"For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters. and hewn themselves cisterns -- broken cisterns that can hold no water." Jeremiah 2:13
God defines two evils, a compound sin, his people committed. One was their break-away from him, abandonment of the source of life, their desertion of a life-source, the fountain of fresh flowing water. The second was their effort to solve the problem on their own, their hard labor of finding water on their own, and how inferior their solution was after all their hard work. Their do-it-yourself- water storage was useless. Their self-dug cisterns leaked, would hold no water. Their cisterns were sieves.
The desertion of a successful provision to develop an unsuccessful project; to discard something that works, to create something that doesn't work, seems stupid. It is stupid, it is the insanity of sin. No wonder God complains. Sin, is really foolish and heart-breaking. Desertion of God causes hard times. We forsake God, reject what he provides, do it our way, the hard way, and find it never works.
Whatever happens to cause drought and however thirsty man becomes, the flow of God's power enriches and sustains the soul. He strengthens us for more than mere survival, he provides strength for service that blesses generations to come.
KEEP THE FLOW FRESH. Our salvation is a fountain that flows a fresh supply continuously. It does not need to be stored, but simply flows a fresh supply to be used as needed. Jesus is the Fountain of Living Water. Come and drink and give to others who thirst for what you have.
PRAYER: Lord, I want to always stay close to you. I relish the fresh supply of life-giving waters you supply all the time. I thirst for you and you will never fail to satisfy my soul. I come to you and drink. Fill me and help me to bring others who thirst to you. In Jesus' Name. Amen