Run to the Fountain

 

grands
2012

"On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity." (Zechariah 13:1)

Today's Old Testament Bible reading lead me to the prophet Zechariah who foretold that Israel will one day look upon Jesus, the Messiah, with faith and repent of the years of rejection. On that glad day, God's "Fountain" will cleanse His people of all sin and impurity.

In 1771, the promise of Zechariah 13:1 inspired William Cowper's (pronounced Cooper) beloved old hymn "There Is a Fountain."

"There is a fountain filled with blood,

Drawn from Immanuel's veins;

And sinners, plunged beneath that flood,

Lose all their guilty steins."

Feeling guilty, beloved? Run to the Fountain! "The blood of Jesus, God's Son, purifies us from all sin." (1 John 1:7)