O Christ, in Thee my soul hath found

An empty cistern is not only a worldly pleasure. It is also my unhealed vessel (soul) that is full of holes and lets water leak out. Instead of leaning on my own soul, on my own understanding, I am learning to trust fully in Jesus. When I do trust fully (meaning looking only at Jesus + nothing else), instead of a leaky cistern within, there is a bubbling river. When I trust partially, the cistern begins to leak and I am empty. This is so well captured by the song "On Christ the solid rock I stand" in the line that says: "When all around my soul gives way, he then is all my hope and stay". That empty cistern, that soul, was never meant to be our rock. It is meant to drink deeply and be enlivened by the waters of life that flow from our true rock, Christ.

I tried the broken cisterns, Lord,

But, ah, the waters failed;

We try to enjoy the pleasures and the things of this world and the prestige and power and the possession of the world and we discover that It doesn’t satisfy. If we cling to the waters that the world provide, we discover that they fail every time. Come to Him, the Lord Jesus Christ.

I learnt this hymn as a child many years ago and it is still as fresh today as it was then. Brings back memories of Sunday School days and is of enormous encouragement in a sinful world.

Idols are broken cisterns! We need to turn 180 degrees and look upon into our Lord Saviour Jesus Christ, as our all-inclusive One, His dispensing into us as His vessels of mercy shall be for His increase, and will last for eternity....

Dear Lord Jesus, You are the only One who satisfies us!

A very nice arrangement on piano.