Daily Devotion - Tuesday, April 7

A Story About Transformation

Have you ever read any of the works of C. S. Lewis? He is a most enjoyable, creative writer. He tells stories that can really help us interpret life. One of his tales, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, tells a story about a young lad who discovers that he really isn’t the person he visualizes himself to be.

Eustace Clarence Scrubb is his name. He is a self-absorbed, always right, “better-than-you-are,” rude, haughty person. During a wonderfully imaginative trip in the Land of Narnia, a time comes when Eustace realizes himself as others see him. He really wants to be a changed, transformed person. He meets Aslan who helps Eustace to understand that transformation would only happen as Eustace allows Aslan to care for him. To tell more of the story is to take away the wonder of experiencing C. S. Lewis’ writings.

I do want to share this line, however: “It would be nice, and nearly fairly true, to say that ‘from that time on Eustace was a different boy.’ To be strictly accurate, he began to be a different boy. He had relapses. But…. the cure had begun.”

The work of personal transformation is not easy. Each of us needs to allow that to happen as Aslan works within us. On our life journey, we are involved in the transformation process not only of ourselves, but with other “Eustaces.” Enjoy a book from the Narnia tales of C. S. Lewis—you won’t be disappointed.

--Ben Keckler
04.07.09