Manhood Restoredናሙና

Restored Worldview

Remember when you learned in school that people used to think the world was flat? That if you sailed too far you might fall off one side of it? Worldview is much more than knowing that the earth is actually a globe that rotates on an axis and revolves around the sun. Your worldview includes, but is certainly not limited to, what you know about science or history.

Remember when your hero was invincible and perfect, a man who could do no wrong? Then he let you down and you realized that he too was flawed and made mistakes. Worldview is much more than your understanding of the human condition. It includes your knowledge of the widespread nature of sin and also the way you have been shaped by sin’s harmful effects, both your own sin and the sin of others.

Worldview is how you look at everything in life. It’s the filter that you use to view the world. There are several significant questions that have a profound impact on the development of a biblical worldview.

The development of your worldview may be the most important facet of who you are as a man. Put on a pair of red-lensed glasses. Everything you see will be tinted red. If you are to be a man of God, how you view the world and everything in it will be colored by the truth of His Word and His Son. With a biblical worldview, your views on sin, marriage, parenting, careers, money, power, and everything in between will be bathed in what you know to be true about God from Scripture and your experience as a disciple. That word, disciple, is paramount to the shaping of your worldview. 

As you become a disciple and put on the new self through the renewal of your mind, you look more like Jesus. The mind of Christ affects your values first. Your values are what you know to be true and what you believe to be important. Next, the mind of Christ shapes your desires. It is not enough to know that God’s Word is important and to value obedience. You can be obedient begrudgingly. Your desires must register for the change as well so that you love and enjoy obedience. Finally, your will is altered. When you have the mind of Christ, you no longer fight to do the wrong thing. You actually will and choose to do what is right because of the change He has wrought in you.

God’s desire is to be Lord over every facet of your life. His plan for you is that His Word directs the decisions you make, relationships you engage, and course your life turns. Your worldview was likely fully formed as a child. Perhaps it was formed biblically because of Christian parents, mentors, and a loving church family. Perhaps it was formed outside the context of Christ and Christian community. In that case, your worldview needs to be altered as you take on the mind of Christ and apply biblical truth to each area of your life.