"Suppose We really Found Him?"
"There comes a moment when people who have been dabbling in religion suddenly draw back. Supposing we really found Him? We never meant it to come to that! Worse still, supposing He had found us?" - Miracles
Lewis suggest that for the most part we're just playing around with the image of God. As if our whole religion is a big game of hide and seek. But what are we really looking for and what do we hope to find? Do we know?
Lewis says there comes a point in everyone's life when we have to face facts. Life is a temporary assignment and we have a destiny that is intertwined with God. But to suggest that God is a game to be played is setting ourselves up for the greatest horror of all, the inevitable footstep of eternity. Lewis also suggests that we're being pursued; the faster we run the more we are aware of being chased.
If we want to experience the truth of God in our lives, then we need to begin by getting to know both God's heart and God's purpose for our lives. If you only know God's heart than you may believe that God is all softsoap and philosophical goodness who must forgive us regardless of our desire to be forgiven. If you only know God's purpose which is to redeem a world in at war with Him, then God become the great judge from whose court no one escapes. Put them both together and you come to the realization that God truly love, truly searches, and truly pursues those he loves with a passion and a divine purpose.
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"Suppose We really Found Him?"
What a frightening thought! — that as an individual I would profess my faith in and love for God and search incessantly for Him in His word, but that when I find Him, I would pull away from Him and say “…I never meant it to come to this.” Similarly, I wonder if I had lived when Christ was traveling the countryside preaching whether I would have followed Him or would I have chosen to walk away.
I’m not sure we know what we are looking for when we look for God. Perhaps what we are looking for depends on what we are experiencing at the time — grief, happiness, etc. — and maybe it depends on where we are in our walk with the Lord. I think, irrepsective of these two things, we would rather look for and find a God that gives only warm fuzzies; we really don’t want God to hold us accountable for actions.
All we have to do is look at the world around us, even with two instances that just happened in Williamstown, to notice that “almost nothing is permanent” and that “in the blink of an eye” God can call us home. All is determined by God’s purpose for our lives. Doesn’t it make more sense to live our lives seeking to find and fulfilling His purpose, His destiny for us? Doesn’t it make more sense to walk hand-in-hand with Him listening to Him and what He is telling us rather than running ahead of Him and trying to outdistance Him when such is an impossibility?
How strengthened and comforted I am that God loves me, that God will not abandon me in spite of me, that God is in control of everything, and that God has a purpose for my life. I find no problem with surrendering my life to Him, and I so look forward to Him sharing with and guiding me second by second to discern His purpose for my life so that when I leave this earthly home for my eternal home that He will say to me, “Well done, my good and faithful servant.
Have I found Him yet? No, not completely! Will I ever find Him completely? Probably not — probably not until the last second of my life. Am I looking? Yes, most assuredly!
Thank you for the clarity of this passage. C. S. Lewis is difficult for me to understand. Any clarity that you offer is muchly appreciated.