Looking Through A Grid

"A worldview is a commitment, a fundamental orientation of the heart, that can be expressed as a story or in a set of presuppositions (assumptions which may be true, partially true, or entirely false), which we hold (consciously or subconsciously, consistently or inconsistently) about the basic constitution of reality, and that provides the foundation on which we live and move and have our being." -James Sire

This past week, my school had a speaker named Tom Osterhus speaking on worldview. The quote above may not make too much sense, but that is primarily what we have been learning this week. And after being with Tom, it begins to make sense because he is dedicated to help us all understand. Tom has been much different from the other speakers. He was much more of a teacher than a speaker. Tom leads the SBFM (School of Biblical Foundations in Maui) at the YWAM base in Maui. He is very intellectual and really understands what he is speaking about. The first two days, he really spoke on how much the Word of God is the real truth and the importance of keeping that apart of our personal walk and ministry. The last two days he spoke on the primarily the secular worldview. This past week has been very fun, interesting, and convicting.

"We basically go and tell people to drop everything they believe and have been raised in understanding and tell them to come and follow out King. If they ask us why, we better know."
The word of God is so crucial to hold dear as we walk out and fulfill our destiny, whatever that may be. It doesn't matter what we end up doing, as long as the word is our basis, our textbook for life. We make the word interesting by introducing the Holy Spirit with it. That will be the only way we can express the genuine aspect of the bible.

That was just a gist of what Tom spoke on this week. Aside from the classes, this week has been radical. Yesterday, our class had a barbeque with pork made by some of the students who hunted the pig down and made it into our meal (sorry if that is gross to some of you). Hawaii still begins to amaze me. During this bbq, some of us went along the side of the ocean up on these rocks to where a "blow hole" was. A "blow hole/sink hole" is where you jump in and swim under a cave like structure and get pushed out the other side. It was exhilarating. I may have a video on my facebook about it, so check it out!

God is good. Thank you guys for your support and prayers! If you guys could continue to pray for my future and what comes after YWAM, that would be awesome. And if you could also pray about finances. The budget on my school is still in the works, but it looks like I will need about another $3,000 or so. So please pray that this money will come in. If you want to support me in any way, my email is at the top of my blog; email me or message me! That would be great! Thanks again!

-Daniel York