One of the problems in our churches today is that we tend to live within the vacumn of our own realities. What does that mean? Well, there are at least two definitions for reality: 1. There is a biblical reality of viewing the world through a spirit of compassion. 2. And secondly,there is a personal reality that we each individually live within day by day. The trouble is that not many of people (christians included) ever get beyond the perspective of our own reality.
In our personal realities we interpret life as it directly affects us. If there are things that are not good for us we tend to avoid them or shut them out of our lives. If there are things that we favor, we open our lives up to there blessings. The problem is that not many of us ever get beyond that type of living. We see the world through tunnel vision, according to how it relates to us.
We have been talking about what it means to be more missional in our walk with the Lord. I think it involves how we interpret reality around us. What is real in terms of living a faith pleasing unto God? If we see it only in terms of how things affect us then we probably don't have a lot of concern for others in the world. On the other hand, if we see our world through the eyes of others and their experiences of life we probably have more compassion for others.
God is a spiritual optometrist, and He wants to do an operation on our spiritual eyes. He did so with the Apostle Paul who was spiritually blind as to God's purpose through Jesus Christ. Paul took every effort as a Pharisee to stomp out Christianity. But God physically blinded him in order that he might see clearly from his heart what His perfect will was for the world; and a new sense of reality flooded into Paul's life. (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+9&version=NIV ).
What is your reality? Is it only all about you, or has God been able to broaden the scope of your vision?
Blessings,
-Leo
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