Just a thought by coppi

The song, “There is a River” was written by David Sapp when he was 17 years old in the late 1960’s. 

Psalm 40 reminds us that it is to Yahweh that we must turn in trouble as well as in joy, when we’re in the pit and when we’re on the peak. That transition from pit to peak is precisely where Psalm 40 opens. It doesn’t take much imagination to feel the Psalmist’s former distress.

Lyrics to “There is a River”:

There is a river, and it flows from deep within

There is a fountain, that frees the soul from sin

Come to this water, there is a vast supply

There is a river, that never shall run dry

And there was this thirsty woman, she was drawing from the well

You see her life was ruined and wasted, and her soul was bound for hell

Oh, but then she met the master, and he told her, her sin

And he said, “If you’ll drink this water, you’ll never thirst again

I lived in Dallas, Texas, when this song was written by David Sapp, and it was a song that ‘hit the charts’, and was sung by many gospel artists.  I was reading Psalms 40, and when I read the words in Psalm 40 “There is a river, my thoughts drifted back to the song “There is a River by David Sapp”.  Yes, there is a river that flows within.  It is a river and will never run dry.  If you drink this water, you will never thirst again.  I guess you can say, I tasted this water, and it “tasted” so good that I decided then I would flow with the river of life. 

“I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to be in another world; but still I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God I am what I am.” ― John Newton