Are You Building A Tower Of Babel?

At a Christian bookstore I noticed a "church starting kit". Yes, you read me right- a start a church kit; a how-to on starting a church from scratch in less than thirty days. From marketing to committees, choosing a central location to creating the leadership team, it was all there. Almost. Everything except God.

"Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it." (Psalm 127:1)

Sadly, reliance on God-desperation for His wisdom, dependence on His guiding hand- is not in this kit. Someone may buy it and follow all the steps, but only end up with a sky-high tower of Babel. In the Bible, this tower was human effort at it's best; effort that ended in God-appointed confusion. While it's easy to shake my head at this, it causes me to take a hard look in the mirror. Don't I build little Babels in my own life? Anything I do- even writing this blog- can be a Babel if God's not in it. These little Babels become sources of confusion.

'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' says the LORD of hosts. (Zechariah 4:6)

Ponder this- Is there anything in your life that your not seeking God for? Is there confusion in your spirit? Look at all your areas of striving and ask this question.

My prayer: Lord help us to receive your strength for each task, and not build anything in our own strength.

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