I love to read the comics. I find many illustrations that reinforce the Set Free Nowww principles (see About) that form the process of living with a Biblical worldview. One of those principles is Never give up yourself, Jesus won’t. Becoming like Jesus is a step by step, choice by choice process that takes time and trust. Yet we live in an instant solution society where TV shows solve problems in 30 minutes, songs in less than three minutes, and with a pill from a doctor. This attitude is seen in the following comic.

Though we laugh, we must filter out this lie! If God doesn’t change us with an instantaneous miracle, He will use the Set Free Nowww process laid out in His Word. We must choose to filter out the lie that we are not worthy of His love because He didn’t change us as fast as He did other believers. No, He loves us more than words can say. It is simply that He wants us to trust Him while staying in His process of change. It takes time to re-train our brains. Trust Him while He does it. It’s worth the wait!

How would you react if your finely tuned scheduled got thrown out of whack like this guy’s did?
“On my schedule today was a safety inspection of the filter & pump room for the fountain located at the entrance to our local airport. My appointment with the airport maintenance superintendent was for 12:15. By 12:20 he had not shown up yet. So, mildly agitated, I walked into the airport, went up the stairs to airport operations, and got him on the radio. He had forgotten, even though I had confirmed the appointment with him no less than 45 minutes earlier. I think God made him forget!
“I walked down the stairs and made my way back to the fountain. As I approached, I saw a well dressed woman in her late 50’s sitting on the wall crying her eyes out. While I continued to wait for the maintenance superintendent (it was now 12:30), I had time to talk to her. I asked if she was okay. She said, “No.” I asked if she was hurt. She said, “No.” Continuing to prod, I asked if she was waiting for a ride. Again she said, “No.” I finally asked, “Is there anything I can do for you?” Then it all came out at once. “I just got laid off from my job here at the airport.” I said to myself, “Okay…I’m listening God!”
“I told her briefly about my three jobs lost since 2007 and she calmed down slightly. I told her that it will be okay and to view it as an opportunity to do something else in life. Then, I asked her if she was a believer. She said, “Oh yes, God is in my life always.” I asked if I could pray with her. She said yes. I grabbed her hands and I prayed over her and lifted her provision in life up to God. What a blessing!
“Wow. Had the maintenance superintendent been on time at 12:15, I would have been done with my inspection by 12:30 and I have missed the opportunity to minister to this woman at 12:35. God put me in the right place at the right time to be there for this sister!”
This is a great illustration of what it means to live with Biblical worldview. This guy could have been so angry he was thrown off schedule that he missed this God-given opportunity to touch another life for Jesus. Yet his filter was switched “On” and let God be in control of his schedule.
A Biblical worldview works in every area of your daily life, even the schedule crashers, so that each task has meaning. This means you can fulfill God’s purpose for you life each and every day. There were three winners that day: this woman, who needed Jesus in the flesh; this gentleman, who saw God use him in a significant way; and God, who set the entire thing up for both to sense His presence.
Who controls your schedule?

I can’t remember the direct quote, but one of the Navy Seals in the movie, Act of Valor, makes a statement similar to this. “I don’t want to die, but I’m ready to die. I have lived my life the way it should be lived. The worst thing is to die and then ask God for more time. More time for what? If you’ve lived each day with a purpose, then you don’t need more time. A person who begs their enemy to not kill them because they want more time to get things right, has not lived each day they way they should.”
This statement hit home with me. Am I ready to die, right now? Would I beg for more time to make things right with a certain person, to accomplish that task God gave me? Or could I say the words Jesus said on the cross, “It is finished.” He came. He lived each day in the presence of His Father (John 5:19). He accomplished the task His Father sent Him here to do. Jesus’ death and resurrection puts me into a relationship with my Father who told me who I am – a child of God. Jesus’ death and resurrection gives me a significant purpose for living each day, right where I am. I can be used by the Spirit to affect other lives for eternity.
Every day counts. This is the essence of living with a Biblical worldview. I can filter out life’s distractions in order to stay focused on Jesus in every moment of every day. This means I can do this in every area of my life, which makes each task I do significant.
I don’t want to die. But as I live each moment for Jesus, I can leave this planet with no regrets. I will be able to say as Jesus said, “It is finished.” And I believe I will then hear my Father say, “Well done, good and faithful servant. Welcome home.”

During the music portion of our “worship service” we sing a song with the following lyrics: “It’s all about me, Jesus/And all this is for me/For my glory and my fame/It’s not about You/As if I should do things Your way/I alone am God/and You surrender to my ways.
Wait a second that’s not what that song says, right? Yes, you’re correct. The song is Jesus, Lover Of My Soul (It’s All About You) and the words are just the opposite. Yet, don’t we live as if the way I wrote the song is true? We make life about us, rather than Jesus. But if we are honest with ourselves, doesn’t our “I” problem cause almost all our challenges? We get all bent out of shape if people don’t do the things we want or how we think they should be done. Paul calls this in 2 Corinthians 10:5 “pretensions”, what the KJV states as “every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of Christ” or what I call our “I” problem.
We are to let the Word of God expose our “I” problem so we can see Jesus – the author and perfecter of our faith. He started and will finish the process of bringing us into God’s presence, not us. Thus, the more we use our biblically-based truth filter to screen out “I”, the better our lives will be today and tomorrow.
So to get our thinking started off on the right foot this week, I’m passing along something a good friend of mine sent to me.
“Jesus Christ is no despotic claimant of divine right, but He is really and truly the Lord’s anointed! “It hath pleased the Father that in Him should all fullness dwell.” God hath given to Jesus all power and all authority. As the Son of man, He is now head over all things to His church, and He reigns over heaven, and earth, and hell, with the keys of life and death at His girdle. Certain people have delighted to call themselves kings by the popular will, and certainly our Lord Jesus Christ is such in his church. If it could be put to the vote whether He should be King in the church, every believing heart would crown Him. O that we could crown Him more gloriously than we do! We would count no expense to be wasted that could glorify Christ. Suffering would be pleasure, and loss would be gain, if thereby we could surround His brow
with brighter crowns, and make Him more glorious in the eyes of men and angels. Yes, He shall reign. Long live the King! All hail to thee, King Jesus! Go forth, ye souls who love your Lord, bow at His feet, strew His way with the lilies of your love, and the roses of your
gratitude: “Bring forth the royal diadem, and crown Him Lord of all.”
Moreover, our Lord Jesus is King in Zion by right of conquest: He has taken and carried by storm the hearts of His people, and has slain their enemies who held them in cruel bondage. In the Red Sea of His own blood, our Redeemer has drowned the Pharaoh of our sins: shall He not be King in Jeshurun? He has delivered us from the iron yoke and heavy curse of the law: shall not the Liberator be crowned? We are His portion, whom He has taken out of the hand of the Amorite with His sword and with His bow: who shall snatch His conquest from His hand?
All hail, King Jesus! We gladly own thy gentle sway! Rule in our hearts for ever, thou lovely Prince of Peace.”
To this I give a hearty, “Amen!” Make life all about Him and you will have a great week.

In the movie X-Men, the character Magneto wears a helmet to protect him from Xavier who could read people’s thoughts. Magneto wanted to keep Xavier out of his head.
This is an illustration of what living with a Biblical worldview does. It keeps your enemy out of your head! The main method Satan uses to attack believers is by trying to influence their thinking. He is a liar and all can he speak are lies (John 8:42-44).
If the believer in Jesus wants to defeat their enemy, they must put on the same kind of helmet Magneto wore. In this case, it’s the helmet of salvation (Eph. 6:13,17). This is the Secure because I’m God’s child principle. God loved before you believed, what will make Him love you less when you mess up after becoming His child (Rom. 5:8)? The moment you put your faith in Jesus, God radically changed you. You can now think and choose correctly (2 Cor. 5:17; Rom. 6:11-13). At the point of belief, God came to live inside you (Eph. 1:13-14). You are loved. You can live right. You have the Power inside to have victory over your drugs of choice.
Satan would love for you to beat yourself up over slipping. “You’re unloveable. You will always make stupid choices. You can’t win, so quit playing.” All of these are lies. Don’t let him inside your head. Keep your helmet on!
This takes truth-based mental toughness. Are you going to filter out those lies or will we let them in and roll around in your head? Will we focus on hearing Jesus’ voice or the lies of our enemy? Victory requires mental toughness. Remember keep your helmet on! You are loved. You can make right choices. You can win!