a deep well

"go in peace to love and to serve/let your ears ring long with what you’ve heard/and may the bread on your tongue/leave a trail of crumbs/to lead the hungry back to the place that you are from/and take to the world this love, hope and faith/take to the world this rare, relentless grace/and like the three in one know you must become what you want to save/‘cause that’s still the way He takes to the world/go, and go far/take light deep in the dark/believe what’s true/He uses all, even you"

I have really good news to take to the world.
Really, really good news.

And it's not that I am taking the news to the world. Rather, the news is taking me to the world. This very news that I am coming to speak is the very life that is sustaining me. I need it as much as those to whom I am bringing it need it. That is the reason I am bringing it.


"The blood of Jesus, it is like the widow’s oil:
it’s enough to pay the price to set you free.
It can fill up every jar and every heart that ever beat.
When it’s all you have it’s all you’ll ever need.

The blood of Jesus, it is like the leper’s river
running humble with a power you cannot see.
Seven times go under, let the water wash you clean.
Only go down to the Jordan and believe.
Only go down in the Jordan and believe.

And I need it, I need it.
The closer that I grow,
the more I come to know how much I need it.

The blood of Jesus it is like Elijah’s fire,
falling on the altar of your faith.
All the wisdom of the world could never conjure up a spark,
but no power of Hell could ever quench this flame.
No power of Hell could ever touch this flame.

And I need it, I need it.
The closer that I grow,
the more I come to know how much I need the blood of Jesus.

The blood of Jesus, it is like the widow’s oil:
when it’s all you have it’s all you’ll ever need.
It is all you’ll ever need."

Jesus has given us all that we will ever need. This is a deep well to draw from. A well so deep that you could never get close to the bottom. If I am not running out to tell the world about this news, the news of this living water that is all I will ever need, I wonder how deeply I am drinking from the well myself. "And I need it, I need it. The closer that I grow, the more I come to know how much I need the blood of Jesus."