"And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do."
Genesis 11:4-6
This is really interesting because a lot of what we do in the modern world is work on communication. We now have the internet and can talk remotely to almost any populated area on the planet, but we are far from unified. And I think sometimes we have this idea that if we were unified that it would be great... practically paradise. And yet, here God explains the problem. If we are unified in anything outside of God's influence, we're going to end up harming ourselves and others... so he steps in.
I think the important lesson here is that unity is awesome... IF we're unified with God, on his side. Unity anywhere else is just scary... like Gadianton Robbers/Organized crime scary. Today, let's make sure we are gathered together with God, and aren't following anything that leads us away from him.
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