. Spring vs. Cisterns 10 June 2013
Older generationsare probably familiar with the concept of cisterns and may have used them.Before the city started supplying water, people would collect rainwater from their roofs and divert the water flow into a cistern.
Cisterns were also important in Israel during Jeremiah’s day. Archaeologists have uncovered thousands of them. The land was arid as Israel experienced long dry spells. In those days, people would dig cisterns and line them with bricks and plaster so that they could hold water.
But, there were problems with cisterns. If it didn’t rain, then, you had no water. And, even if you had enough water, the cistern would often develop leaks and eventually, there would be no water.Water storedfor long periods of time would become a stagnant …show more content…
Perhaps, we should examine our own lives before God to see if we, too, are guilty of forsaking the spring of living water in order to drink from our own broken cisterns!
While we may not burn incense to the pagan gods of other nations, as Israel did in Jeremiah’s day, are there idols of another sort living in our hearts that we have put before God? An idol is anything that we love more than God, pursue more than God or put before God in our hearts. It doesn’t have to be an image; it can be a priority, a goal, a desire or anything else that consumes our heart, mind and soul.
The cisterns that this world gives us are cracked and broken. They cannot hold water. They cannot satisfy. When we drink from these cisterns, we only end up thirsting again, for there is nothing in this world which can truly fill a heart that was created for Christ.
Many sense that supernatural pull, but are afraid to break away from the broken cisterns of this world. They’re afraid to make changes in their lifestyle. They’re afraid to give up certain