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As I shared in my previous post, there were several moments in the new Chronicles of Narnia film, Prince Caspian, that opened my eyes to truths that I needed to see. It’s so easy for our faith to become stale, and its a beautiful thing to find it reawakened in the most unexpected places, like a movie theater. 

This moment comes from the same portion of the story as the first one, but its a different statement that Aslan makes. Lucy is wondering why he hasn’t saved them the same way he did last time. Why he hasn’t swooped in and made it all better. Saved the day in the same fashion as he had done in the previous story. 

He simply says, “Nothing happens the same way twice.” 

Now my questions is this, how did that affect the way they were fighting? Were they doing the same thing they had done before expecting to get the same response from Aslan. 

How many times do I go through the same motions of worship and faith expecting God to do the same thing, give me victory over the same battle, that he did last time. Even though I’m giving him nothing new of me, just my good ol’ trusty formula that I’ve always offered up. Every week I go through my 3-step process of worship and every week I’m expecting Christ to keep showing up the same way in my life as he did last week or last year.

I’m thinking he deserves more every day, more heart felt honesty, more vulnerability, more passion, more love, more surrender than I gave him the week before. Why, because nothing ever happens the same way twice.

Give him something new, a new part of you that you’ve been trying to hide. And see if he gives you a new victory.