Don't Put Tar Between Your Bricks

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At first everyone spoke the same language, but after some of them moved from the east and settled in Babylonia, they said: Let's build a city with a tower that reaches to the sky! We'll use hard bricks and tar instead of stone and mortar. We'll become famous, and we won't be scattered all over the world.  But when the LORD came down to look at the city and the tower, he said: These people are working together because they all speak the same language. This is just the beginning. Soon they will be able to do anything they want.  Come on! Let's go down and confuse them by making them speak different languages--then they won't be able to understand each other.  So the people had to stop building the city, because the LORD confused their language and scattered them all over the earth. That's how the city of Babel got its name.

Genesis 11:1-8

If God had not confused the language of those who were building the Tower of Babel, can you imagine how that story might have ended?  They would have soon learned that using tar and bricks to build a skyscraper instead of stone and mortar would not be a good idea, especially on a hot day!

So it was not Satan who made it difficult for the whole world to come together and work as one!  The Father wants us to be "One in Christ" but not "One in Our pursuit of Evil."

Why was the Tower of Babel not a good thing? These verses clearly say that the motive behind the Tower of Babel was fame!  The people who attempted to build the Tower of Babel wanted to be Famous for their effort!  God clearly ruled that out as a noble and legitimate purpose in your life!  

Being well known and even admired by other men is not generally a blessing in life!  Fame brings a burden that few enjoy after they get it!  

So if you are building a tower, make sure that it is a tower that has God's approval and don't put tar between your bricks!

"Lord Jesus, I want to be known by You and not by other men!  What You think of me is more important than all the praise the world can give!  May Your Holy and Precious Name be praised now and forever.  Amen."