Scripture: Genesis 11:4, 6-7
Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a
city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens…The Lord said, “…Come, let us go
down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”
Notice the contrast between the people living in
the plain of Shinar and the Lord. The people want to build up. God wants to
come down.
The people want to build a tower that reaches to
the heavens. They want to get there on their own power. God leaves Heaven to
stop them.
Why?
Because we can’t climb to God’s level on our own,
and it’s for our own good that God show us that. It took God coming down in the
form of Jesus Christ to forgive us for our sins and provide the way that we can
ascend to Him. Any other plan we have to better ourselves and raise ourselves
up is destined to fail. Our merely human efforts are like a tower ready to
crash down, a stairway to Heaven that falls eternally short.
In what areas are you trying to better yourself,
or better your life circumstances, without the Lord’s help? Abandon your plans
and ask Him to come down to you and show you how He wants to raise you up.
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