Genesis 11:1-4
Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.”
Tag: Work and Working to the Glory of God
When God put Adam in the Garden of Eden God gave Adam a purpose and a task: Adam was to care for the garden and the garden was there to glorify God. So, Adam's purpose was to name the animals, care for the animals and the garden. Once sin entered the scene, however, everything changed in regard to the purpose in man's heart. The above text demonstrates that man's purpose in man's eyes is to "make a name for ourselves." Man lost the focus on the glory of God and creating a name for God. We are to be His ambassadors and our "jobs" are to be a took or just another pathway to glorify Him. Yet, in this passage we see that man had lost the focus on God and, instead, sought to promote man. God will, in the next few verses, say that "nothing can stop" man now. God sees that man has become one (they were supposed to replenish the earth). God confounds their language (hence the term for this story, "The Tower of Babel") and disperses them around the world. Man has not been in unity since. In once sense, man in unity to promote man is contrary to the will and plan of God. What we have here is a picture of what happens to man when he loses focus on the glory of God and wants, instead, to focus on the glory of self. This is what today's work world looks like. Believers should not be in this frame of mind. Our jobs are to bring Glory to Him!!
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