Babel
Read Genesis 11.1-4
“Then they said, ‘Come let us build ourselves a city ..’” (Gen.11.4)
Babel was an object lesson in building apart from the Lord. It was a 3-dimensional statement of an independent spirit – the city and tower of a thoroughly secular society. But where the Lord Himself isn’t doing the building, such projects are in vain.
What parallels to the spirit exhibited on ‘the plain of Shinar’ do you observe in contemporary society?
To what extent is every ‘project’ to which people apply their energies characterised as either construction or protection – as this project was?
Prayer: Forgive me, Lord, that too often and too easily I take matters into my own hands. Give me grace today to seek only Your glory, and to trust You for my safety.