Cisterns

Today, I was up early, like always on Thursdays for a men's Bible study that i am apart of. You never know where discussion will lead at 6:30 am. But this morning there was a comment in the notes of our study, it went something like this. The problem with evil and people today is they have abandoned God in their lives. As a man who tries to live with Christ in my life i feel this is an accurate statement.
Some people realize they are missing something some people don't realize it. I was walking through Rockford for the start of summer celebration parade; we had a float in the parade for the WELL. We were handing out water bottles, because our theme for the WELL is all whoa re thirsty come, and a well is the source of water. Anyways as we were walking down the parade route people could see we were passing out water and they were chanting water, water, water. It was an unbelievable experience. The WELL exists to guide all of us the the source of living water so we will thirst no more. Little do some people know that as they were chanting water they were really being honest with themselves and admitting what they are missing in life.
So what does all this have to do with broken cisterns? Look at Jeremiah 2:12-14, it says there that we as God's people have committed 2 sins we have forsaken God the Spring of living water and we have dug our own cisterns.
there are times in my life that i try to avoid God and try to do things on my own, i dig my own ideas and cisterns to put my thoughts in. I do turn from God at times, which in my opinion is wrong, it is sin, anytime we turn from him we sin. Do i recognize the problem in me, do i see the things i do that turn myself from God? I am working on not forsaking Him and not digging my own cisterns but letting him be my one and only cistern that is filled with his living water.
how is your cistern?