Why then does my suffering continue? Why is my wound so incurable? Your help seems as uncertain as a seasonal brook, like a spring that has gone dry (Jeremiah 15:18).
When a water supply pipe in a big city breaks, it causes chaos and panic. For a few short hours the taps are dry and all the activities in the city are disrupted. Telephone lines are overloaded by anxious and furious people. When the wells in rural areas dry up, life is made very difficult.
Jeremiah was in the grip of problems and he started doubting God. He taught us earlier on that God is “the fountain of living water” (Jeremiah 2:13). Now he wondered if he was right. He was spiritually thirsty. Deep inside he started fearing the message he brought to others was now backfiring on him. Some of the watercourses and brooks streamed with water in Israel during the rainy season. But many of them were deceptive streams. They dried up quickly and when the scorching summer heat came and the people were desperate for water, they had nothing to offer. He feared that God was acting like one of those unreliable brooks.
Are you afraid that God is like a stream running dry in your life? God’s answer to Jeremiah was, “No, Jeremiah, I never run dry.” No matter how scorching the heat might be, some rivers are permanent and steady and never dry up. God is one of them. He is an endless supply of goodness, grace, and strength. He will renew you and provide for you and sustain you. He flows like an everlasting stream.
Everlasting God and Father, flow strongly again for all who fear that You might disappoint them. Amen.
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