Our worldview is the foundation of our life. How high a building can go and how long that building will stay are determined by the foundation. The foundation is the one which sustained the building. If the foundation is strong, the building can be built very high and it will also stay for a long time. If the foundation is not deep and weak, the building cannot be too high because the foundation might not be able to sustain the pressure. Or, if the building is still built high, that foundation cannot stand the pressure for a long time. One day, the building will fall to the ground. Another case is that the foundation is already made strong. It is supposed to be able to sustain the pressure of a high building. But if there is a small crack in the foundation, it also cannot sustain the building for a long time because the crack will be bigger and bigger due to the pressure. One day, the crack will be big enough to swallow the whole building into the earth. So our worldview serves as the foundation for our life. Our worldview will determine how high our dreams can be achieved and how long we will remain on that height or even improve it. If we want to achieve big dreams, visions, we have to have the strong worldview that will not just take us to that great level, but also to keep us being there. The first worldview that we have to concern is our worldview towards God. Our view towards God will affect all our worldviews towards His Creations.
I used to wonder why Israelites were easily to murmur while Moses was not even though both of them walked together and experienced God’s miracles everyday. Israelites had experienced how God had freed them from Egypt but still they complained. They complained when they got the Bread from Heaven from God because they said they were bored. They demanded God to give them meat. They demanded God to give them water when there was no water. They made a bull statue and worshipped it when Moses was on the mountain receiving the Ten Commandments from God. Why? Israelites had seen God’s guidance everyday, but why they are still ungrateful? While Moses who also walked in the wilderness just like the Israelites and also experienced the same trouble as them did not murmur like what Israel did.
The way Israelites viewed GOD is different with the way Moses viewed God. The way Israelites viewed God is similar with how the Egyptians viewed God. For Israelites, God is a like a cosmic funding machine who will always serve their needs. For them, God is simply a miracle Maker. Just like the Egyptians worshipped their gods and goddesses because of a hidden agenda. So, when something happened not like they’d hoped or desired, they would begin to question God and complain. They did not understand God’s plan for them (Irrationalism). This is Pantheism. They could not see God’s providence as something to be thankful with. They could hardly follow God’s order and laws. Moses, in the contrary, he did not just know God’s miracles, but he also knew God’s characters and His heart. He made God as his own True God instead of just a miracle-Maker. He had a good relationship with God and talked to God regularly. Moses got a revelation from God about all God’s ways and will. Moses believed that God’s miracles are God’s providence because God will never give a vision without the Provision. So, when troubles came, He still believed that God would never leave him. He knew for sure that if God had provided what he needed in the past, God would provide his needs again for now. He believed in God’s Future Grace. That is why he just continued to walk in faith with God and did not want to complain. He loved God’s laws and orders.
From the comparison of Israelites and Moses, I could see that worldview matters. My worldview towards God will affect my worldview towards the challenges, rules, people, and God’s miracles. That worldview then will determine my responds to them. What will I do when things did not turn out to be what I’d hoped? How will I respond when all things in my life are falling apart? What will I do when it seems like God is so far away? Will I blame God when I lost everything and unfair things happened to my life? Will I question God when suddenly all my dreams are shattered? Will I complain when I am given so many rules? All the answers of these questions are determined by my worldview towards God. Who is God for me? Do I pray and read the bible only when I need a blessing for Him? Or, because I am hungry and thirsty to meet Him and hear His voice? Am I making God as the only God in my life, or I have many other gods in my heart that replace His First Place in my heart? Do I love God above all things? Above my friends, gadgets, or movies?
Yes, I used to have a wrong worldview towards God. I realized that I was just like the Israelites who complained when things went wrong. I know now that this is the affect of my worldview towards my God. Without my realization, I have made God not the only God in my life. I had several other gods that actually had replaced God’s First Place in my heart. Now, I am going to make a decision to put God as Number One in my heart. He is the only Owner of my heart, mind, and whole body. Wherever God wants me to go, I will go. Whatever God wants me to do, I will do. I will keep doing what is right even though many people might be against me. When troubles come, I will not get discouraged. I will not question God when unfair things happened. I will keep walking with God in faith. I believe He is always holding my hands even in times of troubles. He is ready enough to help me every time I cried out for helps. God is never far away. He is close to me, very close that every time I prayed, He heard me. He knew I am not be strong enough to solve the problems happened. That is why He provides His strength and joy to strengthen me, so that when I run, I will never get weary. All the miracles that He had done in the past are the guarantee that no matter how difficult my problems I am going to face, He can help me again. There is always a solution for every problem.
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