I hope you're having a great week and beating the heat. I can't believe it's almost September! This Sunday is Tailgate Sunday, so I hope you'll plan to bring a side dish or two and wear the gear of your favorite team, school, or driver. We'll have awards for Best Outfit, Best Side Dish, & Best Dessert.
We're also finishing up the Legacy series as we talk about what kind of legacy to leave for our children and grandchildren. I believe God has an important word to speak to all of us as we conclude this series.
Thought for the Week
"Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves." Genesis 11:4
For thousands of years, humans have been trying to make a name for themselves. Whenever it is about our fame, our fortune, a name for ourselves...it is coming from the wrong spot in our hearts. The story of the Tower of Babel in Genesis was about age old struggles with which we all deal: arrogance, pride, and fame. They wanted to make a name for themselves. The problem with this mindset is that it isolates from others and God, and we were created for relationship, not isolation. When we seek our own glory and fame, we naturally create competition with others. Our success becomes more important than the success of others, the team, the company, the society. We isolate ourselves that our name might be lifted up, and we hurt others along the way. Moreover, we isolate ourselves from God. The more we seek to be our own god, the farther we get from God. As we seek to make a name for ourselves, we begin to feel like God is pretty lucky to have us on the team. We miss God's amazing grace then. When we walk in humility, we are able to embrace God's mercy and love, which we don't deserve, which makes us more humble. We then work to lift up the name of Jesus, the redeemer of our souls. And we begin lift up others because we begin to have the heart of God. Isn't it interesting that what God did by confusing the languages at Babel was, essentially, isolating the people. That is what arrogance does. In what ways or in what areas are you seeking a name for yourself rather than making great the name of Almighty God?
Something to think about.
In Christ,
Carter
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