Good morning!
I have shared this idea in the past. The idea comes from a brother in Christ, Arlin, who does a daily email devotional.
Here are my thoughts.
Do you have a life list? I had a chance to uncover a list I made a few years ago and it spurred me on to revisit this idea of what are my core values (worldview). Do you ever think about this - what is your foundation for living your life? Is it a Christian/Biblical worldview or is it some cobbled together set of beliefs from many other sources?
Here is the life list I made a few years ago. How does this apply to my daily life (and maybe to yours)? Is it representative of my foundational worldview?…
My Life List:
The lenses I put on everyday to view the world, to live in the world should loudly speak to understanding how I live in Christ. This list is an articulation of my worldview, the glasses I wear everyday to determine how I live.
I sense/hear Jesus Christ calling out to me to pause and take the time to walk through this exercise of creating a life list as a way to draw near to Him in my daily walk with Him (see James 4:8, Hebrews 4:16; 7:19, 25; 10:1, 22, 25; 11:16).
The word “anchor” comes to mind – Jesus Christ is our anchor, He should be the foundation of our worldview. He has provided us the way to connect ourselves to Him as our anchor, through Him, now children of God, the veil has been torn open (Matthew 27:51). When we accept the gift of salvation in Jesus Christ offered to us, we are casting off the chains of the anchor of the world (exchanging our existing worldview for one anchored in Christ) – and in our acceptance of the gift, in the surrender of our lives to Christ, we are chaining ourselves to the One sure anchor in life.
Knowing our core values (our worldview) as anchored (Hebrews 6:19) in our faith in Jesus Christ is like building our house on the rock and not the sand (Matthew 7:23-25).
I am glad that the Holy Spirit brought this idea of a life list back to mind again. I pray that I keep this idea of worldview anchored in Him top of mind always. And that this represents and authentically describes my heart and soul in Jesus Christ.
Lord Jesus, my prayer for each of us as we go into this weekend is that each of us finds a way in the new year to keep you, Jesus Christ, centered in our lives. That we see living out daily a worldview anchored in You is a way for us to live in You, for Your glory! Amen!
Have a weekend filled with the Peace that comes from knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,
Patrick
I have shared this idea in the past. The idea comes from a brother in Christ, Arlin, who does a daily email devotional.
Here are my thoughts.
Do you have a life list? I had a chance to uncover a list I made a few years ago and it spurred me on to revisit this idea of what are my core values (worldview). Do you ever think about this - what is your foundation for living your life? Is it a Christian/Biblical worldview or is it some cobbled together set of beliefs from many other sources?
Here is the life list I made a few years ago. How does this apply to my daily life (and maybe to yours)? Is it representative of my foundational worldview?…
My Life List:
- Time spent with Jesus –
- every morning;
- every evening;
- everyday
- Best effort in all the work I do, in order to honor God
- Be a Philippians 2:1-8 person – live in service to others:
- Wife / family
- Neighbors
- Friends
- Strangers
- Enemies – or those very different from me
- Turn to Christ in all circumstances
- By generous – God has provided all I have – hold it with open hands – both time, talent and money
- Walk in Christ in all interactions with others…
The lenses I put on everyday to view the world, to live in the world should loudly speak to understanding how I live in Christ. This list is an articulation of my worldview, the glasses I wear everyday to determine how I live.
I sense/hear Jesus Christ calling out to me to pause and take the time to walk through this exercise of creating a life list as a way to draw near to Him in my daily walk with Him (see James 4:8, Hebrews 4:16; 7:19, 25; 10:1, 22, 25; 11:16).
The word “anchor” comes to mind – Jesus Christ is our anchor, He should be the foundation of our worldview. He has provided us the way to connect ourselves to Him as our anchor, through Him, now children of God, the veil has been torn open (Matthew 27:51). When we accept the gift of salvation in Jesus Christ offered to us, we are casting off the chains of the anchor of the world (exchanging our existing worldview for one anchored in Christ) – and in our acceptance of the gift, in the surrender of our lives to Christ, we are chaining ourselves to the One sure anchor in life.
Knowing our core values (our worldview) as anchored (Hebrews 6:19) in our faith in Jesus Christ is like building our house on the rock and not the sand (Matthew 7:23-25).
I am glad that the Holy Spirit brought this idea of a life list back to mind again. I pray that I keep this idea of worldview anchored in Him top of mind always. And that this represents and authentically describes my heart and soul in Jesus Christ.
Lord Jesus, my prayer for each of us as we go into this weekend is that each of us finds a way in the new year to keep you, Jesus Christ, centered in our lives. That we see living out daily a worldview anchored in You is a way for us to live in You, for Your glory! Amen!
Have a weekend filled with the Peace that comes from knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,
Patrick
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