Jeremiah's first response to God when he was called to take a message to Israel was that he couldn't speak because he was just a child. But a child's heart was just what the Lord was looking for. A child is totally dependent on his parents. When it comes to the Holy God, that is the only position we can take. Separation always comes, as it did for Israel, when we think we can do it ourselves. That was the message God wanted Jeremiah to give to his people, Israel.
"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. - Jer. 2:13
Israel needed to become a child again, dependent on their Father, the only source of living water. Dependency on their own power, or any other power would only bring drought.
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