Jesus Is

Jesus is our wine and bread

Lord, our souls would thus be fed

Your broken body and blood divine

Is bread of life, is heav'nly wine.

From the tree of life the world receives

Salvation from his healing leaves;

That righteous branch, it’s wondrous fruit

Both spring and grow from David's root.

The precious Rose of Sharon yields

Such fragrancy in all her fields:

As the lily of the valley blooms

All men shall bless the rich perfume.

Jesus is the living vine

Supplier of the cup of wine

He drank the dregs of heaven’s wrath

Opened the gates to heaven’s path.

Jesus is the cornerstone

The only sure foundation known

The solid rock on which we stand

All other ground is shifting sand.

The fountain that forever brims

To heal the plague of death and sin

These waters will renew my soul

And cleanse my heart and make me whole

Christ is the true refiner’s fire

That purifies all our desire

He'll purge my dross he’ll purge

nd remove every sinful urge

He is the door, the only way

To enter in and thus to stay

The gate of heaven opened wide

For all who want to come inside

He is the temple God has raised

Indwelling majesty we praise

And still to this most holy place,

Whene'er I pray, I turn my face.

He is the star that breaks the night

Piercing the shadows with His light;

I know his glories from afar,

I know the bright, the morning star.

He is the sun of righteousness

His course is joy, His beams are grace,

Nations rejoice when he appears

His wondrous wings shall heal their tears.

Anthony Foster
After Isaac Watts
July 15, 2018