DCLM HIGHER EVERYDAY 31 January 2022 — Learn your language
DCLM Higher Everyday 31 January 2022 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Learn your language
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TOPIC: LEARN YOUR LANGUAGE
TEXT: GENESIS 11:1-9
1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
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.
5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
7 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.
9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
MEMORY VERSE: “And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people” (NEHEMIAH 13:24).
MESSAGE
Oliver Wendell Holmes opines that, “Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.” The premium placed on language underscores its usefulness for the enhancement of communication for many generations.
Languages put our words in focus, give structure to our thoughts and help us to communicate with the people around us. They are fluid concepts, built from our heritage for a better reconstruction of our past and re-engineering of our future.
Speaking your language breeds motivation, unity and a sense of belonging. This was evident in our text as the people were determined to finish the construction of the tower. “And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language…” (Genesis 11:6).
It is therefore imperative on the young ones to learn the language of their parents and be attentive to the commandment of God. You must be careful not to use the power of language to fight against God’s will as seen in our text, but skillfully use it to propagate the gospel of Jesus Christ, our Lord.
QUOTE: Skillfully use it to propagate the gospel.
CHALLENGE: Language is power.
PRAYER: Oh Lord, help me to understand the language of my nativity.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
