The Importance of Vision:
- What I see affects what I do; how I see affects how I live.
We all wear pairs of metaphorical glasses called “worldview” glasses; they seek to answer 4 questions:
- Who am I?
- Where am I?
- What is wrong?
- What is the remedy?
What we see through these glasses affects how we live
- “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness.” (Matthew 6:22-23)
These glasses can come from our parents, families, school, culture, and media. They can come from sources like “Three Little Pigs”, “Squid Game”, or the Bible.
The point is not to have “no glasses” or only “one pair of glasses”, but it’s about discerning which is helpful and choosing which to wear.
- “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” (Romans 12:2)
Reflection:
- What are the pairs of glasses that you are currently wearing?
- Do you have a lensmeter (Biblical lens) to check your glasses?
What is powerful about worldview is that it is the secret to change:
- Change the vision > change the action.
- A transformed worldview transforms the world.
