“So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be alert and self-controlled.”
-I Thessalonians 5:6
“And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.”
-Ephesians 6:18
“Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.”
-I Peter 5:8
Through reading all these different writings by C.S. Lewis, the biggest challenge that I’ve been getting is the question of are we awake? Are we alert? Are we thinking? Are we conscious? The Screwtape Letter that we read talks about how even church going can become a deadly weapon that the devil can use against us if we are not conscious what we are doing and why we are doing it. We have to be aware of the fact that we really are getting attacked all the time, and if we are not conscious and alert about it, we will get swept away.
It the last paragraph of The Weight of Glory Lewis talks about the people around us. No one that we have ever come across in our lives is a mortal. “There are no ordinary people!” The people around, especially Christians, are the holiest objects that God has placed in our lives bearing the imaging of God and embodying Christ in their hearts. Do we really believe that? Are we constantly aware of that when we meet people each day?
I feel the same way. Lewis has made me think a lot about my life and how I live it. We should be aware every day of our faith and what it means to embody Christ.
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