Just Follow the Signs

In one of his popular novels, author C. S. Lewis gives us a satirical look at some important theological issues – namely temptation and our resistance to it. -1

The story unfolds in the form of a series of letters from a senior demon, Screwtape, to his nephew Wormwood, a junior devil. Satan gives instructions to his demon followers, preparing them for their hellish mission to the world. He says, “Our cause is never more in danger than when a human, no longer desiring but still intending to do God’s Will, looks around upon a Universe from which every trace of Him seems to have vanished, asks why he has been forsaken, and still obeys.”

There is one fundamental concept in our understanding of what Jesus was all about that has profound implications for our own lives today. The fact is that all through His life, Jesus understood His ministry of obedience to the Father’s Will primarily in terms of loving service to other…