My Worldview
October 22, 2009
God is the supreme creator. He masterfully and artfully created the heavens and the Earth of which he himself remains at the center. He fashioned the greatest, most complex creation of all; man and woman. He created them in His image to be “transparent lenses”(1) that would glorify Him who we reflect. We were made to be in community with Him, to be a part of the “circular dance”(2) with the Father the Son and the Holy spirit.
Unfortunately human beings began to distance ourselves from this community. We believed the deceptions of the evil one and turned to independence and individualism. We began to forget who we were and in who’s image we were created. Our lenses become translucent, not accurately portraying the God we were made to glorify.
But God is a God of community and Justice. He longs to restore relationship with his children and put the world to rights(3). So in a mighty act of love he stepped into the created order, embodied in Jesus, to save and rescue all of humanity and restore his creation. Jesus came to us, entering into our pain and suffering, and laid down his life. In doing so He fixed the sin issue(4) making it possible for us to rejoin the circular dance.
Thus the kingdom of God broke into our world and Heaven and Earth intersected like two interconnected spheres(3). We hear “echoes of a voice”(3) that speaks of beauty, justice, spirituality and relationship. We see miracles, healing and restorations but we also witness disasters, suffering and bondage. One day God’s promises and purposes will be fulfilled and a new reign of justice will rule. At that time, Heaven and Earth will completely eclipse and the world will have been put to rights.
In the mean time we are called to live in community, loving God and loving people. We are to live fully in the image we were created as sub-creators and stewards of justice. We are commissioned to declare to the world that God “is indeed it’s wise, loving, and just creator; that through Jesus, He has defeated the powers that corrupt and enslave it; and that by his Spirit, He is at work to heal and renew it.”(2) And we are called to worship; to live fully and reflect back to the Creator, the King, the Saviour and Trinity the glory that we see in creation.
Written for Essentials Blue
(1)Dan Wilt, The Nature of Human Beings
(2)Dan Wilt, Stumbling into Mystery (Section 1, pg.3)
(3)N.T. Wright, Simply Christian
(4)Dan Wilt, The Nature of God
