What a great piece of spiritual food. Love the clear and poetic writing that you deliver to us each day. Old truths like this story are brought to life in a new way and with valuable insights. Thank you for all the time and energy you put into these readings. Up there with Nicky Gumbel and Pete Greig.
Can I read somewhere your thinking on the title Further up, further in'. Love C S Lewis but trying to see this but more clearly. What a great quote at the end of each reading.
Thanks Rob, so lovely to have you tracking with this this year. Thank you for all the encouragement and shares!
The title comes from the final chapter of The Last Battle. They've all been bundled through the door of the stable, and found themselves, at last, in Aslan's country. And yet, as they begin to drink in the beauty and depth and peace and joy of it all, Jewel the Unicorn seems to realise that the beauty of what they've received is not meant to leave them sitting still; it is meant to be a foretaste of the more of God.
I think discipleship, and insight into the ways of God, works like this. It can be tempting to sit down and settle with what we already know. But when we receive something new from God, it can also fire something new in us -- an awareness that, in Him, there is always more. It's too easy as a Christian to picnic in the foothills of the Kingdom, when Jesus always invites us further into the heart and ways of God.
As the story goes on, we find out that Aslan has so designed His land, not as a static world, but as a world of endless new discovery and exploration. That even this moment of reaching the pilgrim's end does not mean The End. It really means the beginning, the great journey into the heart of God.
Jesus' work was to bring us into the Kingdom of God. We've begun the journey. We get to taste and see the foothills of the Kingdom. And so, every day, as we turn up to the Scriptures, with fresh desire for the endless more of God, we are stepping into the invitation: 'Further up and further in!'
I think Chris could easily write too selling books.
What a great piece of spiritual food. Love the clear and poetic writing that you deliver to us each day. Old truths like this story are brought to life in a new way and with valuable insights. Thank you for all the time and energy you put into these readings. Up there with Nicky Gumbel and Pete Greig.
Can I read somewhere your thinking on the title Further up, further in'. Love C S Lewis but trying to see this but more clearly. What a great quote at the end of each reading.
Keep up the good work. Love and blessings, Rob
Thanks Rob, so lovely to have you tracking with this this year. Thank you for all the encouragement and shares!
The title comes from the final chapter of The Last Battle. They've all been bundled through the door of the stable, and found themselves, at last, in Aslan's country. And yet, as they begin to drink in the beauty and depth and peace and joy of it all, Jewel the Unicorn seems to realise that the beauty of what they've received is not meant to leave them sitting still; it is meant to be a foretaste of the more of God.
I think discipleship, and insight into the ways of God, works like this. It can be tempting to sit down and settle with what we already know. But when we receive something new from God, it can also fire something new in us -- an awareness that, in Him, there is always more. It's too easy as a Christian to picnic in the foothills of the Kingdom, when Jesus always invites us further into the heart and ways of God.
As the story goes on, we find out that Aslan has so designed His land, not as a static world, but as a world of endless new discovery and exploration. That even this moment of reaching the pilgrim's end does not mean The End. It really means the beginning, the great journey into the heart of God.
Jesus' work was to bring us into the Kingdom of God. We've begun the journey. We get to taste and see the foothills of the Kingdom. And so, every day, as we turn up to the Scriptures, with fresh desire for the endless more of God, we are stepping into the invitation: 'Further up and further in!'
Agreed