How’s the view?
How often have you said or heard it said to a tall person… ”How’s the view up there?”
We all know this is silly, and the person hearing it probably heard that statement more than they would want to admit. Let’s refrain in 2023 from saying strange things. Good luck to you on that.
Let me 100% go against the advice I just gave you, and ask you a question. How’s your view for 2023? Not just what you can see but what you believe. Let me share part of an article from Bobby Harrington with discipleship.org.
“The nationwide study of about 1,000 Christian pastors found that just slightly more than one-third (37%) of the total of U.S. pastors hold a biblical worldview.
The majority (62%) possess a hybrid worldview known as Syncretism.
The study showed that 41% of senior pastors — compared to 28% of associate pastors — have a biblical worldview.
Further, only 13% of teaching pastors and 12% of children's and youth pastors have a biblical worldview.
The lowest level of biblical worldview was among executive pastors, with only 4% of them holding consistently biblical beliefs and behaviors.”
Now that we know what a biblical worldview is, let’s go back to Bobby Harrington for his answer:
“A biblical worldview is a view of the world which seeks to answer life’s biggest questions from the teachings of the Bible. Many people see having a biblical worldview as unimportant. This includes non-Christians who see the world from a different worldview, as well as Christians who don’t want to apply what the Bible says to cultural issues or everyday life. Yet if the teachings of the Bible are true, then we do well to hold them up like a lantern to the rest of reality, in order to illuminate the answers to life’s biggest questions.”
Let me ask you another question, do you have a biblical worldview or not? I am convinced that to know God well is to know your bible well. To handle life in today’s outrageous culture, we must draw close to God and rely upon what the bible says to be true. Too many are just content to believe what anyone else says about how to live or make choices.
I think our choices would greatly improve if we based them on what God wants and what Jesus teaches.
We see 2022 in our rearview mirror, and just up ahead is 2023. If you were fed up and frustrated by 2022, don’t repeat the same mistakes and choices. Live your life, your personal and biblical worldview can be the same. Imagine what 2023 could be if Jesus became your identity, and the bible was your roadmap. Imagine how your view would change of your spouse, family, work, hobbies, finances, discipling, and evangelism.
How’s your view right now? If you don’t like it, change it and make sure that Jesus and the Bible are a part of it.
Happy New Year!