Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life.

In the time it takes to get to work, I'm Keith Simon. In 2004 in Georgia a Burger King employee

started their morning shift by carrying trash out to the dumpster where

they found a naked middle-aged white man covered in sunburns and blood.

This man had no memory of who he was.

He had no idea how he had gotten there.

So the manager of the Burger King called the police and the

police came and took this man to the hospital. He had no Social Security number,

no birth certificate, no photo ID. In other words he didn't have any of the things necessary in

our society to prove who you are or to get something basic like a job or a place to

live or even access to a homeless shelter. The story of this man spread and he ended up

being invited on Dr. Phil. The idea was that maybe someone watching Dr. Phil

would recognize this man and help him reclaim his identity. But there was no such luck.

Finally, they just made up a name to give this guy. They call him Benjamin Kyle, continuing the BK theme and Benjamin Kyle serves as

kind of a metaphor for each of us as we stumble through life unsure of who we are. Those questions, who am I, where did I come from,

where am I going, what's my purpose? Well they seem like basic questions that every

person and even every society ought to be able to

answer but it's increasingly difficult to find answers to life's basic

questions.

People used to define who they are by looking up to God or outward to family and the community.

The modern person though has thrown all that off and said look I'm not going to be shackled by the past I'm not going to be

shackled by other people so instead of looking up to God or outwards of family and community I will look within myself.

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