FAITH CAPSULE: Building outside of God is not hidden from God.

Genesis 11:1-9, Jeremiah 12

The Tower Babel is the evidence of disobedience. Disobedience is wickedness. Wickedness is knowing about the word of God by having the word of God in the mouth and not do as commanded by God. Jeremiah 12 :1-2 buttressed, “Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those happy who deal so treacherously? You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; They grow, yes, they bear fruit. You are near in their mouth but far from their mind.”
Knowing about the word of God and not do the word of God is taking to a position of pride. Wickedness was the cause of flood destruction during the Time of Noah. (Genesis 6:9-13) After the Noah’s time of destruction man continued to be living life of wickedness. Destruction of Noah’s time was not a lesson for the people to change. Under heaven, man always forget and not learn from past and present mistakes. Just as it was in the past so it is same today that pride remains to be way of life for man. Leaders in the name of pastor, apostle, prophets are not exemption of engaging with past failures without considering the consequences of the sin of wickedness.
God instructed man to fill the earth stating, “Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” (Genesis 1:28) Instead, they made the choice to build a unified culture and constructed a tower as symbol and seal of their common identity. God wanted them to fill the earth but they wanted to build a city for themselves. (Genesis 11:4) People’s move to Shinar was a direct opposition to God’s command to multiply and fill the earth.
Building Babel outside of God, people were prompted to build with the use of bricks for building a large structure because they wanted to become famous. The people wanted to be like the Nephilim(giants) before the flood. The people wanting to be like Nephilim was indirectly looking back to the past to invite the past occurrence of flood destruction. Arrogance that is rooted in pride was there motivation to make name for themselves. The people were self-centered without having God as the center of focus which resulted their fear. The people, because of their fear, they did not want to be scattered.
Building outside of God is not hidden from God. To build outside of God, outside of His command is exposed to God. It does not matter to build secretly, openly, thought-fully, God is above to see it all under the heaven. Be mindful of God to build inside His word.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace not to build up outside of Him.