* Ambition is a great follower, but a terrible leader.

* When ambition stays in the passenger’s seat, it’s the best co-pilot you could ever have.

* But the minute you let it jump into the driver’s seat you’ll certainly head the wrong direction - right toward disaster.

* Enter NIMROD! He was the mastermind behind the Tower of Babel (wanted to build a name for himself).

* It turned into Babylon, that became representative of the world system of Satan (political, cultural, economic).

* Vs 8 - He started out as a great man of his day - a mighty warrior who accomplished great feats.

* Vs 9 - He was a warrior turned “hunter.”

* The Septuagint says he was a mighty hunter “against” the Lord.

* He didn’t just hunt animals, but of men - lording his power over them to build his own kingdom.

* His aspiring mind was never at rest - he was resolved to build something bigger and better and to use people to do it.

* The spirit of competition was on him - he wanted to build a tower, not so he could live in it, but so that he could rule over others by it - even God.

* Vs 10 - He started Babylon - he wanted one world order!

* Applications - Nationally and Personally.

* Nationally - the spirit of Nimrod is now in control of the US.

* Matthew Henry - “He was a mighty hunter, that is, he was a violent invader of his neighbors’ rights and properties, and a persecutor of innocent men, carrying all before him, and endeavoring to make all his own by force and violence.”

* Personally - Matthew Henry said that Nimrod represented the “spirit of ambition.”

* God will have to confuse their plans (He will do it!).

* 1) It is boundless (always wants more).

* 2) It is restless (never content).

* 3) It is expensive (the spirit of building is the common effect of a spirit of pride”).

* 4) It is rebellious.

* Nimrod’s ambition opened the door for others to move way from God (in Babylon).

* Do NOT let your ambition spin out of control! Keep it at bay - you don’t want to build a tower God has to destroy.