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Run to the Fountain

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[Verse 1] There is a fountain that overflows a crimson flood. It’s a fountain filled with perfect and cleansing blood. The fountain flows both day and night It covers sin’s awful blight From its crimson flow Grace and mercy all mankind can know. [Verse 2] Though this fountain flows from great cost A cost paid on an old rugged cross It flows full and free Paying our cost for eternity And though I cannot fathom or understand I only revel in the thought—payment for my sin—has on me no more demand. [Chorus] So I’ll run to the fountain—come run with me. Run to this fountain—full and free. Run and be washed by its crimson flood Washed and forever cleansed by Jesus’s blood Run to this fountain—oh do not delay Count everything welcome loss Save for the saving blood flowing down to this fountain—from an old rugged cross. [Verse 3] In desperation—in peace or calm This fountain covers all—with it’s healing balm No matter who you are—or where you’ve been Whether you’re good or covered in the most awful sin The blood of Jesus cleans from deep inside Then He comes in your heart—and there forever He will live and guide [Bridge] No other gift has such power than when Jesus for all bled and died Save for three days later—when He rose again—and now He waits for you and me—sitting just now—at His Father’s side! [Final Chorus] So I’ll run to the fountain—come run with me. Run to this fountain—full and free. Run and be washed by its crimson flood Washed and forever cleansed by Jesus’s blood Run to this fountain—oh do not delay Count everything welcome loss Save for the saving blood flowing down to this fountain—from an old rugged cross. [Tag] There is a fountain that overflows a crimson flood. It’s a fountain filled with perfect and cleansing blood. The fountain flows both day and night It covers sin’s awful blight From its crimson flow Grace and mercy all mankind can forever know. Come now beneath this crimson fountain’s flow Come now and find salvation in Jesus—for His grace and mercy—to forever know.
Ministry Devotional

Run to the Fountain

Read together: Hebrews 9:22; 1 John 1:5–7; Revelation 1:4–6; Philippians 3:7–9; Romans 8:34

For more than two centuries, believers have sung William Cowper's old hymn: "There is a fountain filled with blood, drawn from Emmanuel's veins." This song picks up that image and runs with it. There is a fountain that overflows a crimson flood… filled with perfect and cleansing blood.

To modern ears, a fountain of blood can sound strange, even unsettling. But the Bible is clear that blood is at the heart of forgiveness. Read Hebrews 9:22. "According to the law, nearly everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness." Sin is not a small thing that can be brushed aside. It costs a life. Under the old covenant, animal sacrifices pointed to that truth. In Jesus, the true sacrifice was made.

The second verse names the cost plainly: This fountain flows from great cost—a cost paid on an old rugged cross. And yet it flows full and free. The price was enormous, but the gift is free to us.

Read 1 John 1:5–7. "If we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin." Notice the word all. The song's third verse says the same: No matter who you are or where you've been, whether you're good or covered in the most awful sin, the blood of Jesus cleans from deep inside. Good people need the fountain as much as notorious sinners. And notorious sinners are not too stained for it.

Read Revelation 1:4–6. John praises Jesus, "who loves us and has freed us from our sins by His blood, and has made us a kingdom, priests to His God and Father." The blood does not just wash. It frees, and it gives a new identity.

The chorus includes a phrase from Paul: Count everything welcome loss save for the saving blood. Read Philippians 3:7–9. Paul, who once had an impressive religious record, said, "Whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ… that I may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own… but that which comes through faith in Christ." Everything we might try to offer God is worthless compared to what Christ's blood provides.

The bridge reminds us that the story does not end at the cross. Three days later He rose again—and now He waits for you and me, sitting just now at His Father's side. Read Romans 8:34. Christ Jesus, who died and was raised, "is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us." The fountain was opened by His death, and it keeps flowing because He lives.

The song ends with an invitation as urgent as it is gentle: Run to this fountain—oh, do not delay. You do not walk slowly toward a fountain when you are covered in dirt and dying of thirst. You run.

If you have never been washed, come today. And if you have been washed but feel stained again by recent sin, the fountain has not run dry. Confess it, and come again.

A moment to respond: Read 1 John 1:7–9. Name any sin that still feels like a stain on your heart. Confess it to God, and then thank Him specifically that the blood of Jesus cleanses you from all sin. If you have never trusted Christ, run to Him today.

Let's pray: Lord Jesus, thank You for the fountain opened at Calvary—full, free, and costly. Thank You that Your blood cleanses us from all sin, no matter who we are or where we've been. We count everything else as loss compared to You. Thank You for rising again and interceding for us now. We run to You. Wash us and make us clean. Amen.

Our desire at UnrelentingJesus is that you would run—not walk—to the fountain of Jesus' blood, and find there the cleansing your soul has been longing for.

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