Point of view is the perspective, position, or vantage point from which a person sees, understands, or describes something.
In everyday life, a person’s point of view is shaped by experiences, beliefs, values, knowledge, and circumstances.
A Biblical worldview seeks to see things from God’s point of view rather than merely a human perspective.
For example:
Humans may see a trial as a disaster.
God may use it to produce faith, perseverance, and Spiritual growth.
This is why Scripture encourages believers to set our affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Colossians chapter 3:
1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the Right Hand of God.
2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.
Simply, point of view is the position or perspective from which someone sees, interprets, or explains something. One of the goals of a renewed mind is learning to increasingly see life from God’s point of view rather than merely our own.
Jesus dealt with this issue when He spoke in Mark chapter 8:
13 And He left them, and getting into the boat again, departed to the other side.
14 Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, and they did not have more than one loaf with them in the boat.
15 Then He charged them, saying, “Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”
The Leaven of Herod: Represents a political/humanistic system that may allow for the belief in God, but functions by excluding Him from the practical equations of life.
The Leaven of the Pharisees: Represents a religious system where God is placed at the center of everything, yet He is viewed as impersonal and powerless.
16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “It is because we have no bread.” 17 But Jesus, being aware of it, said to them, “Why do you reason because you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive nor understand? Is your heart still hardened?
18 Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember?
19 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did you take up?” They said to Him, “Twelve.”
20 “Also, when I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many large baskets full of fragments did you take up?” And they said, “Seven.”
21 So He said to them, “How is it you do not understand?”
Why couldn’t the disciples understand? The problem was their mindset, their point of view. They were influenced by the leaven Jesus described.
What are the primary sources that influence your mind?