Jeremiah 2: bulding broken cisterns that do not hold water

 In Jeremiah 2, we read that the Lord treated well Israel, but it abandoned the trust in the Lord.

5 This is what the Lord says:

“What injustice did your fathers find in Me,
That they went far from Me,
And walked after emptiness and became empty?

They don't remember what the Lord has done for them. They forget that they belong to a history much greater than the their own histories:

6 They did not say, ‘Where is the Lord
Who brought us up out of the land of Egypt,
Who led us through the wilderness,
Through a land of deserts and of pits,
Through a land of drought and of [b]deep darkness,
Through a land that no one crossed
And where no person lived?’

They felt in idolatry:

6 They did not say, ‘Where is the Lord
Who brought us up out of the land of Egypt,
Who led us through the wilderness,
Through a land of deserts and of pits,
Through a land of drought and of [b]deep darkness,
Through a land that no one crossed
And where no person lived?’

They commited two sins:

13 “For My people have committed two evils:
1) They have abandoned Me, The fountain of living waters,
2) To carve out for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns That do not hold water.


Have I exchanged the God-made food that really satisfies provided by men-made drugs that only enslave me?


14-17 “Isn’t Israel a valued servant,
    born into a family with place and position?
So how did she end up a piece of meat
    fought over by snarling and roaring lions?

Am I a valued servant of the Lord?

It is really possible that I sin a lot, departed from the Lord and yet, see myself as a Good seeker man:

23-24 “How dare you tell me, ‘I’m not stained by sin.
    I’ve never chased after the Baal sex gods’!
Well, look at the tracks you’ve left behind in the valley.
    How do you account for what is written in the desert dust—
Tracks of a camel in heat, running this way and that,
    tracks of a wild donkey in rut,
Sniffing the wind for the slightest scent of sex.

The Lord loves me and wants to restore me:

25 “Slow down. Take a deep breath. What’s the hurry?
    Why wear yourself out? Just what are you after anyway?

However, my flesh is inclined to keep in sin:

25 ...
But you say, ‘I can’t help it.
    I’m addicted to alien gods. I can’t quit.’

Lord, keep changing my ways so that I please you, so that I serve you.