Dec 13 2008
Prince Caspian
Last night my family watched the Disney movie, ”Prince Caspian,” together. While it isn’t as good as the book, I still love it. I love Reepicheep and the D.L.F., and of course Aslan… and mmm, Ben Barnes makes a great Prince Caspian! I can’t wait for the next movie to come out - “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.” They better not change much about that one, because it’s my all-time favorite Narnia book.
Anyway, I was thinking about the spiritual significance of “Prince Caspian”… there’s so much - and even more in the book than in the movie. But one of the things I was thinking about last night was how Aslan and the Kings and Queens of old had been gone for hundreds of years, and it seemed nothing magical and wonderful had happened in Narnia. After the trees stopped dancing, and the stories were reduced to heiroglyphics on the walls of tombs, the Narnians wondered if any of it was true, if Aslan was really alive and cared about them at all. If he was and he did, why was he silent?
But of course, he was alive, and he did care. He didn’t explain his silence, but when the Narnians admitted they could not win the war on their own, he came to their aid.
It’s hard sometimes to hear and read about the stories of old, when the Spirit moved, people were healed and came to follow Christ in droves, when Jesus was tangible. People - even Christians - wonder why he doesn’t show himself the way he used to. And those whose “faith” is based on emotions or things they can see begin to doubt it was ever real to begin with. But I think God allows us to choose who we will depend on. Do we try to live independently, trusting our own strength, intelligence, finances to get us through each day? If so, we are defeated. How much better, to surrender our pride and look to Him who overcomes!
