About a month ago, our youth pastor
proposed a thought provoking question: What is your world-view? And
has becoming a Christian changed your world-view? His point that
evening was that how we view the world, the people, the media, the
beliefs, matters. And our focus, our perspective as Christ followers
should definitely differ from that of the rest of the world. But one
thing he touched on really stuck with me... He mentioned that our
world-view heavily influences how we look at, react to, and interact
with the people around us. Well, this really convicted me as it got
me thinking, “do I see every person I interact with as Christ sees
them?” If so, why does that not show in the way I speak to, or even
think of, them? I know that all too often I observe people and wonder
why they did this or that... or even what were they thinking when
they put that top with those bottoms... These aren't terrible
thoughts, though I've had my share of those as well, but they are not
encouraging, edifying thoughts either. And as we are called to
minister to the world and spread the Gospel message, these critical
thoughts distract us and set us up to react to people negatively,
whether by ignoring them, acting indifferent toward them, or
out-rightly berating them. We really need to start taking EVERY
thought captive, as 2 Cor. 10:5 tells us, especially our thoughts
toward other people. After all, we are ALL His children!
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