Lesson from our Session…………………………..
WEDNESDAY
(Genesis 11:6) And the LORD said, “Look, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do; nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.
The people were not “putting one over” on God by their plans. The Lord had carefully observed all that they were doing. He knew their hearts as well and concerning their potential for sin 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.” The power of sin would continue to grow.
Sin rules in a corrupt heart. Wrong desires lead to wrong action (James 1:15). No wonder Proverbs 4:23 teaches, “Above all else, guard your heart for it is the wellspring of life” (NIV 1984). In the case of the tower of Babel, “God moved to deprive them of the ability to comprehend one another, and thus effected their dispersion” (Keil).
Lesson: God knows the true intent of every man’s heart, including yours (Gen. 11:6; I Kings 8:39)
Reflection: We like to think that our motives are pure in this life but we need to ask if they are pure enough for the next life. All we do breaks down into serving this world or the next. Not all things here serve the next world but the next world serves all things here best.