As they went about gaining an education they mingled with a wide variety of people and would make an effort to befriend them. As time went by and they discerned genuine spiritual interest, they would share the Bible either verbally or in the form of small handwritten rolls of parchment.
In this way, the light of God’s word spread slowly and unobtrusively throughout a European continent that was teeming with tradition and superstition.
Other Waldensians would learn a trade or sell goods from door to door, and as they bought and sold, traded and repaired they would watch for the moving of God’s Spirit on the hearts of their listeners.When they discerned spiritual interest they would share the truth, either from memory or by handing out those precious portions of hand-copied scripture. Thus, the ultimate mission of the Waldensian way of life was to share the truth with others. They worked, studied and raised families but in the midst of this, their focus on their mission was clear and unwavering.
What composed the Waldensian worldview? In a phrase, lux lucet in tenebris. They lived and worked as a light shining in the darkness.
What composes your worldview? How do you answer the four most fundamental questions of life? A biblical worldview would lead you to live as light shining in darkness wherever you are. You may be a professional in a workplace, a student in an educational institution, a mother raising her children, but wherever you are called to be your worldview will define how you engage with those in the environment around you. It will define whether you engage in that sphere merely to collect a paycheque, gain an education and raise upstanding citizens or whether you engage in that sphere as a missionary, working to lead souls to know, love and serve Jesus.
The Waldensian worldview was lux lucet in tenebris. What is yours?
