There’s a Greek word used in the Bible that means “spinning around and getting dizzy,” like on one of those spinning rides at the fair. 

It happens when anyone believes “every wind of teaching” and buys into “the craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming” (Ephesians 4:14). 

As a result, we are “blown here and there.” That’s where the Greek word for dizzy appears. 

Man-made opinions about things in this world make people more dizzy than the Tilt-A-Whirl ride at the fair. Like opinions about education, raising children, politics, how to spend or save money, and the best way to address COVID, just to name a few.

Claim that your human opinion is as perfect and authoritative as Jesus’ own true teachings, and it’s proof you’re dizzy, confused, and misdirected. It’s okay to have ideas and opinions, as long as you remember that they are human ideas and opinions—not divine truths and answers. 

So don’t claim to have a monopoly on the truth because it’s your opinion. And don’t judge others unfairly.

“Speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work” (Ephesians 4:15,16). 

Being loving toward others and true to Jesus is more important than being right about your opinion.