caspian and crowder....character of a theologian and a character who is a theologian

So yesterday evening Blake, I and a few friends went to see Prince Caspian, the next Chronicles of Narnia movie. I have to say it was a very, very good movie. Even better than the first one, in my opinion. I am going to try and not give any spoilers in this post, but I just have to tell this really cool Bible verse that I came across right after I saw the movie and how it relates.

Ok, so I have also been reading the book by David Crowder called Praise Habit: Finding God in Sunsets and Sushi. It's a great book. He looks at like 20 of the Psalms and how they relate praise in different ways. So in the movie last night there is a point when the four kids (Peter, Susan, Lucy and Edmund), who were once kings and queens in Narnia, are back in Narnia and find themselves in a situation that is obvious that they will have to go to war. The Narnians against a new race the Telmarines who have invaded the land. At this point in the movie we have still not seen the mighty Aslan, who quite clearly is the representation of Christ in the story. The girls beg Peter to wait for Aslan before going to fight. Peter, however, has lost hope in Aslan and says that he is tired of waiting for him.

During this scene I couldn't help, but think about how we too do this in our own lives with Christ. We lack faith in the fact that Christ is always there by our sides. Many times we simply choose not to see Him because of our lack of faith. When I came home from the movie I read a chapter in the book before going to bed. To my surprise the Psalms of that chapter was perfect to the scene I just described in the movie. It is Psalm 74 and says in The Message:

"You walked off and left us, and never looked back.
God, how could you do that?
We're you very own sheep;
how can you stomp off in anger?

Refresh your memory of us--you bought us a long time ago.
Your most precious tribe-- you paid a good price for us!
Your very own Mount Zion-- you actually lived here once...

While your people were at worship, your enemies barged in,
brawling and scrawling graffiti.
They set fire to the porch...
They burned your holy place to the ground,
violated the place of worship...

Why don't you do something? How long are you going
to sit there with your hands folded in your lap..."

In the movie Narnia had been taken over by the Telmarines long before the children had returned. Like this Psalm all of the Narnians were angry that Aslan had not returned to help. The Telmarines had destroyed Aslan's beautiful world. I will not describe anymore of the movie so as not to give any more plot away. But I can not help but see the true evidence of God's Word in C.S. Lewis' story. A story made into a movie that will be watched by thousands, if not millions, of people around the world. Who will go purely for entertainment, but will be witnessing an allegory of the very Word of God.