Understanding God: He Checks Up
Now the whole earth had one language and one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there. Then they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar. And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.” But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. And the Lord said, “Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them. Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.” – Genesis 11:1-7
The attribute of God we shall consider today is His situation inspection or assessment nature. In other words, He is a God who checks up on His creatures and does not just leave them or things to chance.
This attribute of God is particularly revealing because after the disobedience of Adam and Eve and the squalor that defined humanity afterwards, which led Him to decide that He had had enough and then proceeded to wipe out the human race with the flood, and when the new generations set of human race also reverted to nature and started going out of line, a development which made God concluded that He would not need to wipe out humanity again, one would think that with such a resolution God, who cannot condone evil, would have decided to stay away from humans. However, our reference today shows that that was not the case with Him. He still kept in touch and was always visiting the hemisphere where He had placed humans to assess them and their activities.
It was during one of His assessment rounds that He saw the latest endeavor humans were engaged in, a la the tower at Babel. If He had not checked up, such a development might have escaped His attention, and He might not have dealt with it on time the way He did.
Today, God still checks up on humanity to inspect, assess, monitor, evaluate, appraise, and profile the thoughts, deeds, actions, attitudes, behaviors, and works of His children so as to know how He may reward or retribute deserving individuals or groups as commensurate with their ways. The question is, when He checks up on you, what is He going to find you doing?
Selah!
Also read:
- Understanding God: He is Strategic
- The Benefits of Wisdom: How Not to Play the Ostrich
- Student Vs Professor
- To Ponder…
- Right when I needed it
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