Archive for August 8th, 2008

On my flight to Phoenix this week the airline showed a movie that I had seen before but I watched again because it is a great movie.  As I was watching it I realized that I had missed certain scenes due to either taking children to the bathroom, getting popcorn or whatever else the constant trips required.  Of course anytime you take 4 kids to the movies you rarely get to “watch” it!  But as I was watching it this time I realized that I had missed several key scenes and several pieces to the plot that made it even more interesting.  One of those scenes that was very profound to me and hit me like a brick to the head (I have never been hit in the head with a brick but I can only assume that it would get your attention.)

This scene was at a crucial part of the film when all of the success of the main characters depended on this one little girl finding the one who could save them from death in the great battle.  The one that she was looking for was named Aslan.  Throughout both of the Chronicles of Narnia films he represents Christ in everything that he does.  Now if you do not understand the meanings behind these films then you simply think that Aslan is a talking lion but if you are farmiliar with the underlays then you understand that Aslan is a representation of our “Lion of Judah” or in other words Jesus!

Throughout the movie before this scene the little girl had been seeing Aslan and the other 3 characters were not seeing him so they assumed that she was wrong.  They then went throughout the movie trying to do everything on their own strength without waiting for Aslan to arrive.  This however is another blog all in itself, the point today is what Aslan said to the little girl as soon as they were re-united.  Lucy (the little girl) as soon as she was face to face with Aslan brags that she knew he was alive the whole time.  And that the others did not believe her.  Aslan then asks a question that as a believer should really make you think.

Aslan says “Why would that stop you from coming to me?”

Wow! How profound and also how accurate is that.  We as Christians routinely often chose when we will go to Jesus and when we will fight on our own.  We will get in a place and begin to believe the lie that the devil tells us that we can do this without Him.  So dont let others or yourself stop you from going to Jesus.  He is our constant source of everything and our only HOPE.

Stay in the word and fight on your knees!!!

God Bless ~ Tyler

Aslan