“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, The fountain of living waters, To hew for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns That can hold no water.” (Jeremiah 2:13)

The insanity of sin is that we forsake the One who does benefit for the thing that does not work.  It is easy for my heart to romanticize sin and to think, “If I could only have this, then I would really be happy.”  But every time in my life where I moved in that direction, there was nothing but shame and disappointment.  Fleeing from sin is not looking at sin with envy as if it is something that would be good but we can’t have.  Rather, it is recognizing that turning from God has no future and in turning to God promises everything I need.