“He’s not safe, but he’s good (referring to Aslan, the Lion, in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)”
-C.S. Lewis

This is a quote that I had heard before but never really thought about. These week has been really challenging in just wrestling with God in the past and letting him take the reigns. Following God is really scary! He’s not safe. He is the most powerful thing EVER! But what Lucy points out for us in the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe is that he’s good! That is something that I, for some reason, can’t get through my head. God isn’t out to hurt me or to totally ruin my life. Yes, I probably will get hurt sometime in my life, and it wont be perfect, but God is in control and his best interests are always in mind.

Tonight…I applied to be a Resident Assistant at my college and there is group process involved in that. They set you up into groups and then assign tasks for you to do and figure out. I’m very nervous for this whole process. Last year, I was crushed through the whole thing with not being accepted and dealing with God’s plan for my life (Looking back, I am so grateful because this year I would not have been able to deal with it)! I don’t want to be crushed again! But what I have to realize that God is not safe, but he is good!

One thing, tonight, that I learned is that I am apt to jump off a cliff without knowing what’s beneath me, hoping that I’m jumping into water or feathers or something soft. I usually don’t worry about having something to protect me once I do jump, but that’s usually where I get hurt. Last year, I jumped off a cliff by applying, then didn’t protect my heart. I didn’t make sure I had a bungee cord attached to me, I just jumped and the end result was crashing to the waterless river bottom with nothing to cushion or protect me from the fall! Life is hard and you have to jump off a cliff blind sometimes. But with jumping off you have to be aware that there could be something different then you expected at the bottom, something better, and it’s exactly where God has you to be!

Psalm 37:4 & 5
“Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act!”

Isn’t that the point! We should be so intoxicated with him that our whole self, all of our desires, are wrapped around his will! His will becomes our will! When we trust and commit our way to him, he will act! He will act for his glory!

Jn 14:13 & 14
“Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.“

This, again, is not saying that if we ask for anything (new car, riches, happiness, etc) that we will get it! It is saying that you need to be in the Father’s will. Once you are in that, once you ask for things that will glorify the name of the Lord, then Jesus will do it!

We have to keep reminding ourselves, its not about us!

“He’s not safe, but he’s good!!”

To Be Continued… =)