Following Prince Caspian by Thomas Williams

Author:Thomas Williams
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2013-02-05T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

THE COMPANY

OF BELIEVERS

ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS PEOPLE don’t follow God is that doing so often means turning away from their family or peers. This was Lucy’s dilemma. Even though she could see Aslan and the others couldn’t, she could hardly stand the thought of leaving her companions and following the Lion into the wilderness alone.

It’s surprising how hostile family and friends can be to the idea of following God. For whatever reasons, those entrenched in the values of the culture often seem to do all they can to make it hard on the person who wants to try the way of Christ.

I think this hostility stems mostly from a sense buried deep inside that by following Christ, you are doing the right thing. They, however, lack the courage to leave what they’ve been raised to believe. Your choice seems to judge them and put them in the wrong even though that is not your intention.

They judge themselves because the real truth has been implanted deep in everyone’s heart. It’s part of our original standard equipment. Everyone has within an innate sense that there is a supreme being and a true standard of right. We must be conditioned or educated into disbelief. Most often, disbelief is simply absorbed from those around us—family, schoolteachers and classmates, friends, coworkers. . . It’s hard to take God seriously when those you’re close to don’t. It’s not easy to go it alone. But if you find the path you’re looking for, it’s worth all the rejection or ridicule you might feel.

The good news, however, is that you don’t have to go it alone. Affirmation, help, companionship, and support for your decision are readily available.

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