Till We Have Wings
In The Magician's Nephew, Strawberry, the horse, was given a pair of wings to take on an adventurous mission. As we know, the wing is not an innate component of a horse. The addition of wings, therefore, makes the horse a physically and functionally different creature; we shall then no longer call it a horse but by a new name. In fact, Aslan gave Strawberry, along with its new wings, the new name Fledge. The process of turning a horse into a winged creature is not mere improvement but transformation, producing not a better horse of the old kind but a new kind of horse, a new creation. This is analogous to one's conversion to Christ. The Bible says that "if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come" (2 Corinthians 5: 17). What is new is not of the old; there's nothing of one's old self that is capable to put on "new wings." One's conversion is not based on what is found in oneself but in Christ and what He has provided. It is He, alone, who provides the "wings" and makes us anew. What is new is distinguishable, set apart from the old. But it is more than that: the new creation is, in fact, what is ought to be in the first place. The renewing process is also a restoring one. Along with the renewal of our old selves, Christ restores us to our original, default state---what we were created for and meant to be. It is our fault that we lost our "wings" given to us in the first place; until we have our "wings" back on, we cannot live our lives to the fullness. But God who created us to be "winged creatures" in the beginning loves us so dearly that he made us new "wings" and is offering them to us freely. If you are not content with what this life has to offer, if you want to expand your visions, to see beyond this world, to soar in skies you have never imagined of... to be all that you were created to be, then you need to have "wings." The question raised in Till We Have Faces is "How can the gods meet us face to face till we have faces?" Here, I shall ask the following question: How can we reach God till we have "wings"?
In The Magician's Nephew, Strawberry, the horse, was given a pair of wings to take on an adventurous mission. As we know, the wing is not an innate component of a horse. The addition of wings, therefore, makes the horse a physically and functionally different creature; we shall then no longer call it a horse but by a new name. In fact, Aslan gave Strawberry, along with its new wings, the new name Fledge. The process of turning a horse into a winged creature is not mere improvement but transformation, producing not a better horse of the old kind but a new kind of horse, a new creation. This is analogous to one's conversion to Christ. The Bible says that "if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come" (2 Corinthians 5: 17). What is new is not of the old; there's nothing of one's old self that is capable to put on "new wings." One's conversion is not based on what is found in oneself but in Christ and what He has provided. It is He, alone, who provides the "wings" and makes us anew. What is new is distinguishable, set apart from the old. But it is more than that: the new creation is, in fact, what is ought to be in the first place. The renewing process is also a restoring one. Along with the renewal of our old selves, Christ restores us to our original, default state---what we were created for and meant to be. It is our fault that we lost our "wings" given to us in the first place; until we have our "wings" back on, we cannot live our lives to the fullness. But God who created us to be "winged creatures" in the beginning loves us so dearly that he made us new "wings" and is offering them to us freely. If you are not content with what this life has to offer, if you want to expand your visions, to see beyond this world, to soar in skies you have never imagined of... to be all that you were created to be, then you need to have "wings." The question raised in Till We Have Faces is "How can the gods meet us face to face till we have faces?" Here, I shall ask the following question: How can we reach God till we have "wings"?
Are you ready to ask for "wings" and fly to Him?
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