How do you view the World?

             The Faith and Family Values staff of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention writes;

An individual’s perspective, i.e., worldview, determines their response to moral and ethical issues.  Our goal should be the embrace and internalization of a perspective that looks to God’s “Word alone as its measure.  A biblical perspective is not happenstance; Christ-followers must be intentional in looking to Scripture for wisdom on cultural and social matters.  Only a biblical worldview brings clarity in a confused world.  We are to view the world through the lens God reveals in His Word.

            It has been said that “to live is to face ethical challenges.”  We can ignore those challenges and take the path of least resistance, the path that secular society has cleared for us.  Or we can confront the challenges head-on.  We can recognize them for what they are – obstacles to contended with God’s truth and in His strength.

            We shouldn’t expect those who don’t know God to really care what His perspective is on any of these issues.  Yet those of us who know God and follow Christ recognize that God cares how we conduct our lives, including our basis for ethical decision-making.

            Perhaps the most important question is not “How do I view the world?” but “How does God regard my interaction with the world?”

            It is not our perspective that is paramount, but His.