World View

In the movie, "Wall Street,"  the actor Michael Douglas addresses the stockholders of Teldar Paper and says, "I am not a destroyer of companies.  I am a liberator of them!  The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good.  Greed is right.  Greed works.  Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.  Greed in all its forms, greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge, has marked the upward surge of mankind.  And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA."

  Our nation and the world is currently reeling under that view point.  Greed and lack of integrity by some financial and political leaders has created a nightmare that is not saving anyone.  How does one develop such a world view?  A world view is how one views the world and that view is almost impossible to change.  In the last presidential election we witnessed this in action.  The Republican and Democratic Parties demonstrated almost opposite viewpoints.  On TV, e.g., MSNBC and Fox,  you see two entirely different viewpoints to the same events unfold and come to such different conclusions and wonder how people see things so differently.

When psychologists administer psychological examinations one important question is, "How does this person see the world?"  For example, does the person see the world as safe?  Or does the person see it as threatening?  "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you?"  Or "survival of the fittest in a dog eat dog world."  Each person had their own view of the world and was convinced it was true.

Ethics is the study of moral values but who decides what is moral?  Some people believe you can sacrifice morals for the sake of justice but who decides what is just?  What is your world view?  Where does it come from?  Is it anchored by a parent?  A teacher you once had?  A movie star?  A particular political party?  A union boss?  A Pastor?  

Jesus said in John 3:16:  "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."  But He also said these words in John 3:17:  "For God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but the world through Him might be saved."  As followers of Christ, how do we help save the world?  What is our world view?  Jesus says in John 15:13:  "Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends."  Here is a world view that is the very opposite of greed.  It involves giving, not taking.  When we ask Christ to come into our lives we allow Him to mold us into the person we were meant to be.  He becomes our anchor for what is moral and just.  Here is a world view that will help you to make the world a better place to live.