WHOSE GLASSES ARE YOU WEARING?
How do Christians view the world?
Proverbs 1:7 “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge.”
 

How many of you wear glasses? . . . Why do you wear them? . . . Some of us have to wear glasses or sometimes contact lenses, so we can see more clearly. Glasses are a wonderful invention that help people with poor eyesight see more clearly. Sometimes we wear glasses to help us in other ways. For instance, there are special glasses that keep the bright sunlight out of our eyes or others that protect our eyes in a profession.
We know that the world is made up of those who believe that Jesus died for their sins and those who do not. We might say we all look at the world through special pairs of glasses. God’s children look at the world through God’s eyeglasses. Those who do not believe in God and wish to live their lives without God look at the world through the world’s glasses of unbelief.
What is the difference between the two? If we look at Romans 1:18-25 we discover the difference. “The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles. Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised.”
When we become God’s children, we begin to see things differently. We look at life as God sees it. That is a huge change for us. For instance, when the world says that it took billions of years to make, we now know it took only six days. When the world says that people and animals are the same, we know that people are different because God gave them souls. When the world tries to change what marriage looks like, we know that God made marriage for one man and one woman. When the world says that after we die we just disappear, we know that after people die they will be welcomed into heaven or sent to eternal punishment in hell. Can you see how it makes a big difference whose glasses you are looking through?
When we look at life through God’s glasses we begin to see the truth about everything. God gives us special knowledge to see the world as he sees it. Solomon says in Proverbs that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. That means as God’s children we are given special knowledge because we now see things through God’s glasses. It is true that we have more knowledge than all the unbelieving scientists together. Thank the Lord for allowing us to see through his glasses. That is the only true way to look at anything and at everything.
 
In Christ, Mike Allard, Principal @ St. John’s