The Love of the Father

(Verse 1)
It wasn’t earned in the hours of the day
It wasn’t bought with the words that I say
It’s a kindness that found me when I was a stray
A Father’s hand reaching through the decay.
I was a vessel, brittle and dry
Until the Mercy fell down from the sky
Now I am breathing because of the Grace
That looks past my fallen and sees His own face.

(Chorus)
For the Love of the Father is a river, not a lake
It’s meant to be given, not just for our sake
We are the hands, we are the feet
Bringing the hope to the dust of the street.
If we’ve been forgiven, if we have been fed
Then we must be breaking the heavenly bread
Let it overflow, let the world see the sign
That we are the branches and He is the Vine.
​(Verse 2)
He calls us His children, the heirs to the light
Not meant for the shadows or the chill of the night
But a gift isn’t given to hide on a shelf
A man cannot live for the sake of himself.
For the bread that was broken and the wine that was poured
Weren’t meant to be kept, but to be restored
To the hungry, the weary, the poor, and the low
The more that we give, the more we will know.
​(Chorus)
For the Love of the Father is a river, not a lake
It’s meant to be given, not just for our sake
We are the hands, we are the feet
Bringing the hope to the dust of the street.
If we’ve been forgiven, if we have been fed
Then we must be breaking the heavenly bread
Let it overflow, let the world see the sign
That we are the branches and He is the Vine.
​(Verse 3)
So look at the stranger with the eyes of the Son
For the work of the Kingdom has only begun
It’s found in a cup of cold water, a coat for the cold
It’s the greatest story that’s ever been told.
We are the letters that the world’s gonna read
The harvest that comes from a tiny mustard seed
If we say that we love Him but turn from the pain
Then the song that we’re singing is sung all in vain.
​(Bridge)
It’s a love that seeks the one who’s lost
A love that never counts the cost
A love that moved a heavy stone
And says "You’ll never walk alone."
Now go and do what He has done
Until the many become one.
​(Chorus)
For the Love of the Father is a river, not a lake
It’s meant to be given, not just for our sake
We are the hands, we are the feet
Bringing the hope to the dust of the street.
If we’ve been forgiven, if we have been fed
Then we must be breaking the heavenly bread
Let it overflow, let the world see the sign
That we are the branches and He is the Vine.
​(Outro)
Let it overflow...
As He loved us, let us love them too.
Children of the Light,
In everything we do.
(Chorus)
For the Love of the Father is a river, not a lake
It’s meant to be given, not just for our sake
We are the hands, we are the feet
Bringing the hope to the dust of the street.
If we’ve been forgiven, if we have been fed
Then we must be breaking the heavenly bread
Let it overflow, let the world see the sign
That we are the branches and He is the Vine.

Southern Gospel male voices acoustic guitar upright bass drum