Moment With The Master
“Broken Cisterns”
Categories: Moment With The MasterFor 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)
Jeremiah provides an inconceivable picture of Judah. Why would anyone in their right mind leave a fountain of living water and turn to a broken cistern? This was the two-sided sin of Israel. She had forsaken God and turned to idols.
There is always the temptation of following one's own way. Being free and independent is the Devil’s lie! Man wants to be free from restraints! This is the allurement of Idolatry, of all sin, of broken cisterns!
Ultimately the way of godlessness leads to misery. (Romans 1:26, 27) Not only does man's way reap eternal consequences, but it does not profit him now. When one turns from God, he removes himself from the only source of true refreshment for the soul, and the only possibility of an abundant life.
Jehovah is the fountain of living waters. He is the eternally existing one, limitless in power, and limitless in possibilities. He is the giver and sustainer of physical and spiritual life. He is the only source of satisfying nourishment for the soul.
Israel’s devotion to idols was not just a momentary act when they made the golden calf after they left Egypt. These constant temptations finally lead to an obscene religion. It is easy for us to fall into the same trap. Little children, keep yourselves from idols. (1 John 5:21)
Men labor to find their own way and provide their own security. It is sad that they do no better than broken cisterns. Meanwhile, they neglect the living waters of the promises of God.
By George Slover
