Webster's dictionary defines "worldview" as follow: It is a way someone thinks about the world, which defines what is right and wrong. The Bible defines the same concept in the opening chapters of Genesis as the "fruit of the knowledge of good and evil." It was one of the things that changed when Adam and Eve believed the lie and suppressed and denied the Truth of God's Word.
Chuck Colson says that all worldviews answer the following four questions differently:
1. Where did I come from?
2. What is wrong with the world?
3. What is the solution?
4. What is my purpose?
There are political worldviews describing different views on the best way for society to function together, such as democracy, fascism, communism. There are economic worldviews describing the best way to economic strength and health. There is a worldview that I call the three-year-old worldview. If you want to know what this is you should arrange to spend at least three days with a three-year-old and you will have a very clear understanding. It is the worldview that has to do with "pleasuring me." The revelant worldview understands by what is popular, or the latest trend. A Biblical worldview sees in the light of God's Word and recognizes the absolute and eternal Truth of God's Word.
Your worldview is something to choose and pursue. If you do not choose it, your surroundings will dictate it to you. And regardless of your surroundings, you can choose one and pursue it. Speeches, books, entertainment, culture, and personal relationships are all means of communicating worldviews. Without a clear understanding of worldviews you are subject to all of them in the media-saturated culture of today. In order to develop a Biblical worldview, you must be intentional about choosing it and pursuing it.
A worldview begins by something you need and/or are attracted to. Your interest connects with it and begins to change your mind. As your thoughts are shaped by it, your choices move in the direction of it, with actions quick to follow, which solidifies it in your life. Worldview changes in the same way it begins, with a new attraction, thought, choice, and behavior. Once embrassed, your whole world shifts and changes to line up with it.
To develop a Biblical worldview you must pray and ask God to lead you and to reveal the Truth of His Word to you. After you pray you must immerse yourself in the Bible. Stay in Genesis 1-12. The rest of the Bible simply expands from the first twelve chapters of Genesis. Those who walked away from a Biblical worldview began by denying the truth of these chapters.
After you read, read, read the Bible, begin reading others with a Biblical worldview. A place to start for discovering these authors would be at http://www.colsoncenter.org. Meditate on the Scriptures by memorizing Scriptures. Learn songs with a Biblical worldview expression. Music is an aid to learning. Singing helps you to learn something.
As our society continues to decline, it is of upmost importance to have a solid worldview to interprete the times and to know what to do. A Biblical worldview will serve you well I times like these.
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