Spend time in prayer and silence with God asking him to meet you and speak to you.
Bible Reading
Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.
They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”
But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. The LORD said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”
So the LORD scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. That is why it was called Babel-because there the LORD confused the language of the whole world. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
– Genesis 11:1-8
Devotion
Remember that Genesis is the book of beginnings. Today you read about the beginning of something truly amazing – the origin of different languages. Up to this point in history all people spoke one language. God’s creativity went on display once again when He decided to separate people by languages.
God used his amazing creativity to address a serious problem in the people – they had turned their attention away from God and put it on themselves. That issue still needs to be addressed in our own hearts every day. God’s agenda for us is always the best. He is great a replacing our limited dreams with His plans that are much greater and for our good, as well as the glory of His name.
The Big Question
What selfish agenda are you pursuing? Are you trying to gain attention, comfort, or pleasure for yourself? How can you take steps to let go of your agenda today?
Conclude in prayer and silence reflecting on what you’ve learned.