Articles by Kris Swiatocho, Director The Singles Network Ministries

Articles by Kris Swiatocho, Director

"All" The Babble by Kris Swiatocho

Genesis 11:1-8Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. 2 As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building.The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. 9 That is why it was called Babel—because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

Now the whole world was speaking one language. They were growing together as a team and of course that would be a good thing--however, this community began to wander from their relationship with God. They began to work together to build something for themselves, to glorify their effort versus God. So often we do the same!

1. Isn’t a team a good thing? Isn’t it good that we all speak the same language? It would really help in reaching people for Jesus. It would really help when trying to market, communicate, connect with others. Yes, it would be, however, in this case it worked against the ultimate goal of coming together for the Lord. Coming together to bring glory to Him. Often, we see groups formed around us. Sometimes using social media, sometimes in our schools, community and of course, church. While some of these groups appear harmless, i.e., Flower Growers of America, others like the KKK can be detrimental not only to people, but to the kingdom of God. This is an example of coming together for community but with the wrong focus!

2. God saw what was happening, that they wanted to build a monument to signify themselves, their effort, and their power. We do this today--we see names on everything from monuments and statues, buildings and roads to fancy grave markers, speeches, and causes. While it appears great to name something after someone who did something awesome in history such as freeing slaves, curing a disease, or helping hide people during the Holocaust, we must never forget who allowed this to happen, our Lord and Savior! These people forgot and as a result, they wanted to build something that focused on what they did, without God’s help.

3. The tower is called the “Tower of Babel” which is funny because today, this is where we get the word “babble” from which means to ramble on in conversation that has little meaning. Their tower represented man’s attempts at meaning but instead it became meaningless. How often today do we get caught up in gossip, in talk that is of no value, or conversation that isn’t salty—seasoned with God’s word and purpose?! What kinds of babble are you involved in?

4. God saw what they were doing and out of protection for them—although I am sure they didn't see it that way—He confused their language so they would: 1) stop building the tower and 2) split from their big group; forming smaller groups resulting in less power. Less power that was focused on themselves. He would then scatter them all over the earth. Sometimes we do need to break groups apart, especially when we see where things are heading. Sometimes we even need to pull friends and family apart to allow time for them to refocus their relationships on God versus themselves. Does this mean every group that God pulls apart can never work or see each other again? No! It just means God has a purpose on this earth and when we start to make it about ourselves, then He will intervene and get us back on track (for those who follow Him). He does this because He loves us!

So where are you in your relationship to God? What about the groups you belong to? Relationships? Are you Christ centered? Does your speech, your talk edify God? Are you working to build His kingdom or your Tower of Babel?

How does this change things for you today? What is God telling you right now?
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