FAITH CAPSULE: The project of Babel was a victim of self-glorification.

Genesis 11:1-19 
 
Self-glorification is a sure way of self-destruction. When a man embarks on a way of self-glorification he will end up in self-destruction.
The project of Babel was a victim of self-glorification. Before the project, it was well. The Bible recorded that, “The whole earth had one language and one speech.” (Genesis11:1) One language builds up unity among the people. One language is the key to effective communication. With communication, understand among the population builds up stability. At the time of one language effective communication was in place, understanding had its way. As a result frustration, abandonment and separation could not have its place. At a point in time, self-glorification an act of evil came into place to establish disruption among the people on the face of earth. While the spirit of self-glorification was at work, the people slept and woke up one day, “And they said, ‘Come let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the earth.’” (Genesis11:4)
By virtue of the people’s statement, the project of Babel Tower became a project of self-glorification. God is a God of jealousy and evidently self-glorification is taking away glory from God to self. Obviously, project of Babel Tower could not have a place with God, but destruction.
What does your project, journey, or any other of your engagements look like? Is there any trace or act of self-glorification in your approach? The whole earth at that time of the project of Babel entered into self- glorification and God responded in Genesis11:7, “Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.” In your project let God reign disallow self and confusion shall cease. The consequence of self-glorification was communication failure and it led to confusion among the people.
When confusion begins to reign, pride is alive and one’s project heads in a downward direction.
Breakdown in communication and confusion are birds of the same feather. With confusion in place relationship suffers and continuation of project ends up in trouble.
The issue of confusion lines up other forces such as frustration and abandonment. With frustration breakdown of project becomes inevitable.
Abandonment is also a product of confusion that will lead to project’s collapse.
Confusion is not complete until project is scattered. The project of Babel ended up scattered because the Lord confused the language of all the earth. (Genesis 11:9)
With self-glorification in place, a believer has allowed empty pride, stupidity, pomposity, arrogance to destroy one’s own project. Disallow the spirit of self-glorification; destruction will not have a place in your project.
 
Prayer for today:Ask God to intervene and restore back all that concerns your project, for His glory.