Are You Ready To Drink?

(Jill enters into Narnia and finds
herself all alone and very thirsty. She come to discover a stream
but is troubled to see that there is a lion next to the stream that
has spotted her.)

“Are you not thirsty?” said the
lion.

“I’m dying of thirst,” said Jill.

“Then drink,” said the lion

“May I – could I – would you mind
going away while I do?” said Jill.

The Lion answered this only by a look
and a very low growl. And as Jill gazed at its motionless bulk, she
realized that she might as well have asked the whole mountain to move
aside for her convenience.

“Will you promise not to – do
anything to me, if I do come?” said Jill.

“I make no promise,” said the Lion.

Jill was so thirsty now that, without
noticing it, she had come a step nearer.

“Do
you eat girls?” she said.

“I
have swallowed up girls and boys, women and men, kings and emperors,
cities and realms,” said the Lion. It didn’t say this as if it
were boasting, nor as if it were sorry, nor as if it were angry. It
just said it.

“I
daren’t come and drink,” said Jill.

“Then
you will die of thirst,” said the Lion.

“Oh
dear!” said Jill, coming another step nearer. “I suppose I must
go and look for another stream then.”

“There
is no other stream,” said the Lion.

It
never occurred to Jill to disbelieve the Lion – no one who had seen
his stern face could do that – and her mind suddenly made itself
up. It was the worst thing she had ever had to do, but she went
forward to the stream, knelt down, and began scooping up water in her
hand. It was the coldest, most refreshing water she had ever tasted.
You didn’t need to drink much of it, for it quenched your thirst at
once. Before she tasted it she had been intending to make a dash
away from the Lion the moment she had finished. Now, she realized
that this would be on the whole the most dangerous thing of all. She
got up and stood there with her lips still wet from drinking.

• The
  Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis

C. S.
Lewis writing is so simple as a child’s story but it still holds one
of the greatest challenges. Are you ready to drink from
the stream? This is a very
serious question which the answer will change you life forever one
way or another. We are all dying of thirst and there is only one way
to fix that problem – to drink. But as Jill found out there is
only one stream and there is a Lion that watches over it. Dying of
thirst we all want to drink from the stream but we are fearful of the
Lion. Like Jill, we make request of the Lion, “Will you go away
while I drink?” or “Do you promise not to do anything to me?”
The Lion is not there to make deals or agreements. He offers the
source of life on His terms – take it or leave it. It is a scary
thing to think about, it should be. The Lion is not one to be fooled
with. Jill realizes this after drinking she planned to running but,
“noticed that this would be on the whole the most dangerous thing
of all.” You are not allowed to test the water first. It is all
or nothing. There is no promise of your personal safety. The only
promise that is given is LIFE.

“Taste
and see that the Lord is good.” Ps. 34.8

Christ
has already paid the price for your life. All He is asking you to do
now is live it.