Old Testament: Gen 11.2–4

To read the Bible in a year, read Genesis 9–11 on January 4, In the year of our Lord Christ 2024

By Don Ruhl 

The Lord told Adam and Eve to fill the earth. He told Noah the same thing. However, the generations that followed Noah did not want to spread out over the earth: “And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there. Then they said to one another, ‘Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.’ They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar. And they said, ‘Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth’” (Genesis 11.2–4). 

Since they were of one language, the Lord confused their language, making many more languages, preventing them from working together again to thwart their purpose in disobeying him. 

If they had not done so, the entire earth would speak one language. However, man suffers whenever he thinks that he has a better plan than the Lord does. 

Questions: 

• Are your plans better than the Lord’s? 
• Do you pray that the Lord’s will be done in your life? 

To subscribe go to EmailDevotionals.com and click “Follow” 

Don preaches with the Savage Street Church of Christ in Grants Pass, Oregon. 

Listen to his sermons here: GrantsPassChurchOfChrist.com