BE A FOUNTAIN, NOT A DRAIN!

BE A FOUNTAIN, NOT A DRAIN!

18th APRIL 2021

“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, The fountain of living waters, To hew for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns That can hold no water” – Jeremiah 2:13

Spiritually, a fountain means the giver of vital life force – That which sustains life and vitality.  The vital life force gives health and wealth. There is a fountain of life that surrounds the world, and everyone is a partaker of it. This fountain of life is God, who surrounds everyone and is in all things giving life, grace, and sustenance. Today’s word says that anything outside God is a broken cistern! By omission or commission, some cannot attune properly with God and therefore cannot benefit from His divine sustaining powers. The reason is that some do not believe in God or do not care about how to make God work for them. These people make no efforts on their part to get to understand God and the possibility of living a fulfilled life. This set of people always like to depend on others to survive. A broken cistern is anything that cannot stand the test of time, such as a wrong ideology, wrong beliefs or principles of life, and the likes of them. Someone who is a broken cistern would exhibit some signs such as taking undue advantage of their church, workplace, or other people to drain off resources or cause harm, either deliberately or carelessly. Because they are not hooked onto God, a reasonable proportion of good things that comes to them is again drain off! Such persons
around us are sure to cause our resources to deplete somehow, especially if we are deeply connected to such persons by some sympathetic bonds such as love, marriage, master/servant relationship, friendship, etc. This revelation is a pathetic one and has challenged our understanding for a long time.  The fact remains that if we can understand why we lack progress in life, the faster it will be to adjust. Otherwise, we will continue to go round a circle. What we need in life is the sustaining power of God. In Him, all things are contained. That means that outside of God, there is darkness and emptiness! Those who operate outside the divine principles of God cannot give to others anything perfect. They cannot give what they do not have! Anyone in God is like a fountain! He would always give to others as received from God. The good news is that we all can become fountains!

The word of God today says God is the fountain of living waters who sustains us. Therefore, we must hold onto God for sustenance, health, wealth and vitality.  Life outside God is a broken cistern that can hold No water.  Therefore, anyone who is a broken cistern, who also cannot operate in God’s principle, will be a burden to others in two main ways: ONE, they will take from others to fill their emptiness, while they quickly empty away because they cannot hold or retain what they have taken. TWO, they spiritually become a burden on others by swallowing up the others’ opportunities and wealth and depleting same outright because they have also become an unseen drain to leak out divine opportunities and goodness. This is because these persons are not hooked onto God, the provider of these things.  Conversely, anyone who is a fountain will give forth his energies to serve others in his church and his place of work without losing anything in return. It is time to understand this mystery so you can adjust your life and be hooked to the high-powered principles of God. To know God is to read the scriptures and apply God’s word to our life!

PRAYER

Father in the name of Jesus Christ, I lean on your word today, and I declare I am delivered from the bondage of broken cisterns. Keep me safe and protected. I declare I am a blessing to others. Father, anything you give my hands shall retain, all to the glory of God.  AMEN

FURTHER READING: 1 Kings 18:5; Proverbs 13:14