Tuesday, 6^th  October 2026

Alex Buabeng-Korsah

TOPIC: RETURNING TO THE SOURCE

THEME SCRIPTURE:  "They have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water." —Jeremiah 2:13

 

 

PREPARATORY QUESTION

1. What "cistern" have you been relying on that has quietly gone dry?

 

 

We've talked about coming to Christ to drink, and about letting that living water flow through us to others. But there's an honest reality every believer eventually faces: seasons when we feel dry — even after we've known the source, even after we've served faithfully. The river slows. The joy dims. We wonder what happened.

Often, the answer isn't that God stopped supplying water. It's that we quietly switched wells.

Jeremiah names this with striking clarity. Israel didn't reject God outright — they simply supplemented Him. They kept one foot at the fountain and dug other cisterns on the side: alliances, idols, self-reliance. The tragedy wasn't just unfaithfulness — it was inefficiency. Cisterns crack. They can't hold what a fountain freely gives. So the people ended up thirsty in a land full of water sources, none of which could actually satisfy.

We do this too. We drink from busyness, from other people's approval, from achievement — good things that were never meant to be a water source. And when they crack, as they always do, we're left confused about why we feel so parched despite doing "all the right things."

Drought seasons aren't proof that God has withdrawn. Often, they're an invitation to check which well we've actually been drinking from. The fountain hasn't moved. We have.

The way back isn't complicated, even if it's humbling: stop hauling water from broken cisterns, and return to the source that never runs dry.

Key Takeaway

 Spiritual dryness is rarely about God's absence — it's often about our attention. Return to the fountain, not the cistern.

Beloved, if you feel dry today, don't panic and don't perform. Just go back to where the water actually is.

Remain blessed.

 

FURTHER READING

- Jeremiah 2:13

- Jeremiah 17:13

- Psalm 63:1

- Revelation 21:6

 

Call to Salvation: Today is your day if you have not received salvation by turning over your life to Jesus Christ. Click here to do so.

 

QUESTIONS TO HELP YOU MEDITATE ON THE WORD

1. What have I been relying on lately that was never meant to be my source of life?
2. Have I mistaken activity for intimacy with God?
3. What's one honest step back to the fountain I can take today?

 

PRAYER

Father, forgive me for the cisterns I've built and clung to, hoping they'd hold what only You can give. Draw me back to Yourself — not to a routine, not to performance, but to You, the fountain of living water. Satisfy the dry places in me today. In Jesus' name, Amen.

 

One-Year Reading Plan

Mark 8; Exodus 15-16; Psalm 36