DCLM Sincere Milk 28 March 2024 — The Tower of Babel
DCLM Sincere Milk 28 March 2024 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — The Tower of Babel
Topic: The Tower of Babel
Text: Genesis 11:1-9
1And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
3And 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.
4And 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.
5And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
6And 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.
7Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
8So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
9Therefore 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.
Key Verse: “Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth:” Genesis 11:9a
Message
The tower of Babel was built on a plain in the region of Shinar, located in ancient Mesopotamia on the eastern bank of the Euphrates river, about thirty miles from modern day Baghdad. After the flood, the people began to multiply again. Soon, they forgot about the judgment that wiped out the world and they began to imagine evil in their heart. They wanted to make a name for themselves by building a mighty city and a tower “whose top may reach unto heaven.” God disrupted the work by confusing the language of the workers that they could no longer understand one another. God did not like the pride and arrogance in the hearts of the people. God caused the people to suddenly speak different languages so they could not communicate and work together to build the tower. This caused the people to scatter across the land. The tower was named ‘The Tower of Babel’ because the word Babel means confusion.
This story is a powerful reminder of how important it is to obey God’s Word. No one can build a successful life on his own. Today learn to obey God and not depend on your own efforts to succeed.
Further Reading: Deuteronomy 13:1-3
Prayer for today: I will obey God and not do anything that will challenge the authority of God in my life.
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)
