“You have listened to fears, child,” said Aslan. “Come, let me breathe on you. Forget them. Are you brave again?”

We have a choice. He doesn’t put us on a ventilator and force us to breathe. All of the power, all of the life of the breath of God, is available to us. But we have to choose to open up that faucet and receive His breath and let it flow through us.

It is the Lord your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him (Deuteronomy 13:14). In other words, hold on for dear life ... like being on a roller coaster.