Know What You Believe

I recently wrote a comment to one of my friend's blogs. He was writing about how he used to believe that truth was relative, but now he understands that truth is based on the Word of God and is not simply based on what a person believes. My comment to him was about something that puzzles me frequently-- Why do people preface many of their ideals with the words "I believe"? When someone says that I want to ask them, "If you don't believe it, then why are you saying it?" For instance, someone may be sharing God's Word and they say, "I believe that we need to love people," or " I believe that God's Word says..." Should we love people? Does God's Word say...? It doesn't matter if we believe it. It doesn't matter if we don't. It is what it is! We need to say, " We need to love people!" "God's Word says..." When we add "I believe," we are adding a disclaimer. The only place for a disclaimer is when we could be wrong, like when someone says, "I believe that the Tennessee Titans are a great football team." That leaves room for discussion, a difference of opinion. There is no room for that when it comes to God's Word! Like I said before, it is what it is! It is truth (and I believe it)!