| Perceptions and Proximity |

Another Chronicles of Narnia moment struck me the other day. I was reading through Prince Caspian, specifically when Lucy finds her way to Aslan in the middle of the night in the clearing just past the dancing trees. None of this is really that important, but it does help a bit of context. See, Lucy has returned to Narnia after being away for a year.

What happens next is the most beautiful little bit of theology I ever read:

"Aslan," said Lucy, "you're bigger."

"That is because you are older, little one," answered he.

"Not because you are?"

"I am not. But every year you grow, you will find me bigger."

Perhaps this doesn't seem like a big deal at all. But think of perception and growth. Things that seem monstrous to us as kids are not all that big once we grow up; things appear smaller as we grow bigger in proportion. But this isn't the case with God! With God, the older we get (or the deeper our faith), the bigger God grows in our eyes.

A verse such as John 14:21 suddenly pops for us, that if we keep God's commandments, we love God, and if we love God, He loves us and reveals Himself to us. The more we grow in God, the more He reveals Himself to us, and the more we see of His grandeur.

Our desire to read up on something and learn all that we can learn so that we can conquer it (like Math, for example) does not apply to God. The more we delve in, the bigger He gets. It is no wonder that people who have lived their lives in service to God, and who now face their death bed, do not fear, for they have such a real and accurate perception of God.

Perhaps the idea of walking closer to Him works as well. In the beginning we are onlookers from a far off. We may not see God at all. When we finally do see Him, He is but a tiny speck in the distance. The deeper we venture in our faith as we follow after Him, the bigger He becomes. Our perception is proportionate to our proximity.

Well, that is all for now.

Cheers.