How to Understand Your Bible- Step 1: Observation

I was casually driving down the road when all of a sudden three passengers in my car yelled, “Stop sign!” Just so you know, yelling isn’t the best thing to do to any driver. When your muscles tense and your heart pounds, you aren’t necessarily going to choose to do the right thing or physically be able to do it. Somehow, I was able to stop—a little past the sign but short of the crossing traffic. Wiping the sweat and posing as if I was in control, I realized a disturbing fact. I saw, but I didn’t observe. I was looking, but the stop sign never registered. It is a real possibility to miss important information even when you are not distracted.

And here we have an important illustration that supports a critical step in understanding the Bible.