Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Waiting
Concluding my teaching on the scinece fiction books of CS Lewis, I ran across an outstanding passage at the end of the thrid book - That Hideous Strength. To set it up, the last book is the battle between the forces of the Lord and the forces of the fallen angel. The forces of God are small and not at all what you would expect of an army and the battle is not exactly spectacular. When all is said and done and the Lord's group has prevailed, this passage appears
It is really hard to wait - but wait is what we are called to do. we are not generals, we are not really officers, we are grunts - we wait until we are ordered not to wait, then we do what we are ordered to do and then we wait for another order.
How often do we really wait on God?
Related Tags: wait, obey, C.S. Lewis, The Hideous Strength, faith, Christianity
"Aye," said MacPhee, "and it could be right good history without mentioning you and me or most of those present. I'd be greatly obliged if any one would tell me what we have done - always apart from feeding the pigs and raising some very decent vegetables."I may have to commit that to memory. As we discuss so often how to do that which God has called us to do, we even usurp the Lord's role in that discussion. Our role is to obey and to wait.
"You have done what was required of you," said the Director. "You have obeyed and waited. It will often happen like that. As one of the modern authors has told us, the altar must often be built in one place in order that the fire from heaven may descend somewhere else. But don?t jump to conclusions. You may have plenty of work to do before a month is passed. Britain has lost a battle, but she will rise again." [emphasis added]
It is really hard to wait - but wait is what we are called to do. we are not generals, we are not really officers, we are grunts - we wait until we are ordered not to wait, then we do what we are ordered to do and then we wait for another order.
How often do we really wait on God?
Related Tags: wait, obey, C.S. Lewis, The Hideous Strength, faith, Christianity
