The morning I was reading about the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11. I grappled with the portrayal of God as one who obstructs. It’s easy for me to become angry when it seems God is getting in the way of whatever new tower I’m trying to build. Yet He knows my motives, He knows the dangers to me. Finally, I wrote this prayer in the margin of my Bible:
Lord, because I trust Your love, when I read about You confounding the plans of people, I believe it was to protect them from new dangers and self-destruction. Help me have that faith in my life when my personal plans are confounded.
But there was a second lesson for me from this brief account. My heart has been aching at the conflict in our culture, between nations, between individuals, within families. Truly we are confused and “won’t be able to understand each other” (verse 7) apart from God’s grace. So I added this prayer:
Heavenly Father, help people “speak the same language” and relate in love. Send your Spirit to help us all understand each other in each place there is conflict.
How about you? Have you ever seen God obstruct your path, and later realized it was a good thing that He did? Or have you see Him heal a conflict?
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I am praying to him to heal our faily right now. We have have uch conflict within it. We had such a wonderful Christmas with us all togther so I think we have a good start. I love your musings. They hit me right where I am at.
Oh my, yes, Sharon. Thanks for this.
Thanks, Judi… (Lord, we all need Your spirit of peace and reconciliation in our families. Grant that to Judi and to all of us. Thank you for reconciling us to Yourself. AMEN!)
Hi, Patti! Thanks for commenting. Hugs!
Hey Sharon,
Great insight into Genesis 11! Funny enough, I was visiting your website to send you an email about a series of novels I’m releasing based on Genesis 1-11. The first book, Cain, is being released by BroadStreet Publishing May 1st of this year. It’s Biblical Fiction with a strong speculative flair, and I’m reaching out to fellow authors who might be interested in reading it/working together to cross-promote each other’s work. Check your email! –and don’t worry, I’m a real person. My website/blog will be up and running in 2 or 3 weeks, where I’ll blog weekly on the intersection of Art and Faith. I’ll be needing authors to interview, and guest bloggers, etc.
Blessings!
Hi, Brennan!
Thanks so much for connecting! Your work sounds terrific. I always love meeting fellow writers. 🙂