The Fountain of Living
Waters
Jeremiah 2:13, “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.”
I have
written and spoken from this verse in many times but I have always concentrated
on the concept of “broken cisterns”. I was reading this verse the other day and
a new thought occurred to me. God’s
people had committed two evils one of the evils was hewing out broken cisterns
but the other evil was the greatest evil.
God said, “They have forsaken me the fountain of living waters”. YHVH declared that His people had forsaken
Him.
It is
noteworthy that God referred to Himself as “the fountain of living waters”.
God was not only living waters but more importantly He referred to
Himself as a “fountain”. Maqowr (4726) connotes, among other things, a natural continuous flowing
source. This continuous source was not
merely water but living water. Christian
musicians are constantly in danger of forsaking the source that will sustain
spiritual life. All busy people have to
do is fail to drink of the living water YHVH supplies and, according to this
verse they are forsaking God.
Azab
(5800) was translated here in the AV as forsaken but this Hebrew word also
connotes “refusing”. My father used to
say, “You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink”. The simple lesson found in Jeremiah 2:13 is
that God has provided a continuous flow of “living water”, but Christian
musicians have the responsibility to drink.
Song
for the Day--Springs
of Living Water by John W. Peterson
Prayer
for the Day
Our dear
Heavenly Father I want to thank and praise You for providing an ample supply of
living water to sustain all who love and serve you. I am asking largely today. I am praying that you will give your
musician’s the good common sense to not only come to this source but to drink
of this sustaining water. I am also
asking that You will cause Your busy ministering musicians to be wise enough to not let Satan cause them to
forsake God by refusing to drink and thereby be sustained spiritually. This I am asking in Your wonderful name. Amen.
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