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Daily Devotion: Genesis 11:4 and 7-8

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Genesis 11:4    "And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth."

Genesis 11:7-8    "Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.  (8)  So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city."

From the beginning of time, man has tried to circumvent the wisdom and power of God.  Eat the fruit, you will be as God. Marry the daughters of men, you will all be as one. Don't pay attention to that old man building the big boat. Everything will be okay. And now the earth was beginning to be replenished and human nature began once again to try to take control. What would they do this time?  "Let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven." Why would they want to build such a tower? May I suggest the history of the flood was still fresh in their minds and they felt if they could build this tower, the floods would not destroy them again.

There were several flaws in the plans to build the tower. First, they had forgotten the covenant (promise) that God had made when He said He would never destroy the earth with water again. If God were to decide to send a local flood, that tower could never have been tall enough to override God's power.  They were using the same principles as Adam when he made coverings of fig leaves. Neither the leaves nor the tower could make a covering for man's sinful nature.  The wise man Solomon would write, "There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand." (Proverbs 19:21)  

The safest place for any of us to be is when we are found in the will of God for our lives. There is no better way than that of the Lord. Indeed, His counsel shall stand!

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