He Lives in You

I went to the Lion King yesterday with my family and during Act 2/Scene 6, something caught my attention. Let me rephrase that the whole show caught my attention, but during this scene something captivated my mind & heart in a different way. So I searched in the dark and grabbed whatever paper I could find and pen and began to scribble down what I was hearing and my thoughts. Rafiki and Simba were talking about who Simba is, unsure of his identity following his father's death. Rafiki tells him to look into a well or pool of water and asks him what does he see. Simba at first sees his own reflection and disappointed, responds, "it's not my father, it's only my own reflection." But Rafiki prompts him to look harder  for "he lives in you." Then they proceeded to sing;

"He lives in you, he lives in me

He watches over everything we see

Into the water, into the truth

In your reflection, he lives in you"

As I was watching all of this unfold I was thinking that's like what we believe as Christians! Jesus Christ lives in all of us and we in him. Sometimes at first we might not recognize Christ in ourselves or others but he is there, we might need to just "look harder" so we can love like Christ, be like Christ. God is with us, God dwells within each and everyone of us we just need to remember who we are and have faith!

I sat there in the dark for a couple moments with my paper and pen in hand wondering if I was going to be able to read any of this when the lights came on. :) I couldn't help but wonder if anyone else was making this connection. It took a lot of self-control not to stand-up and shout the thoughts I was having at that moment. Instead I opted to quietly tuck my paper away and enjoy the rest of the show.

Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing. 

(John 15:4-5)

(Here's the audio of scene/song;)