“See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.”
Ephesians 5:15-17 NKJV
Being intentional in building a missionally-engaged Christian worldview rooted in Holy Scripture is the stewardship responsibility of the Church among all nations worldwide. The pressing urgency driving this pursuit is the blazing center of God’s glory vested in the Person and finished work of Christ before whom contemporary culture is in utter rebellion. This depravity of a Romans 1 world is demonstrated by the rejection of moral restraint in the name of “social justice” and getting on “the right side of history.” Despite the ungodly spirit of the age and come what may, God calls His people to boldly lead onward in ministry for such a time as this.
1. Intentionally Walking in Worldview Wisdom – The biblical Christian worldview is founded upon the sufficiency of Scripture which is comprehensive in its scope, as there is no direction in which a person may figuratively travel where God’s Word has not spoken (Ps.19:7-11; 2 Tim.3:16-17). Wisdom begins with reverence for Almighty God before whom strongholds against the exclusiveness of Christ are demolished (Pr.1:7; 2 Cor.10:3-5). Unless we are deliberate in building a worldview rooted in Scripture, our lives will unwittingly be deceived by falsehood such as postmodernism (no absolute truth), secular humanism (man is ultimate authority), moralistic therapeutic deism (God is a cosmic genie), and other baseline cultural narratives that are contrary to Christ and the Word of God (Col.2:8-10).
2. Intentionally Walking in Redemptive Stewardship – Scripture teaches that Christ is the meaning and purpose of life before whom every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that He is worthy of all praise as King of kings and Lord of lords (Jn.1:1-14; Phil.2:5-11). Redemptive stewardship affirms that our time, treasure, and talent must be invested in eternity for there is coming a day of reckoning when our lives will flash before our eyes and we will give an account before God Himself at the Judgment Seat of Christ (1 Cor.3:10-15; 2 Cor.5:9-11). A wise man once asked the haunting question, Is what you’re living for worth Christ dying for? Indeed, Only one life will soon be past, only what’s done ‘in Christ’ will last.
3. Intentionally Walking in Missional Engagement – Changing the world one heart and life at a time through cultural engagement begins with the salt and light moral back pressure of the Christian worldview in general but the transforming power of the gospel of God’s grace in particular (2 Cor.4:3-6; Titus 2:11-14). Every man, woman, boy, and girl among all nations worldwide is a precious soul for whom the royal blood of Christ was shed but multitudes have never heard of the Living God and never will unless a new generation surrenders to God’s call and is deliberate in building a missionally-engaged Christian worldview (Rom.10:14-15; 16:25-27; 1 Tim.2:3-4).
