TCN's Biblical Journey Jan 3

Genesis 11

(today's reading Genesis 11-15)

I have to thank my friend, Rev. Samuel Padget for today's thought. I had heard it before but after talking with him it settled deeply in my spirit. 

In the beginning of Genesis, God told mankind to fill the earth. The idea was for mankind to spread out and not just stay in one place. God repeated that command to Noah and his family in Genesis 9:1.
Yet here in Genesis 11 we see mankind deciding to try and stay in one place (verse 4). 

God solution was to confound the languages which caused the mankind to break apart and fill the earth as he commanded. 

God believed that man needed to move away from the secure and should I say safe and launch out on their own. He believed it so much that even when He created woman He said, "for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother and cleave unto his wife." 

Yet today we see more and more people wanting to stay safe and secure. We have people who aren't facing economic challenges staying with mom and dad, grandma and grandpa and having an extended adolescence. 

We celebrate the idea of a safe and secure world where everything from food, housing, and a job are provided for us. We are adverse to risk, it seems to me, launching out. 

Thoughtful quote:

"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are." -- E.E. Cummings

However, when I look at history it is those who launch out who make a difference in the world. I have long argued that God wants to make us "all we can be" and how can we be that if we refuse to launch out. 

Now some may say this doesn't matter anymore since the world is full of people (I could point out there are other planets in this solar system, but I will save that for another time). However, when we get to the New Testament we see another command, Go into all the world (Matt 28:18; Acts 1:8). 

We see Jesus commanding his people to go, not to stay someplace safe but to go. He wants us to launch out and make a difference in the world. 

So are you willing to Go? Are you willing to take a risk and launch out into what God has called you too?  Then light the fuse and launch.