Jeremiah 2:13 For my people have done two evil things: they have forsaken me—the fountain of living water. And they have dug for themselves cracked cisterns that can hold no water at all!
I attended a Bible study based on the book Choosing Gratitude by Nancy Leigh DeMoss. The reason I attended the study was to encourage a friend to participate. I thought it would be an easy study because I believed I was a very thankful person. This belief was soon shattered as God’s view of ingratitude was revealed. Our leader, Carrie, shared from the book of Jeremiah how God’s people had committed two sins. First, they had forgotten to thank God by rejecting His love, wisdom and power. Second, the Israelites turned to their own strength to find joy and fulfillment in other things. They gave up the overflowing fountain of living water and instead turned to the foolishness of digging their own wells. Challenged by this teaching, I evaluated my own actions. I soon discovered my sin of ingratitude toward God’s many blessings and how I had abandoned God’s plan. I had turned to my family, my home, and my job to define who I was and to find joy. I realized that through Christ I am a child of the King, and the only source of true joy is the living water that God so willingly provides. It pleases God when we forsake ourselves and our own strength, and then cry out with a heart of thanksgiving to worship our majestic Lord and receive His living water.
Prayer: God, thank You for Your grace and mercy, and for the incredible gift of salvation. Give me a thankful heart and let the joy that results be a witness to those that I encounter today.
I attended a Bible study based on the book Choosing Gratitude by Nancy Leigh DeMoss. The reason I attended the study was to encourage a friend to participate. I thought it would be an easy study because I believed I was a very thankful person. This belief was soon shattered as God’s view of ingratitude was revealed. Our leader, Carrie, shared from the book of Jeremiah how God’s people had committed two sins. First, they had forgotten to thank God by rejecting His love, wisdom and power. Second, the Israelites turned to their own strength to find joy and fulfillment in other things. They gave up the overflowing fountain of living water and instead turned to the foolishness of digging their own wells. Challenged by this teaching, I evaluated my own actions. I soon discovered my sin of ingratitude toward God’s many blessings and how I had abandoned God’s plan. I had turned to my family, my home, and my job to define who I was and to find joy. I realized that through Christ I am a child of the King, and the only source of true joy is the living water that God so willingly provides. It pleases God when we forsake ourselves and our own strength, and then cry out with a heart of thanksgiving to worship our majestic Lord and receive His living water.
Prayer: God, thank You for Your grace and mercy, and for the incredible gift of salvation. Give me a thankful heart and let the joy that results be a witness to those that I encounter today.
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