Lent 2021: A Story to Live BySample

Without Limits

Reflection:

‘Safe? Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good. He's the King, I tell you.’

Mr Beaver speaks these wise words in C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. He’s referring to Aslan, a lion who the author paints as a picture of God. 

To try and make God safe only serves to make us comfortable. But God cannot fit within the limits of our imagination. We must not reign God in and instead let go so we can see for ourselves the fullness of God at work.

As part of my role, I am the Editor of One Voice – Tearfund’s weekly prayer email. Our global teams send me weekly prayer requests. Most of them feel too big: peace in Yemen or deadly floods that hit the Rohingya refugee camps.

I have to remind myself not to put my human limits on an almighty God. I surrender to him, and include the requests. Thousands of our supporters then stand with us in prayer. And through this we see lives transformed and God’s love in action. 

Prayer:

Dear God,

Open my eyes and teach me to let go so I can see your love at work in all its fullness. Amen. 

Author: Rachael Adams

Rachael is a youth mentor who writes for Tearfund and others.