Genesis 10-11
Our values seem to change depending on our circumstances. For example if you are building an emergency shelter you may only use a tarp to provide protection from the weather. However, if you are building your home you want to make sure the roof is waterproof, the walls are insulated and it is warm inside. One structure is built on the value of survival while the other is built on sustained living comfort. In other words what we do and how we act is based on the values that we hold. In Genesis 11 we see the issue of values played out in real life, but in an incorrect manner. In the account of the tower of Babel humanity tried to gain access to heaven on their own. They set up their government under their own rules with their own values in opposition to God. They had a self centered plan to build for their own recognition and significance rather than God’s (4). Their construction project was their way of gaining access to God on their terms rather than coming to God on His terms by grace through faith. In the end God displayed His sovereignty over minuscule man by personally analyzing and judging their work and motives from His all knowing standard (5-6). This resulted in God enacting His plan by sovereignly halting their collaborative work through the introduction of various languages (8-9). God’s original plan was for humanity to spread and fill the earth and thus spread His glory around the world (see Genesis 1:28 & Genesis 9:7). Instead the people remained in one location with those that were just like them and believed like them. In doing so they disregarded God’s command and distorted the worship of God into a self centered experience. Like them our values will impact where we go, what we do and who we talk about. May our Biblical values direct our humble service to God and our purposeful conversation about God.
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Our values seem to change depending on our circumstances. For example if you are building an emergency shelter you may only use a tarp to provide protection from the weather. However, if you are building your home you want to make sure the roof is waterproof, the walls are insulated and it is warm inside. One structure is built on the value of survival while the other is built on sustained living comfort. In other words what we do and how we act is based on the values that we hold. In Genesis 11 we see the issue of values played out in real life, but in an incorrect manner. In the account of the tower of Babel humanity tried to gain access to heaven on their own. They set up their government under their own rules with their own values in opposition to God. They had a self centered plan to build for their own recognition and significance rather than God’s (4). Their construction project was their way of gaining access to God on their terms rather than coming to God on His terms by grace through faith. In the end God displayed His sovereignty over minuscule man by personally analyzing and judging their work and motives from His all knowing standard (5-6). This resulted in God enacting His plan by sovereignly halting their collaborative work through the introduction of various languages (8-9). God’s original plan was for humanity to spread and fill the earth and thus spread His glory around the world (see Genesis 1:28 & Genesis 9:7). Instead the people remained in one location with those that were just like them and believed like them. In doing so they disregarded God’s command and distorted the worship of God into a self centered experience. Like them our values will impact where we go, what we do and who we talk about. May our Biblical values direct our humble service to God and our purposeful conversation about God.
For More See GENESIS
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