Don't make me come down there!

For those of you who are parents have you ever uttered a phrase like "Don't make me come over there!", or "Don't make me get up!"? Can't help but admit I have and with that statement came the understanding that if I DID have to get up, or come over there that the girls chances were up. Grace was no longer extended, it was time for justice! lol

As I was reading the account of the Tower of Babel in Genesis chapter 11 I couldn't help but think of those early parenting days when the girls were little and fussing about something or disobeying and I would utter those phrases. The NLT says in verse 1-5 of Chapter 11....."At one time all the people of the world spoke the same language and used the same words. As the people migrated to the east, they found a plain in the land ob Babylonia and settled there. They began saying to each other, "Let's make bricks and harden them iwth fire." (In this region bricks were used instead of stone, and tar was used for mortar) Then they said "Come, let's build a great city for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky. This will make us famous and keep us from being scattered all over the world." But the Lord came down to look at the city and the tower the people were building.

Uh oh....it says the Lord came down. Un huh....to late. They went to far. They disobeyed to much, to long and God in essence had to come down. You see, God had already told them to scatter all over the earth. And when God says for you to do something...you will do it. Either of your own will...or not. I remember telling Hope one time to pick up her toys and she refused. (she was like 2 1/2) I physically went and opened her hand up and placed toys after toy in that little hand and she DID put them up. It wasn't by her own will...but it did happen. Fortunately Hope learned her lesson. I never had to do that again. She knew her Daddy and I meant what we said. Sometimes we as God's kids don't catch on so quick...do we? Those people were divided that day by different languages forcing them to scatter from each other and from "their" plan. That day they began carrying out God's plan. His plan will not be derailed or misled. It will happen.

Let's decide that we will obey so that we never hear God say "Don't make me come down there!"