FMF - writing on the word "weak!" Unedited, free flow of writing, set the timer for 5 and let's hit it! go!
This week Abba Father has been leading me back to the yellowed pages of Narnia. I've been reading it with fresh tears, never before has the story pulled on me but now it's new. New because I'm in a different place and the revelation and truth are pouring through the lines as though God Himself were the narrator and no one can hear the words but me. I am struck by Peter's first battle. New sword, a wolf about to attack his sister and her desperate cries for help. It's a moment filled with the deepest fear and yet the presence of bravery. "Peter did not feel very brave; indeed, he felt he was going to be sick. But that made no difference to what he had to do.”
Brave Faith. It's my journey at present, with no other Voice but God's. Peter did not feel brave, he felt something quite different from braver or even faith. He was in all regards ill - equipped to take on a wolf who led the white witch's army, but none of this mattered really. It made no difference to his purpose or his destiny. He was fearful but he still held out his sword, he still shook as the wolf lunged towards him and he still defeated the wolf, thereby saving his sisters life. He may have felt weak - ill equipped, or scared but it did not hinder what he was called to do. In many ways fear is a natural part of life. It is there when things are new, when things are scary or unknown, or questionable. It is there when we stand on the sidelines and finally God calls us to play on the centre stage of life. It is there when we lean over the edge of the boat like Peter did and say "here Yeshua (Jesus), pick me, let me walk on the water with you!"
Fear is there, but it makes no difference. What did make a difference was the choice Peter made while standing in the forest of Narnia, to go forward instead of backward. And in so doing a part of his identity was revealed, he was knighted by Aslan himself and he became Sir Peter Wolfs-Bane. If you stop when fear or uncertainty calls, you will miss the blessing of deeper identity and intimacy with the King. To go where fear is present only means that you have gone in to a place where you feel small and weak, and thats the very place of bravery, a place of destiny, a place of calling.
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Hey I'm a Guest Writer over at Y Am I this week, do you want to take a look? I'm getting real about the day I overlooked my marriage vows! Truly marriage is a deep blessing, but we have to share the truth especially with our children! My Marriage Vows!
Faith=trust. Brave was my word a few years ago. Blessed to be your neighbor this week.
ReplyDeleteI've always been a bit puzzled at the thought that fear and faith can't co-exist; clearly, Jesus was terrified in the Garden of Gethsemane, and if He can be afraid, so can I!
ReplyDeleteFaith can waver, certainly. I used to work in the area of earthquake engineering, and you simply can't design a building or bridge that will remain undamaged in a strong seismic event. But by designing in areas in which damage is allowed to happen, you can dissipate the earthquake's energy safely
#1 at FMF this week.
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Hi ANdrew - woww! I loved everything you shared and amen, yes our Messiah was afraid and so why not me! I love what you shared about the earthquake and I think I am going to sit with this thought in my own life. Thanks so much for visiting :)))
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