Growing faith with breakfast

At the end of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader we come across an interesting scene. It reminds me of the end of the Gospel of John. In John's Gospel the scene is Jesus sharing breakfast with the disciples. The Disciples had been fishing and had not caught any fish. They had spent the whole night out on the water. As the sun is coming up they spot Jesus, (although they aren't sure it is him at first) and are invited to have breakfast. Jesus had already had a fire going and they fish were ready! Where did he get the fish from? Don't know. Why was Jesus there? But let's get back to Lewis's story.

So the Dawn Treader is heading to the very end of the world. They come across this land and get off the boat.  The Lamb ( as Lewis calls him) is standing on the shore ready to serve breakfast. What happens next is interesting. Lucy and Edmund are asking about the Land of Aslan. Aslan tells them that as they are now growing up they won't be able to enter Narnia like they used to. They will have to find a different way.

" You must learn to know me by that (another) name. For this was the very reason why you were brought to Narnia, that by knowing me here for a little, you may know me better there."

Our faith must grow as we get older. We still need child like faith, but if still understand God the same way today as we did when we first believed, we are in trouble. I think this is the point that Lewis is getting at. Lucy and Edmund have seen Aslan as kids. Now they are growing up and need to see Aslan as adults.

We grow as we experience more of God in this life. I trusted in Jesus as my personal savior when I was four years old. My understanding of God has changed since then. My faith in God has grown since then.

So when Lewis says, "You must learn to know me by another name." I believe he is encouraging us to grow in our faith.  Jesus is more then just saving us from hell, as important as that is.

Question:  How have you grown since you first met Jesus?

In John's Gospel, Jesus encourages the disciples after giving them breakfast. This is the great passage of restoring Peter. Jesus encourages Peter to be the leader he goes on to be in Acts.

Our faith can never be idle, it must be growing.