FAITH CAPSULE: Do not build outside of God.

Genesis 11:1-9, Psalm 24 

God is not maneuverable.
One who wants to maneuver God is looking away from God, seeking outside of God, and presenting oneself as waiting on God.
God is not deceivable.
Without doubt, creation cannot maneuver God, the Creator.
If you are surviving by telling lies to deceive or manipulate your world, know that God, the Creator, sees it all and at His appointed time will expose you.
All should watch it and know that telling lies can build one up for years.
One who builds by telling lies will be brought down by telling lies.
All that lies built up will be brought down by truth as the Lord lives.
One can maneuver the world with lies, but not the Creator, the God of all.
Isaiah 40:28 records, “Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable.”
The one and only Perfect God does have the fullness of the world in His hand. 
The Bible states, “The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein.” (Psalm 24:1)
Under heaven and above, no one is in a position to outmaneuver God. 
However, when the building is outside of God, it becomes an effort to outmaneuver the only Perfect Creator.
The building of the Tower of Babel was not in line with God.
The builders of the Tower of Babel were agents in the attempt to maneuver God.
The agents are bound to fail.
One that builds outside of God is not focusing on God. 
Genesis 11:4 records, “And they said, Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”
When there is no focus on God, self-centeredness will fail.
Are you looking away from God? 
The people who attempted to construct the tower of Babel failed to consider that God is in control.
The land and its fullness belong to God. 
God does not tolerate selfishness because it operates in opposition to God.
Self-centeredness represents arrogance and pride.
God saw where the people were coming from, and He knew where they were going with the Tower of Babel.
The act of self-centeredness will go against God.
Genesis 11:7-8 states, “Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech. So, the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.”   
Stop building outside of God.
Do not become a victim of the attempt to maneuver God.

Prayer for today: Ask that you be enabled to live life for the glory of God.