“So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth; and they stopped building the city. Therefore, it was named Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth...”
I remember in high school reading about the Tower of Babel and wondering why God would not want us all to live together, communicating with each other. I questioned His decision to split us up.
A few years later the internet opened my eyes. We are an ugly species, when offered the opportunity to exalt ourselves. Our sins gain momentum when we have a platform. Nowadays, the more people who comment online, the more evil, stupid, and arrogant the conversation becomes.... no wonder God scattered us.
It concerns me that we are working so hard to get back to the city of Babel… desperate to “make a name for ourselves” by becoming “influencers”, reaching more and more “followers”… Looking for answers among ourselves and getting more addicted to the dopamine with every click.
It is the same as when He divided the city of Babel… They too, were building a tower to elevate themselves. They were making a name for themselves not worshipping the name of the Lord. So, God not only ended construction and confused their language… He scattered them out of the city.
There are a few cities that need scattering today – Our megacities have demonstrated that the more connectivity we have, the more we validate God’s reasoning for dispersing the city of Babel.
Are you using your ever-expanding audience to exalt the name of the Lord, or are you building a monument to yourself? If you are elevating yourself and others like you, you will soon discover that we don’t have the answers, because we are the problem… look in the mirror, and you will see that the Cross is the only solution.
There is nothing good in man… until the Spirit of God enters him. God loves you not because of what you have done, but in spite of it. Tear down the tower you have built … Die to yourself… be born again in Christ and elevate God as He forms you into who you were created to be.
"The depravity of man is at once the most empirically verifiable reality but at the same time the most intellectually resisted fact."
- Malcolm Muggeridge
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