“My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.” Jeremiah 2:13
When I read this during my devotions today, all I could think was, “Wow, does this fit with society today, or what!?!” It describes the cause of every problem the United States is facing right now. It describes every problem the Christian community is facing right now. It describes every tough situation I’ve ever faced.
Going back to Jeremiah’s time, I cannot understand how the people of Israel repeatedly turned away from their God after He so openly and obviously took care of them in such miraculous ways.
Then I look at today and wonder the same thing. How did this great nation which I love turn from God. How do people not recognize how much He has done for us?
Then I look a little closer to home and wonder how I’ve done the same thing. I may not turn away from Him as fully and openly as the children of Israel did in Jeremiah’s time. I may not turn from Him in the drastic ways that many of the leaders of this nation have done recently. But I’ve still turned away at times in my life. I’ve built my own “cisterns” and found that they don’t hold water.
Shame on this nation. Shame on His people. Shame on me! It’s time to go back to the only well that never runs dry and never drink from any other source.
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