The Israelites had access to the living water of God, but they rejected it for the muddy waters of pagan worship and their own selfish desires. How often we do the same today!
Our world is filled with ?dead waters.? Health, beauty, wealth, romance—they all promise to bring lasting happiness. But worldly pleasures are like the waters of the Dead Sea, beautiful from a distance, but incapable of bringing refreshment. Those who turn to these waters will end up thirsty time and again.
Other ?dead waters? fill the cisterns we?ve dug with our own hands. Sometimes, we create our own plans for life and refuse to listen when God challenges them. These ?cisterns? soon fill with stagnant water: No matter how hard we work, our cistern water cannot give us the stamina or peace we yearn for.
Every time we seek after these ?dead waters,? we miss an opportunity to enjoy God?s living water, and we eventually tire ourselves out.
There simply is no substitute for the living water of Jesus. Only he can provide the water that quenches our deepest thirsts.
