Monday Memo 363: Reverse the Curse

I have what may be a radical concept to share in this week's Memo.  If I am wrong, it won't matter much. If I am right, however, it could mean a movement of unprecedented proportions as people of purpose join together to accomplish significant things to address serious problems and launch creative initiatives.  If you are interested in such possibilities, you want to read on.

 A BIG PROJECT

In Genesis 11, we have the story of a group of citizens who joined together to build a tower.  We aren't sure what this tower was. Some think it was to be a refuge from any future floods like Noah's.  Others believe it was some kind of Temple or shrine to the gods.  Whatever it was, God looked at it and didn't like it. 

But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the men were building. The Lord said, "If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other" (Genesis 11:5-7).

God saw something in this tower that wasn't good and he knew their ability to communicate with one another was the source of their strength to accomplish this deed.  So the Lord actually stepped in and confused the languages of the people so they could not understand one another.  That project was called the tower of Babel, babel being a word close the Hebrew word for confused.

REVERSE THE CURSE   

So mankind was plagued with many languages that confused communication and hindered their ability to work one with another.  If the Lord cursed mankind with confusion and communication problems, however, could He not also reverse that curse and restore man's ability to work together?  Does the reverse-curse process as possible as the initial intervention that caused the confusion in the first place?  I think it does.

In Christ, our ability to join and work together to extend the kingdom of God was and is restored.  You can discover your purpose, I can clarify mine and together we can join together in the power of God and perhaps "nothing they [we] plan to do will be impossible for them [us]."  We can become tremendously productive together if we have the right motivation. Their motivation in Genesis 11 was to build a name for themselves.  Our motivation is to glorify God's name (this reminds me of what we looked at last week in John 15).

I am a firm believer in synergy, which is when the sum of the parts is greater than their individual sums. When synergy occurs, one plus one equals five, ten or however much God allows it to be.  If you believe God reversed the curse of Genesis 11, what are you doing with that power?  On and from what team are you producing great results for Him?  Where does your purpose join with others to create a divine dynamic of productivity?  I don't think this has to take place in a church setting, for we should be building hospitals, starting businesses and creating whole industries that meet the needs of others in the power of our united purposes in Him.

What can you do with this concept?  At this point, I would be convinced that it's true if I were you. If it's not, then please disregard this Memo!  If it is, however, then I would look to join with some other people of purpose to build a team that can create something significant.  You know I am a firm believer in individual creativity and productivity, but I know we as purposeful individuals will learn how to work with one another in ways that will achieve good results for and in His name.  And when we do, to God be the glory!  Have a great week.

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Comments

[Cindy]

I agree with the reversed curse. I have believed for a long time that the curse was reversed when the Spirit fell in Acts 2. People were amazed when they could understand because the diciples were speaking in their tongue. The Spirit gives us the ability to speak in a language that we do not know.

[Paul]

Dr John:

I firmly believe in the law of conter reaction. (bear in mind this is probably my euphenism)

I firmly believe if God states something in the affirmitive, then the opposite is true, as well, in the negative if there are opposite actions.

If their is a declarative statement from God in the negative, the same is true in the positive if the actions are positive.

For example, if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we fail to confess our sins, then there is no forgiveness for our sins and he cannot cleanse us from any unrighteousness.

I also believe if the sins of the father can carry out into 3rd and 4th generations, then the effects of righteousness can as well.

The bible is full of illustrations that affirm your above memo.

Paul

[Maggie]

Dear John,

Your memo confirms what God is doing in our midst in Kenya and Africa. In order for the body of Christ to arise and fulfill the purposes of God and our individual Purposes we need to believe the curse was reversed and act by coming together for big projects

[marilyn]

i trully agree on that teaching, that it is true curses can and are reversed by the strokes and the blood of the lamb. by his death on the cross we were freed from the biggest curse of all - the curse of death - and we were given a new lease of life. if we can all come together as one we definately are 'curse cleansed'. the devil thrives on division and as we can see in this days, there is so much chaos around us, but the only way we are able to trully succeed is when we are able to come toghether as one, for one. the spirit of unity, for the good of man, and more so in his unity, as with him when the scriptures say " in unity of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit". i believe that is what God is always trying to tell us