Thoughts for another day

April 27, 2011

Today's verse: Jer. 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.  (KJV)

(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)                                                                                    

When we read Jeremiah in the above Scripture we see God's exasperation in His saying, that 'His' people have committed two evils: 1. they've forsaken Him Who is the fountain of Living Waters and 2. They've had recourse to empty cisterns that hold no water meaning as it were, they've held no gods as their god. 

Not much has changed since this cry of God mentioned during Bible times.  Looking at the vast body of Christians who're His people, I see their 'un-faith' if I may say and I can only wonder how far we've moved from our God.  For every problem we face, we have earthly solutions that're no solutions at all but temporary halts in the plentitude of problems we're to face in this world.   We face problems which are really born of the way we live for e.g. unhealthy eating result in diseases of the stomach because we didn't follow discipline in eating.  The moment we have this sickness, we rush to a doctor which is just the natural thing to do and mind you, if you don't believing that God will cure, you'd be considered a fool.  I know because I have gone through it and I'd say unless you know God you cannot resort to this as you won't see results.

There're very few and they can literally be counted on your finger tips in the church, who have recourse to God often, speaking to Him, telling Him everything.  As for others, He is remembered only when Sunday comes or if there's an event where He is spoken about. And it's surprising that though we indulge in this, we speak of Him as if we were dwelling in His house all the time and 'know' Him well!  After a period of time, we ourselves fall for this façade of ours which tells us we're chosen of Him and are regularly doing His work.  Surprising, I say considering we hardly spend any time with Him therefore we don't know Him.   That's why even today out of the skies from the heavens comes the clarion call – get up and come; cling to Me and I will bless your ways.