Lyrics
O the deep, deep love of Jesus!
Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free!
Rolling as a mighty ocean
In its fullness over me!
Underneath me, all around me,
Is the current of Thy love
Leading onward, leading homeward
To Thy glorious rest above!
O the deep, deep love of Jesus,
Spread His praise from shore to shore!
How He loveth, ever loveth,
Changeth never, nevermore!
How He watches o'er His loved ones,
Died to call them all His own;
How for them He intercedeth,
Watcheth o'er them from the throne!
O the deep, deep love of Jesus,
Love of every love the best!
'Tis an ocean vast of blessing,
'Tis a haven sweet of rest!
O the deep, deep love of Jesus,
'Tis a heaven of heavens to me;
And it lifts me up to glory,
For it lifts me up to Thee.
Song History & Meaning
Composer / Hymnodist: Traditional / Worship Minstrels
The love of Jesus is not a quiet stream, but a vast and boundless ocean that fully envelops us. When life feels overwhelming or uncertain, this song reminds us that we are held by a grace deeper than our deepest fears. Christ’s love goes underneath us to support us and surrounds us to guide us safely home. Today, let yourself sink into the fullness of His love, resting securely in the promise that nothing can ever separate you from Him.
📖 Related Scripture Passages:
- Ephesians 3:18-19: “may be strong to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.”
- Romans 8:38-39: “For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
- 1 John 4:10: “In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”