The B-I-B-L-E, yes that's the book for me!

My daughter has learned the B-I-B-L-E song in her preschool, and I am sure her Sunday school class as well, and I have been thinking of the lyrics of that song. (Easy to do when its stuck in your head!)

The B-I-B-L-E,
Yes that’s the book for me
I stand alone on the Word of God
The B-I-B-L-E

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The part of the song that had me going though, was "I stand alone on the Word of God." So here's the question: what does that mean?  Does it mean that it is upon the Word of God alone which we stand?  Or is it that we stand alone when we stand on the Word of God?  And should we really be standing on our Bibles?

Well, I was thinking that by any interpretation of that line you don't get a good picture.  We are saved by the grace of Jesus Christ through faith alone (Ephesians 2:8-9).  We are told that God's words are important to us, but are they what makes us stand?  From my experience this is partially true.  There have been times when I have felt discouraged or really down and have read scripture that lifted my head and reminded me of the faithfulness of God, of his love and grace and mercy.  But in reality it is those things that the Bible reminds me of which I am standing on.

I also don't think we stand alone on God's Word.  The "church" or community of God's people stands together holding God's Word.  This is something we do together.  It is when people do it alone, thinking that they have a better interpretation or version of God's Word that we get cults and false teachers leading people away from the real meaning of God's truths.

I will say that it is the teaching of the Bible which I would hold as more true than anything else offered in our world.  So in that respect, I wouldn't stand on the teachings of the Koran, or Buddha, or Harry Potter, or Twilight, or anything else, just the Bible.  We are told that the Bible is useful for correction and instruction, and I will be the first to say that many of the things that bug me in this world, even in our grand 'ole country of the USofA, could be made better through the corrections offered in the Bible, but even then that is really the work of the Holy Spirit through the Bible and through we the people.

In the end, I think that an edit to the lyrics would be in order: "I stand up strong by the Word of God"

What do you think?