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Jeremiah chapter 2 verses 11 through 13.

Has a nation changed its gods even though there are no gods but my people have changed

their glory for that which does not profit be appalled oh heavens at this be

shocked be utterly desolate, declares the Lord.

For my people have committed two evils.

They have forsaken me the fountain of living waters and hold out cisterns for themselves, broken

cisterns that cannot hold water. What an indictment, not just of God's people in Jeremiah Chapter 2,

but in our own lives.

Two evils.

One, we forsake God the fountain of living water. God is the author of life. God is the

supremely good Creator who is able to give us everything we need and everything we want in abundance.

He's the fountain of living waters, these source of true satisfaction.

And yet in our sinfulness, we're prone to forsake him

and to seek out cisterns for ourselves, broken cisterns that hold no water

that can't satisfy. We're so foolish. I am, you are, we're so prone.

To look to the things of this world to satisfy us, to pursue our own ways to satisfy us.

To think that pleasures and possessions of this world,

like that's where satisfaction is found,

pursuits and plaudits in this world, that's where satisfaction is found. Pursuits and plaudits in this world. That's where satisfaction is found.

God help us to see their broken systems, they don't hold water.

Lord to help us to see the foolishness of our ways.

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