Yesterday in my worldview class, we were watching a video presentation on the topic of history as God sees it! In today’s culture, postmodernism tells us that there isn’t a big or larger picture, no larger truth and no one ultimately in charge. This means that I have no accountability or demands on my life and that it is mine to live as I please. If I choose to live it in a way that helps others, that’s great! However, if I choose to live it in a way that just pleases myself, that’s okay too! No guilt! …..because what I do and how I live ultimately does not matter.

This is such a false view of life! History is one HUGE metanarrative (overarching story) with God as it’s author. Each person’s life is a strand, a thread in the tapestry of history. If my life is part of a bigger picture, part of God’s ultimate metanarrative, then what I do does matter and thus, my life has meaning.

What an incredible reason for us to truly study history as an integrated subject with science, art, music, theater, literature and Scripture. No man and no subject is an island. If we teach our children with an isolated and random approach to learning, we have missed an opportunity to reinforce God’s purpose in HIS metanarrative of history, which is to bring glory unto Himself.

May we as parents take every opportunity to integrate subjects, facts, ideas and education for our child so that they can see God working in the BIG picture, HIS metanarrative, and that HE may ultimately be glorified by their lives.