Vain
Read Genesis 11.5-9
“.. ‘Come, let us go down and confuse their language ..’” (Gen.11.7)
The best endeavours of those intent on making a name for themselves are found finally to be in vain. What the people sought to build on (their ‘cohesion’) became instead confusion: and what they most feared (being scattered) became the reality.
What examples of people ‘not understanding each other’ are you aware of today?
Pentecost was the reversing of Babel – understanding instead of confusion, gathering instead of scattering: are there broken relationships the Lord means you to be addressing?
Prayer: Help me, Lord, to understand where those with whom I differ may be coming from and to build bridges through Your Spirit as and when occasions to do so arise.