Building Babel

  The story of the Tower of Babel is probably familiar to anyone who has spent some of their time in Sunday School. It takes place after the worldwide flood, when everyone on the earth spoke the same language. The Lord commanded the people of the world to scatter over the face of the earth. Instead, they disobediently stayed in one place. Together they sought to build a tower that would reach up to the heavens and show the following generations how great they were. Because of their pride and disobedience, the Lord confused their language and caused them to scatter over the earth, and the tower remains unbuilt to this day.
  Since then, God has allowed mankind to build some incredible things, things which far outweigh the planned glory of the Tower of Babel. Yesterday, my family and I watched a documentary about the space shuttle and the projects it was used for. Projects like the International Space Station and the Hubble Space Telescope. What is the Tower of Babel to all of that? We as people have not made things that simply reach up to the heavens. We have gone and touched them. We see them in ways the men of old could not have grasped.
  And the thing is that God lets us. He did not say no to our wondering exploration. He let us make things that defy imagination. God said no to a disobedient pile of rocks, and yes to technological wonders that show how great He is.