I am reading the prophet Jeremiah. Oh my. God had a lot to say to His people about their turning away from Him and following other gods and doing evil. They were about to reap the consequences of abandoning the True God who had always been faithful to them.
Jeremiah 2:12-13: “For My people have committed a double evil: They have abandoned Me, the fountain of living water, and dug cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.”
A cistern is a reservoir for storing water. Unlike a well, it has no supply of water itself, but must be filled by an outside source.
God held two things against His people (a double evil). The first evil is that they had abandoned Him who is the Fountain of Living Water.
The second evil was perhaps worse, they not only walked away from the Fountain of Living Water, but they also engaged in self-determination … or what I like to call “MY WAY!” They dug cisterns and tried to fill them with their own version of nourishment. These cisterns would not even hold what they tried to fill them with as they were broken or “cracked.” Whatever they poured in just ran out.
Take note of what Jesus declared to His followers: “The one who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, will have streams of living water flow from deep within him.” [John 7:38 HCSB]
Instead of filling cisterns with what will not satisfy nor nourish and will sooner or later run out, the followers of the True God will have streams of living water flowing from deep within them.
