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“For My people have com- hard. I know what it is like to little project going on, but you come to know His plan, He then
mitted two evils: they have work hard with no results. I have are doing it your way. You may wants us to trust Him to bring it
forsaken Me, the Fountain of spent many years of my life be following your own little plan, to pass.
living waters, and they have digging “empty wells” like trying to make things happen in
hewn for themselves cisterns, these, and that frustrated and your own strength and ability. If Our activity - birthed out of the
broken cisterns which cannot discouraged me. It took me a so, it is not going to work if you flesh - actually prevents God
hold water” (Jeremiah 2:13). long time to realize that unless have left God out of your plan. from showing Himself strong in
“the Lord builds the house, they our lives. That is not the way to
The people in Jeremiah 2:13 labour in vain who build it” There is nothing more frus- live the higher life that God has
worked hard to dig wells for (Psalm 127:1). trating than trying to do some- prepared for us. Ask God to
themselves, but their wells thing about something you help you and lead you as you
could not hold water. I am sure You may be digging an empty cannot do anything about. It is work, so that your efforts will be
they were very disappointed well right now. You may be similar to having your car stuck productive!
when they did not get the result working on something or some- in the mud and continuing to - The Everyday Life Bible, Joyce
they wanted after working so body. You may have your own press the accelerator down and Meyer, Faith Words, 2006.
spin your wheels until you burn
up the engine. We often burn out
from weariness due to “works of
the flesh,” which are works that
do not work!

Many times we make a plan and
then pray for it to work. God
wants us to pray first and ask
Him for His plan. After we have