"For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water."
Jeremiah 2:13
This is an interesting analogy that tells us pretty clearly that anything we substitute for the Lord is inherently inferior, and can't fill that emptiness in our lives.
We try sometimes because we value something else more than God, and we think that whatever that thing is, that it is worth sacrificing all else... the proverbial "pearl of great price" from Matthew 13:46, except nothing can be worth that price *other* than God. He can fill our emptiness, heal our wounds, restore our souls. Whatever else we try to place before God becomes an idol in our lives, and no matter what it is, it can't possibly fill that God-sized hole in our lives. Everything is a broken cistern compared to the water of life that Christ represents.
Today, let's retreat from our evils. Instead of clinging with everything that we have to something that can't be what we want it to be, let's turn to the Lord, who can solve every problem and heal any harm. Let's repent and return to the Lord and drink of the living waters, always.
Jeremiah 2:13
This is an interesting analogy that tells us pretty clearly that anything we substitute for the Lord is inherently inferior, and can't fill that emptiness in our lives.
We try sometimes because we value something else more than God, and we think that whatever that thing is, that it is worth sacrificing all else... the proverbial "pearl of great price" from Matthew 13:46, except nothing can be worth that price *other* than God. He can fill our emptiness, heal our wounds, restore our souls. Whatever else we try to place before God becomes an idol in our lives, and no matter what it is, it can't possibly fill that God-sized hole in our lives. Everything is a broken cistern compared to the water of life that Christ represents.
Today, let's retreat from our evils. Instead of clinging with everything that we have to something that can't be what we want it to be, let's turn to the Lord, who can solve every problem and heal any harm. Let's repent and return to the Lord and drink of the living waters, always.
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