just as big in the "little" things that I often overlook and forget to praise Him in. Just stopping to see God at work in my life makes me realize just how big He is. Where did you see God today?

In Prince Caspian, part of C.S. Lewis' Narnia Chronicles, the children Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy all find themselves in Narnia after a long absence. Aslan, the great king and lion, is nowhere to be seen. Lucy, the youngest of the children, particularly aches to see him. One night she wakes to a great stirring in the forest, and to a voice calling her. While the other children sleep, she ventures forth through the weeds and into a clearing. Here's what happens:

"A circle of grass, smooth as a lawn, met her eyes, with dark trees dancing all round it. And then-oh joy! For he was there: the huge Lion, shinning white in the moonlight, with his huge black shadow underneath him.
But for the movement of his tail he might have been a stone lion, but Lucy never thought of that. She never stopped to think whether he was a friendly lion or not. She rushed to him. She felt her heart would burst if she lost a moment. And the next thing she knew was that she was kissing him and putting her arms as far round his neck as she could and burying her face in the beautiful rich silkiness of his mane.
'Aslan, Aslan. Dear Aslan,' sobbed Lucy. 'At last.'
The great beast rolled over on his side so that Lucy fell, half sitting and half lying between his front paws. He bent forward and just touched her nose with his tongue. His warm breath came all round her. She gazed up into the large wise face.
'Welcome, child,' he said.
'Aslan,' said Lucy, 'you're bigger.'
'That is because you are older, little one,' answered he.
'Not because you are?'
'I am not. But every year you grow, you will find me bigger.'