FAITH CAPSULE: When our focus on God is shifted or altered, self will enter.

Genesis 11:1-9

The confusion of languages at Babel was the evidence of what prevails when sons of men converge to build outside of God. God alone is the Building Builder. Before the attempt to build, the whole earth had one language, “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.” (Genesis 11:2) A plain land is a land with no hindrance and is easier to develop. The plain land made it easy for them to loose focus of the fact that the land was not there by accident. The general condition of the land without any confronting challenge probably arouse their plan outside of God as they went in agreement and 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.” (Genesis 11:4)  This kind of proposal is evidence to the fact that there was a shift of focus in their journey. When our focus on God is shifted or altered, self will enter. Are you on a ground that is set for your blessing? Do not lose focus nor take your attention away from Him. Those people who built the tower of Babel assumed responsibility and forgot that the land and its fullness belong to God. They wanted to use what He has blessed them with, to go and investigate His workshop (heaven). Obviously, God does not tolerate self because self operates in opposite to God’s way. Self is self centered, arrogant, pride, and selfish. Focusing on self and not God is an avenue to self destruction. God knows the end from the beginning. He alone is the creator and power belongs unto Him. God saw where the people were coming from, and He knew where they were going with the kind of project they embarked on. The people took the blessing of plain land for granted in their attempt to build outside of God. Anytime you begin to build outside of God, He will come down on you. God came down on the sons of men when He responded to the attempt to build without Him, “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.” (Genesis 11:7-8)  Do you still want to continue building outside of God, or will you learn from His word? Take self out of your building project, readjust your focus, set on God and God will settle you. Let the word of God build you.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace to consistently remain focus on Him.