Developing a Biblical World View

Philippians 4:8, Psalm 119:11-15

Where is your world view coming from, the Bible, your preferred news channel, your social media platforms? Where are you spending most of your time? You have heard it said that you can tell a person’s priorities by looking at where their money goes, the same is true by looking at where our time goes.  My phone gives me a weekly “report” that breaks down how much time I spend on it; how much time I spend on social media, watching streaming channels, playing games etc. This is an alarming wake up call for me each week. If it were to record how much time I spend in prayer, meditating on God’s word and engaging with other believers, which number would be greater? If I want to develop a Biblical world view I have to know what the Bible says, and I cannot know what it says if I don’t spend time in it. Listening to a sermon once a week, no matter how good it is, is not enough to shape and form our hearts, minds and actions into Christ-like followers. 

Questions for further thought:
1. If you had an app that could keep track of how much time you spend thinking on what is, “true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable”, how much time do you think it would add up to?
2. Do you think the time you spend thinking on those things would be more or less than the amount of time you spend on other things?  

​Challenge: Set a daily goal to spend 10 min. each day thinking on the things Paul instructs us to in Phil. 4:8. Once you have achieved 10 min. consistently, see if you can increase your amount of time.