“Aslan a man? Certainly not. I tell you he is the King of the wood & the song of the great Emperor-beyond-the-sea. Don’t you know who is the King of the Beasts? Aslan is a lion…the Lion, the great Lion.”
“Ooh!” said Susan. “I’d thought he was a man. Is he…quite safe? I shall feel rather nervous about meeting a lion.”
“That you will, dearie, & make no mistake,” said Mrs. Beaver, “if there’s anyone who can appear before Aslan without their knees knocking, they’re either braver than most or else just silly.”
“Then he isn’t safe?” said Lucy.
“Safe?” said Mr. Beaver. “Don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you?” Who said anything about being safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.”
In C.S. Lewis’ “The Chronicles of Narnia”, Aslan represents Jesus Christ. He is described as the great lion, the king of wild beasts, who is anything but “safe.” But, it’s added that he is good.
What do you think about Jesus? Is He safe & non-threatening to you & the way you want to live your life? If your vision of Jesus is the meek & mild Jesus that makes no demands on you…I want to tell you that you’ve got the wrong Jesus. Nothing makes me sicker, than to see the pictures of Jesus, the ones with the pasty white skin, the big puppy dog eyes & pouty lips…you know the one that looks like a sissy. Christianity is not a religion of sissies, nor was or is Jesus one. I believe that we need to mentally do away with this “sissy” Jesus view, He was anything but a sissy anything but weak, anything but safe & we should tremble at His presents…He is the Creator of everything, the Law Giver & Judge…He is the Great I Am. But when we are living in His will, we have no need to fear His wrath…He is good.
"A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken! Who can but prophesy?" (Amos 3:8)
Vern
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