The resources God has given us to live a thriving life are His Word, Spirit, and People.
Read God’s Word:
Genesis 10-11
Act 1: God’s Plan for All People
Scene 3: The Flood: God judges and makes a covenant to preserve life
Background Information: Genesis 10-11
God would someday call a specific people to become his chosen nation. They were chosen not to keep the truth of God to themselves, but to proclaim that truth to the nations. When you read this “chart of nations” in Genesis 10, the point is that all people are made by God and for his glory. The salvation that would someday come in Christ would be for all peoples, all nations. Though the nations were made by God for God, left to themselves they will always become ungodly. The tower in Babylon becomes a biblical symbol for godless human society with its foolish pretensions and arrogance (Daniel 3, Isaiah 47, Revelation 17,18). The technology of that tower was not very advanced, but it showed the creative potential of these image bearers, and if left unchecked, it would exponentially multiply their wicked capabilities. God scattered them by undermining their communication as they were given different languages. This scattering because of their rebellion would be reversed on the day of Pentecost when the Church is birthed by the Spirit of God. There the people of different nations hear the gospel and understand it in their own languages. But long before Pentecost, God is working out his plan of salvation. Chapter 11 begins at Babylon, but it ends pointing to Canaan and with mention of Abram. God’s people and God’s provision are in sight amid the human sin and confusion. Consider how God has been working his plan of salvation through the ages. You read in a couple of minutes the long stories of many generations. Those long stories were made up of many individual lives lived one day at a time. It is easy to lose sight of the larger purposes of God in the small moments that make up our lives. Look to God’s larger purposes in whatever your day has in store.
Pray:
Praise God for…
Thank God for…
Confess your sins to God
Ask God for his hand to be on our worship service tomorrow. Pray for the young ones upstairs, pray for the youth, and pray for God to speak through our gathered time of worship.
Ask God for… (what else concerns you?)
Reflect:
Write down one passage of scripture that stood out to you today.
Write down why this passage stood out to you.
Engage Community:
Text or call someone now and tell them…
– What you are praying for.
– What stood out from God’s word today.