I remember I was in college when I first heard the very pretentious sounding word, Weltanschauung. I was never quite sure what it meant. My professor said it was your "world view" but at 18 years old I am not sure I even had a world view.
Looking back on it I realize that someone's world view grows and changes as they mature. What your "world view" is at 18 is quite different from what it is in your '60's. As Christians our world view should encompass everything in our lives. Our faith in God and our beliefs in His word should shape everything we do and everything we are. Our world view won't change to fit the culture we live in. It simply is.
" For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete." II Corinthians 10: 3-6
We take "every thought captive to obey Christ". Our battle is our mind. Truth and morality don't change. There is a truth that lies in Christ and in His word that is objective, not subjective. In John 18:38 we read that Pilate asks Jesus, "What is truth?" We don't know if Jesus answered him or not but Pilate was not a spiritual man. For him truth was pragmatic, practical, something that served a purpose. Jesus' truth was everlasting and unchanging.
Today we face a world swirling with many truths, many world views, many morals. Our job as Christians is to stand firm in this sea of subjectivity. Our path is to have the mind of Christ. We grow in faith and learn to view the world with the same focus and love as Christ does.
Holding every thought captive to obey Christ will affect everything in our lives. It will affect how we respond to politics, to society, to marriage, to God.
Am I there yet? No, probably not, but because of the faithfulness of God I have grown in that direction. Is my every thought captive? No, but I can hear the voice of the Savior calling me when my thoughts are wrong. A Christian view of the world gives me hope and confidence. I know where my hope lies.
"I lift up my eyes to the hills-- where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth..." Psalm 121:1
Our negative self centered thoughts will lead us down a dark path. Through prayer, Bible study and fellowship with other believers we can have the tools to truly have the mind of Christ and hold our thoughts captive.
"For “who has known the mind of the LORD that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ." I Corinthians 2:16
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