Learning in War Time

One thing that Lewis really stresses in this sermon is the fact that everything we do must be a form of worshipping God. This is evident in two quotes, both of which I really loved. "Whether ye eat or drink or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God." Now this last quote, I am suspecting, isn't directly from Lewis but a different source, regardless, whomever is responsible for this quote is right. Everything we do, accomplish, take part in, should be a way of glorifying God. After all, isn't that what He wanted, for us to glorify Him at every step, breath, and action.

The second quote is on the same page and reads "A mole must dig to the glory of God and cock must crow. We are members of one body but differentiated members, each with is own vocation." Here Lewis cites the work of a mole and cock, exemplifying that they both have different "jobs" but no matter what they do, it is in the glory of God. I really like the second part of this quote, it really states that we are all different, unique, which gives us a unique way of glorifying God.

I thought that the last paragraph of the sermon tied things together quite well. He says (paraphrased) that if we wanted heaven on Earth we are sorely mistaken and will come up disappointed. And the last sentence really hits home "If we thought that for some souls, and at some times, the life of learning, humbly offered to God, was, in its own small way, one of the appointed approaches to the Divine reality and the Divine beauty which we hope to enjoy hereafter, we can think so still." This paragraph basically states that if you're hoping for a paradise during the war, you're going to be disappointed, but this gives us a chance to further glorify God, then have at it.