Genesis 11:1-9

Genesis 11:1.

From the text we gather these practical suggestions:

I. Examine carefully the quality and meaning of every new plan of life.

II. Beware of the sophism that Heaven helps those who help themselves.

III. Regulate ambition by the Divine will.

IV. If we make great plans, let us make them in God's name and carry them out in God's strength.

V. Let us learn what is meant by all the unfinished towers that we see around us.

VI. Co-operation with God will alone secure the entire realisation of our plans.

Application: (1) We all have plans; (2) examine them; (3) remember the only foundation, on which alone men can build with safety.

Parker, Pulpit Analyst,vol. ii., p. 181.

References: Genesis 11:1. Expository2nd series, vol. i., p. 232; Parker, vol. i., p. 176. Genesis 11:1. Clergyman's Magazine,vol. iv., p. 270.