I don`t read much C S Lewis anymore, but that is probably just me and my aversion to substituting animals and other creatures for deity. I know, I know, the "Lion of Juda" does depict a similar picture, but I just can`t bring myself to start substituting dwarves, half animals and such things. Once I read Knowledge of the Holy, God`s pursuit of Man, Destined for the Throne, What Happened between the Cross and the Throne, and The Cloud of Unknowing, I just have had trouble with allegory and excessive symbolism. Again, that is probably just me.
We can`t ever know God as fully as we would wish, but we can know Him better than we have in the past....or at least I can and have been working at it. How can we do this? Well, He has told us who He is, many things He has done, and what He wants from us, so we can ask Him to reveal more of Himself to us as we read the Word and pray. That is in no way to suggest that we can understand God, His thoughts, or His ways.
As I read and study, I learn that God has revealed Himself to different men in different degrees, but always never to contradict what He has shown before. Noah, Moses, David, the prophets, the twelve, Paul, Luther, Calvin, Wesley, and many others, all had an understanding of just who God is. Some seemed to have huge revelations and some seemed to have smaller bits of knowledge given to them by the Father. What did they have in common? Well, they asked. Shouldn`t we all ask, ask again, and keep on asking...just to know Him better, to bask in His love, to enter His rest?
Please excuse my butting into the conversation here, but I just had a tug at my heart.
Your brother in Christ,
Charlie