Edmund: The Ignorant to the Just

As I completed The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, I found my favorite part of the book was Edmund’s transformation. He is rude, self centered and just plain mean. He is also quick to act but not so quick to consider how his actions might affect and hurt those closest to him. However, as a human, he has a capacity for both good and evil and no matter how far he falls into the evil, there is still redemption available for him. Hmm, sound familiar?

Ed is so wrapped up in the Turkish delight that he does not care if the White Witch is evil. Like we have talked about, he mentally justifies his actions to himself for his own benefit and rationalizes both his and the Witch’s behavior. At this point I am thinking, “Wow, what a jerk of a brother.” Nevertheless, something happens to Edmund that I believe happens to all of us that have lost your heads in sight of ourselves. Common sense kicked in and his true allegiance became known. He realized what evil was and how it was working and then just like that, he chose to be submissive to Aslan and Aslan redeemed him.

Edmund’s transformation came to be because of his own will to be submissive to a higher power and he had the courage to make a change in himself, not only for his own betterment, but for those he cared about. It is similar with us as Christians. We can get so wrapped up in our own lives and what we need, we forget about who is ultimately important. We can fall so far into the snares of evil that we cannot escape on our, but need a savior. That is where our transformation begins. When we have courage to be submissive to God, we have made the ultimate transformation from self centered and ignorant to humble and just. Just like Edmund.