Walking with a Dangerous GOD

Many of you have read the books and seen the film of C.S. Lewis’s “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe”. There is a scene at the end of the film after the great battle to destroy the Evil Witch is over and the side of Good has come out victorious, where little Lucy the youngest of the children who the story centers around is talking to her beaver friend, and as they watch the Great Lion Aslan walk away along the beach she turns to Him and asks is he safe? And the beaver replies “Safe? Who said anything about safe? Of course he isn’t safe. But He’s good.”

The Scriptures refer to Jesus as The Lion of the Tribe of Judah for a reason; He is wild, fierce, unpredictable, and DANGEROUS. Also the Scriptures talk about Jesus being the Lamb of God, because He is kind, gentle, innocent, approachable, and GOOD. But somehow we have divorced these attributes of God from each other to mean that He is soft, tamable, and safe.

The God of the scriptures is Wild, Passionate, Jealous, and a Warrior. He doesn’t ask nicely to have His people set free. Remember in the story of Exodus? It went like this, speaking for God; Moses said “Pretty please, pleassssseeeee let my people go?” NO. It went like this, “Let my people GO! If you do not I will turn the Nile to blood!” And the Lord did turn the Nile to blood and the rest is history; plagues, afflictions, darkness, and death. Not the work of a nice and safe God.

King David, the great man after God’s own heart evoked a God of vengeance and battle, He said things like, “He is my rock, my fortress, my deliverer, He is my shield, the Horn of my Salvation, I call to the Lord who is worthy of praise and I’m safe from my enemies.” He described the Lord as “The earth trembled and quaked and the foundations of the mountains shook they trembled because he was angry, Smoke arose from his nostrils consuming fire came from his mouth burning coals blazed out of it.” None of these words describe a soft and cuddly God, He is dangerous and fierce.

I love what Dorothy Sayers said: “To do them justice, the people who crucified Jesus did not do so because he was a bore. Quite the contrary; he was too dynamic to be safe. It has been left for later generations to muffle up that shattering personality and surround him with an atmosphere of tedium. We have declawed the lion of Judah and made him a housecat for pale priests and pious old ladies.”

Yes remember that we serve the God of mercy, grace and goodness, all true but God is dangerous and wild, these attributes can go hand in hand and not have a domesticated and tame Lord.

Look at Jesus’ walk with the Disciples, did He promise them that it would be a safe journey that it would be gentle? Did He lay out for them a plan that showed where they would be staying each night, how they would get all of their meals? NO. Jesus promised none of that. He just said “Rise and follow Me, Ill make you worthy, Rise and follow Me Ill make you fishers of Men.” It wasn’t a safe journey for them, many ended up killed for their devotion, but it was a good journey. That is what He promises us a good journey not a safe one.

So what does all of this mean? Is God not loving, kind, and faithful? NO, not at all.

But is your walk with Him safe?