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My Story: Held by the Bible
Everyone stands somewhere, even if we sometimes don’t know where
we stand. This is true geographically and theologically. You might be
blindfolded, and driven around town in a car for an hour, and then let
out. You would be standing somewhere but may not know where.
I did this with my wife on her fortieth birthday so she would not
know where I was taking her. In her case, she is simply too savvy in the
city and could tell by sounds and turns where we were. It didn’t work.
But for the sake of the illustration, you can see what I mean: you can be
standing somewhere and not know where you are standing.
That is true theologically also. Everyone is standing somewhere. I
don’t mean everyone is dug in somewhere. You might be ready to leave
your geographic spot as soon as the blindfold comes off. And the same
is true of your theological position. The blindfold I have in mind may be
as simple as never having seriously thought about where you’re standing.
In other words, we may not know where we stand because we’ve
never given it any attention.
But there we are, nonetheless, standing somewhere.
Standing in the Sway of What We Don’t Know?
This is true about the Bible. We all stand somewhere in relation to the
Bible. A few of us grew up in a Bible-believing home, and we came to
believe and love the Bible for ourselves. We stand on it. We believe what