God’s Response to Babel
Silence and stillness before God (2 minutes)
Scripture reading
Scripture reading:
Genesis 11:5–9
But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. The Lord said, ‘If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.’ So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. That is why it was called Babel—because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
Devotional
God “came down” to see the tower, an ironic detail. Humanity thought their work reached the heavens, yet from God’s perspective it was still so small that He “descended” to inspect it.
His scattering of languages was not cruel but protective. Left unchecked, human pride leads to ruin. By breaking our unity built on pride, God spared us a deeper destruction.
In our day, the ambition to create a godlike intelligence through AI echoes this Babel spirit. But just as then, God remains sovereign. Our towers may impress us, but they never threaten Him. He alone defines the boundaries of human knowledge and ensures His purposes prevail.
Question to consider
How does remembering God’s sovereignty change the way you view human achievements today?
Prayer
Father, thank you that you are never threatened by human pride or progress. Teach me to trust in your purposes rather than fearing or boasting in human towers.
Conclude with silence (2 minutes)
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