The Family Altar Audio Devotional - Day 97

Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord. For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. (Jeremiah 2:12-13) 123 Any other thing, outside of Jesus Christ and His Word of Life, is a broken cistern. Anything that tries to substitute It; anything that you try to do to bring you peace, anything that you try to do to bring you comfort, any kind of a joy that you receive from anything else, as a substitute for This, it’s a broken cistern full of filth. He gives perfect satisfaction. 124 I remember here, couple summers ago, I stepped out the back door. There was a young snicklefritz out there that said to me, said, “You know, the reason you’re always talking about women like that, wearing those shorts and things,” he said, “because you’re an old man.” Said, “That’s the reason it is.” I said, “Look here. How old are you?” Said, “Twenty-seven.” 125 I said, “When I was many years younger than you, I preached the same thing.” I found a Fountain of satisfaction. He is my portion. Amen! As long as He supplies that, that’s the beauty. That’s—that’s my… That’s my art, is looking at Him, watching His hand work and see what He is doing. There is no other fount I know! Oh, precious is the flow That makes me white as snow; No other fount I know, Nothing but the Blood of Jesus. There is a Fountain filled with Blood, Drawn from Immanuel’s veins, Where sinners plunge beneath the flood, Lose all their guilty stain. 126 I’m telling you, no other fount I know but that Fountain. It cleansed me when I was dirty. It keeps me cleansed, because I want to live right at It, drink this fresh Water that’s fills my soul with joy. I can be so ever so down, and feel that I can’t hardly go no… another round, can’t go nowhere else; then I can kneel down and put my finger on a promise, and say, “Lord God, Thou art my strength. Thou art my satisfaction. Thou art my all-in-all.” I can begin to feel Something bubbling up from inside of me there. I come out of it. 64-0726e - "Broken Cisterns" Rev. William Marrion Branham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order your own copy of the Family Altar at http://store.bibleway.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Appreciate what we do? Consider supporting us: https://anchor.fm/ten-thousand-worlds/support