God Is Moving…Spring Is Coming!
This winter I have been reading C.S. Lewis’ ”The Chronicles of Narnia” with my kids before bed time (okay, we read the first two books and we are very slowly proding through the third). It has been amazing to enter the world created by this unbelievably creative writer/philosopher/theologian. I have been taken back to childhood and reminded of the mystery and power of God. I love when the comment is made of Aslan (which is the lion character that represents God) that “he is not a tame lion, but he is good”. How true this of God, He is not tame, but He is good! My favorite though is when the winter in the land of Narnia begins to disipate. The snow is melting, the trees are budding, the birds are singing and the creatures of Narnia describe the coming of spring simply as evidence that “Aslan in on the move”.
That phrase has stuck with me.
Aslan (the God of universe) is certainly on the move.
I am becoming more and more aware of how my physical surroundings affect me. The layout of a room, the paint colors on the walls, the lighting, the style of the furniture and deore, the music (or lack there of) playing softly in the background, the weather, the smell, etc. all affect me in profound ways. Therefore, with the coming of spring my senses seem to come alive to the fact that God is indeed on the move. However, I wonder what life would be like if I could be aware of and realize the movement of God in my life at all time, not just when the season changes from winter to spring. Brother Lawerence wrote a classic of a book called “Practicing the Presence of God” in which he depicts his journey in learning how to discover the movement of God in his life all throughout his day. I want a piece of Brother Lawerence has discovered. I want to better learn how to shut up long enough, and slow down often enough to recognize God’s movement in my life.
Might this be an ever important aspect of leadership? What if I could model this with my life? What if in turn I could help other’s in experiencing the recognition of God’s movement in their life? What if we both then could act on God’s movement in our lives. I have to believe that if this happended, the world would be a different place. But I also know that this must start with me.
Aslan is on the move indeed!
