Genesis 11:8 “So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of the whole earth; and they stopped building the city.”

Babel! What a story! The people had become to believe they could actually reach heaven. Pride! Conceit! Self-centeredness!

Don’t be so quick to judge. We are the same. We think we can go through life and only call on the Lord when we are in trouble or in need. We don’t see ourselves as needing the Lord in our everyday lives.

In America we have that belief that a man can pull himself up by his bootstraps. My dad had that mindset for 80 years of his life. It wasn’t until he was lying flat on his back following a heart procedure did he realize he couldn’t do it anymore. He couldn’t fix himself or my mom who had been suffering with Alzheimers and bone cancer for years. He finally stopped pulling his own bootstraps and let the Lord in.

Let your children put on a pair of your boots. It doesn’t matter what kind – hiking, cowboy, snow. Once they are on their feet, tell them to reach down and grab the top of each boot and pick themselves up off the floor. They will learn very quickly that it is not possible. Now, you put them on and try the same. They need to see that no one can do that.

Now apply the verse. How about you? Are you striving to handle your life? How is that working for you? Let God have control. He is much more skilled in the area.