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What Harmony?

 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? (II Corinthians 6:15)

 

          Tonight, I find myself thinking about The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. Whatever your view of the failings of the movie version are, the one thing it did wonderfully is present the White Queen as a seducer, and then as a pretender to the throne, wearing a magnificent mane. In The Last Battle, Lewis again introduces an imposter god: Tashlan.

          As I think about making good decisions, I wonder how often I try to merge God’s will with the world’s, or God’s will with mine. It reminds me of a comment made by one of my supervisors in my last job. It was OK to do something (I don’t recall what now) because it wasn’t “entirely unethical.”

          We need to be careful as we make decisions. The Bible is replete with good, godly men who don’t remember to ask God, or who decide to do things their own way. It’s easy to see when someone else is doing it. It’s not as easy to see when we are. In the first book, there are two keys. The White Witch tempts with the promise of being special without effort. And in the last book, there is the idea of “just like, only better,” more accessible. Sound familiar?

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