Observation: Jeremiah is frustrated with the people of Judah (his home country) because of their worship of Baal and other gods and idols of Canaan. God uses the language of a lawsuit against the people of Israel. The major claims are not only have the people not turned to God as "living Water", but they have tried to build their own leaky cisterns.
Application: The lesson I keep learning, and forgetting, and learning, and forgetting again, and learning again, is that my own spirit is finite, and on top of that, it's leaking pretty bad. But God's spirit is living water: it is a constantly renewing resource. Trying to depend on just my own strength, creativity, energy, enthusiasm, resiliency, and trust works out well, for maybe as couple days at a stretch. But without turning to God, I will burn out. All the "water" my spirit holds will leak out the sides of the imperfect vessel that is me.
We have all been to a place where it's not just our capacity to pursue our dreams, but even our ability to dream, runs dry. This is because we're human. We don't have our own well of spirit. Our spirit is replenished by God. In this season of Lent, may we find God's living water, and may it water our spirits for the sake of growth.
Prayer: Lord, help me return to your Living Water always.
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