Curious Christian

I was meditating this morning and the words came to me:

You don’t own the truth

The truth owns you

I found myself drawn down into a space where I was thinking, “Isn’t claiming to ‘own’ the truth just like saying we ‘own’ God? It puts truth in a box. Yet the bible affirms that we don’t have all truth; we only see dimly this side of the return of Jesus. We don’t even have a monoploy on truth. We just know enough to make a decision. I was struck by how arrogant a claim this human ‘ownership’ is.

Jesus said: “Then you will know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.” If the truth is to free us, lets make sure we don’t foolishly try to enslave it.