“I was the lion who forced you to join with Aravis. I was the cat who comforted you among the houses of the dead. I was the lion who drove the jackals from you while you slept. I was the lion who gave the Horses the new strength of fear for the last mile so that you should reach King Lune in time. And I was the lion you do not remember who pushed the boat in which you lay, a child near death, so that it came to shore where a man sat, wakeful at midnight, to receive you.” (The Horse and His Boy)
God is so good to make His presence known just when we need it. His timing is perfect. Just yesterday the C. S. Lewis quote above was on an app on my iPod touch that I try to read daily (and tweet, too). The significance of the quote (to me especially) can not be understated. As it has to do with the entire Narnia book series, it is, above all, the most special to me. Of course, the book “The Horse and His Boy” is my favorite to begin with. Its overarching theme is the sovereignty of God in a person’s life.
And so God reminded me of that yesterday morning (with my favorite quote from C. S. Lewis). Only He could know (and ahead of time) I would need it later that day when something I had applied for, and had my heart set on, did not come to pass. In short, I wasn’t picked.
I could easily be down. (I was a bit. Well, maybe more than a bit.) I could easily be thinking my time had passed. (I had those feelings, too.) And yet God (in His sovereignty!) gave me the very quote that only He knew, once my emotions settled, He could remind me of (Holy Spirit: “Hey Mike, remember that quote from this morning?”) and I would know it was Him.
And I would know He knew what had happened to me. (Selah~pause to reflect)
And that He alone had planned it for me not to be picked. (Selah~pause to reflect again)
And that it was the best thing even though it hurt. (Selah~pause to reflect one last time)
I am tearing up again (as I tend to do).
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