The Dangerous Lover

In his book The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis portrays this dangerous encounter with the with the God that should make all of us shiver. Lucy is about to meet Aslan, the lion, and she asks, "Is-is he a man?"

"Aslan a man!" Said Mr.s Beaver sternly. "Certainly not. I tell you he is the King of the wood and the son 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, and 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 safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good. He's the King, I tell you."

Jesus is a dangerous lover. After all, it's God who makes the demons of hell shudder. He is powerful enough to end our life in an instant, and kind enough to be literally infatuated with us. He should make us shudder- the kind of shudder that we get with a new boyfriend or girlfriend-giddy, obsessed, infatuated. Any portrait of or story about them makes our heart jump inside of us and our eyes twinkle.

On the other hand, it is a shiver of awestruck wonder. I have no idea what's going to happen next-just throw my hands in the air and hold on, like riding a good rollar coaster.

Have you ever seen the Lion King? Of course you have-everyone has! Remember that part where the hyenas are talking about Mufasa, and one of them says his name and they all shake and say, "ooh! Say it again, say it again....Mufasa....ohh!!!"

That kind of shudder.

Fact is, God has called us to fear Him.

Fact is, God has called us to be either hot or cold. If we are luke-warm christians, not only will we make absolutely no impact on the world, God has said in His word that he would like to vomit the lukewarm up.

Jesus didn't get crucified for being "cool". John the Baptist wasn't exiled because he wore the good ol' suit and tie and was a business man. John the Baptist wore camel skin and ate locusts! Paul didn't get imprisoned for being a stuck-up pharisee. He challenged the oppressive roman governement, was thrown into jail at least twice, and in the end, got beheaded. These men weren't "cool", they weren't even "normal". But they changed the world forever.

I don't know if this blog makes any sense. It's beyond myself. I will leave you all with one last quote.

"Dear children, some people tip-toe through life just to end up safely at death. Run, scream, skip, jump through life, just please don't tip-toe." -Unknown.