Drink Up

"I did it MMMYYY Way!"   Frank Sinatra sang it well.  It sure sounded good when he sang it.  However doing it your way is not near as glamorous as it seems.   The road of good intentions is a bumpy, muddy, mirey road that will not get you where you are attempting to go. 
God used Jeremiah to speak to Judah in the days before they were taken into captivity. It was all about to blow and God was using Jeremiah to warn and to guide His people.  There was a long history of Israel doing it their way.  It led to the divided kingdom.  Israel, the Northern Kingdom, continued in their ways with one evil king after another until the Assyrians overtook them.  That left Judah, the Southern Kingdom.  Judah was in better shape.   There had been some good kings along the way but there were also some wicked ones...too many.  The people loved their idols too much...they loved it...their way.
God described it to Jeremiah like this-  For my people have committed two evils:  they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water. --Jer. 2:13. Why build a well when there is a freeflowing stream running right through your yard?  Why try to cup water in your hand and carry it when God has provided a clear glass?  Why are we determined to do it our way? 
My almost 5 year old (This Thursday is her birthday) is a go-getter.  She can do it.  And unless she will get hurt or I will have to clean up a mess from her attempts, I let her.  The reason:  She will have to do it.  She needs to learn.   She needs the confidence.  She will be opening things for Daddy one day and I want her to be good at it.  That is her.  It is not us.  What God can provide for us, we can never provide for ourselves . It is not about outgrowing the need for God, we will not.  We will always be dependent on Him providing us the greatest refreshment and sustenance in life through Christ.    So don't dig out your own path.  What are you doing digging a well when there is a free flowing river rolling through your life that helps you to yield your fruit in season and helps you to prosper in whatever you do (Psalm 1)?  Just drink up...all day long.