What Is A Christian Worldview....

    Are you a Christian? If so, where do you get your worldview? Do social media influencers or cable news networks determine how you see the world, or does the never-changing Word of God influence your worldview? If you have put your faith in Christ for salvation, then I am here to tell you that nothing should shape your worldview other than the truth of God’s
Word.
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What Is a Worldview?
    A worldview is how we perceive and interpret the
world around us. It is the lens by which we understand the
world. Your worldview is probably influenced by many
factors but could be influenced the most by what you
consume the most: media, books, conversations, the
Bible(?), etc. 

How Does a Worldview Work?
If our worldview helps us understand the world around us, then our worldview
influences how we react to certain situations. Take for example a crisis on the news
such as the stock market crashing or another pandemic. If you get your worldview from
cable news, the reporters may try to spin the situation against the political party in the
White House at the time, or the news may try to convince you that the crisis is the end
of the United States and life as you know it. If we get our worldview from our family, we
may see our loved ones hoarding toilet paper and food, and declaring, like Chicken
Little, that the sky is falling!  We wonder if we should be doing the same things. What
should we do; where should we go? We can feel our rising panic. But if we get our
worldview from God’s unchanging Word, we can put this crisis and any crisis in the
proper perspective. 

God’s Word tells us that God is our help, and He will help us though the world
seems to be in chaos: “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved
into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble
at its swelling” (Psalm 46:1, ESV). Knowing God’s view on every situation may not “fix”
the situation (pandemics will come and market crashes will happen), but His view sure
does put things into perspective. Knowing He has control of everything and is in charge
of everything helps us to see each situation for what it is: a situation that God will take
care of in His time and in His way and in the way that is best (Phil. 4:19, Matt. 6:26, 1
Pet. 5:7, Matt. 7:11, Is. 41:10, etc.).

How Can I Develop a Biblical Worldview?
In order to develop a biblical worldview, you must read the Bible! As Christians
the Bible should be our constant companion. How will we be able
to interpret the world through the Bible if we don’t know the Bible:
what it says, how it applies to our lives, etc.? If our worldview is
influenced by what we consume the most, we should be
consuming the Bible the most. Jesus Himself said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by
bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God’” (Matt. 4:4). In
Romans 12:2 the apostle Paul tells us that if we don’t want to be like this world, then we
need to be “...transformed by the renewal of your mind…” How will our minds be
transformed? By the washing of our minds by God’s Word. Ephesians 5:26 speaks to
this a little more clearly when it describes that Christ sanctified us the Church by
“...having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word…” God’s Word cleanses
our minds; it replaces the worries and anxieties of the world that occupy our thoughts
with the things of God` and helps us to develop the “mind of Christ” (1 Cor. 2:16). 

Conclusion
Over the next few weeks, I would like to talk more about having a biblical
worldview, what that means, and the importance of having one. Today I covered the
basics. I hope you can begin to see why it is so important for us as Christians to take
everything in life and look at it through the lens of the truth of God’s Word because
there, and only there, will we find the answers.