When No One Else Can See the Way

In C.S. Lewis's Prince Caspian, there is a moment that has stayed with me for years. The children are lost in the woods of Narnia, trying to find their way to Caspian's camp, when Lucy sees Aslan. He is standing in the trees, beckoning them to follow. But here is the painful part — no one else can see him. Not Peter, not Susan, not Edmund. They vote to go a different direction, and Lucy, heartbroken, goes along with the group.

It is the wrong path. They walk into danger and lose precious time. That night, Aslan appears to Lucy again. "Now you must follow me alone," he tells her. And this time she does. She steps into the dark forest with nothing but the lion ahead of her. One by one, the others begin to see him too — first Edmund, then Peter, then Susan — but only after Lucy trusted what she could see when no one else confirmed it.

Trust in the Almighty often works this way. There are seasons when God's direction feels clear to you but invisible to everyone around you. The voices of reason and consensus pull one way, and the quiet nudge of the Holy Spirit pulls another. It can feel lonely. It can feel foolish.

But faith has never required a majority vote. It requires one willing heart saying, "I will follow, even if I follow alone." And so often, when we step forward in that kind of trust, others eventually see what God was doing all along.