God’s World Through God’s Eyes

Last weekend, Jamberoo Anglican Youth went down to Burrill Pines for our annual youth camp.

We enjoyed eating together, relaxing in the beautiful beach and bush around our site, playing sport, chatting, and scavenger hunting. But most of all, we were challenged from the book of Jonah.

We heard 4 talks from our speakers and spent extended time in groups diving deep into the word and discussing how to apply what we’ve learned to our lives.

Something that challenged all of us was God’s compassion towards his creation that is all through Jonah but particularly stands out in Jonah 4.

Jonah 4:11 says ^“And should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left—and also many animals?”

Ninevah was the capital of Assyria – the enemies of God and his people. They were spiritually blind and headed for destruction.

Yet God has such love and compassion for all people that he sent Jonah to warn the people of Ninevah to repent from their wickedness.

Over the weekend, the question we were asked was ‘do you view the world through God’s eyes?’

We are often tempted to view some people as beyond God’s reach. As people who would never give their life to Jesus.

This is not how God views the world. God has compassion on all his creation.

Our challenge from camp is to view God’s world through God’s eyes – a world full of people he loves who need Jesus to save them.

We were all enemies from God (Col 1:21) before we heard his word and he rescued us.

Our job is to preach Jesus to all people, even our enemies. Because that’s what our saviour did.

BRAD VIDILINI