"Living for the World"

So we've all heard people say "living for world vs. living for God" in one way or another. I have said it before. You probably have to. But I think that that mindset as a whole within the church has done more damage than good. I think we have given the enemy far too much power over the idea of "the world" and if we are to be people living for God's dream for the world, then that word, "the world", deserves a little redemption. Because if we never change our outlook on the world, we will never live as though it is being redeemed. We will always view it negetively, as sort of the antithesis to God and his ways, which, I believe, is one reason (small as it may be) why so many Christians live as if this world is going to waste and "real life" is after death and until then, we can treat the this place as some throw-away earth. It is time that living for the world and living for God be brought into harmony and that we begin to think of the world in the context the Psalmist puts it in when he says "the earth is the Lord's and everything in it." That everywhere is holy ground, being redeemed and brought back into harmony with its Creator. Living for the world, I would argue, is what we are here for and living for God cannot be separated from it.