My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, broken cisterns that cannot hold water

Jeremiah 2:1-13

This is what the Lord says: “‘I remember the devotion of your youth, how as a bride you loved me and followed me through the wilderness, through a land not sown. Israel was holy to the Lord, the firstfruits of his harvest; all who devoured her were held guilty, and disaster overtook them,’” declares the Lord.

This is what the Lord says: “What fault did your ancestors find in me, that they strayed so far from me? They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves. They did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord, who brought us up out of Egypt and led us through the barren wilderness, through a land of deserts and ravines, a land of drought and utter darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’ I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and rich produce. But you came and defiled my land and made my inheritance detestable. The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord?’ Those who deal with the law did not know me; the leaders rebelled against me. The prophets prophesied by Baal, following worthless idols.

Therefore I bring charges against you again,” declares the Lord.  “And I will bring charges against your children’s children.

My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water,
and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

Why?

Why Israelites forgot the Lord who brought them up out of Egypt... When they enjoyed their life in the promised land, they enjoy their free and forgot the Lord, who is their God, they were affected by the world, their mind changed, and their heart was stolen by the world and the idols.

When I enjoy in the grace of the Lord, don't forget that all of these is the mercy of the Lord come upon me. Be humble and don't forsake the Lord who is my shepherd and my salvation. Without the Lord I am nothing.

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神為人做許多事，保護他們，而人如何來回報神?過去以色列和神的關係是密切的。

主讓我們遇見的，我們如何來看待?我們認為是好的嗎？主提供活水泉源，他們卻要自己鑿池子蓄水，這是死水，會發臭，因為人不放心所以想自己挖池子。學習放託給神！

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How?

Bear in mind and humble before the Lord, God is my way and my truth, and my life.