Who Is Calling Whom? Lessons from Narnia

“Speak your thought, Human Child,” said the Lion.

“I was wondering—I mean—could there be some mistake? Because nobody called me and Scrubb, you know. It was we who asked to come here. Scrubb said we were to call to—to Somebody—it was a name I wouldn’t know—and perhaps the Somebody would let us in. And we did, and then we found the door open.”

“You would not have called to me unless I had been calling to you,” said the Lion.

“Then you are Somebody, Sir?” said Jill.

“I am.”
~ from The Silver Chair, C. S. Lewis

God called Abram to swap his nationality for a new patriotism in an unknown world. God called Moses to leave Egypt for a magical land flowing with milk and honey. Jesus called his disciples to “Follow me” to places they couldn’t imagine.

What does God call me to do? You to do? For starters: He calls us to be His. To be saints—sacred ones, set apart for His use.

Then we, in turn, call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ—leaving behind thoughts of earthly things and setting our minds instead on things above, in a new realm, a new kingdom.

He calls us; we call Him. We find the door open, and Somebody lets us in.

“...to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ...”
~ 1 Corinthians 1:2

“Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.”
~ Colossians 3:2,3

“The Spirit and the Bride say, ‘Come.’ And let the one who hears say, ‘Come.’ And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.”
~ Revelation 22:17