Notes taken from the Life Application Study Bible (NIV) , Genesis chapter 11:3,4.

The Sky Tower in Auckland is 1,076 feet (328 metres) tall. The tower reminds me of the tower of Babel, we are reading about in the Bible in Genesis 11:1-9.

The tower of Babel was a monument to the people themselves. Are we also building “towers” to call attention to our own achievements? Are we using them to give us identity and self-worth?

What are our “towers”, our monuments?

• Are they expensive clothes?
• Is it a big house?
• Is it a fancy car?
• Is it an important job?

If we are using all those things to give us identity and self-worth, they take the place of God in our lives.

The Sky Tower in Auckland is the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere. (I still think it is.)

But there are taller buildings in this world, namely the Empire State building in New York at 1,250 feet, the Petronas Twin towers in Kuala Lumpur at 1,483 feet, the Taipa 101 building at 1,670 feet and the Burj in Dubai at 2,657 feet.