Making Your Own Well?

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...But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
-Jeremiah 2:13 & 28(King James Version)

These verses from Jeremiah 2 seems to be pointed right at our world today. God is revealing to us that we have turned our back on Him, and went out and tried to make our own wells that will hold no water. 

When God reveals Himself as the fountain of living waters, He is revealing our great need for Him. I did a search on Google to find out how long we can go without water. It ranges from a couple days to about a week. For the Christian, how long can we go without God in our lives? Not long. When God reveals Himself as the fountain of living waters, He is revealing that He is essential to our day to day life. Yet, as this verse tells us, many people try and dig out their own supply of water. It's call cisterns. A cistern is a huge reservoir for holding water. We are not content with God, so we try and find some other things to satisfy us. God calls these cisterns "broken, that can hold no water." Our efforts don't work. Our efforts cannot bring what God brings. 

Then, He says in verse 28, "But where are thy gods that thou has made thee? Let them arise, if they can and save thee in the time of thy trouble..." The "gods" we create, the ones we create to take the place of the One, True God, can't do anything for us. God says, "Where are thy gods...let them arise, if they can and save thee..." The broken cisterns, the false gods we make can never take the place of God in our lives.

Have you turned your back on Him today? Are you trying to create your own cistern, your own gods? Think About It.