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Come To The River Of Life
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Nov 7, 2026 updated
Rivers of Joy (Live) album
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Song Meaning
An invitation carries “Come to the River of Life.” Anyone “searching,” “thirsty,” “wounded or sad” is told to draw near and “drink freely.” The refrain locates healing at the river and names what is being drunk, “The mercy of Jesus Christ,” so the water stands for mercy offered rather than staying vague.
The middle verse borrows from the psalms with “There is a river / Whose strems make glad / The city of God,” then follows the water to its source, “the land of eternal life / Where there’s no more sorrow / And no more night.” It flows “into the hearts / That are lifted to Him,” filling His children “again and again and again.” Returning to the chorus after each verse turns the song into a congregational plea.
Passages behind the imagery are Psalm 46:4 on the river that gladdens God’s city, Revelation 22:1 on the river of the water of life, John 7:37 where Jesus invites the thirsty, and Revelation 21:4 on the end of sorrow.
Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team
[Chorus]
Come to the river of life
You will find healing there
Come to the river of life
Come and drink freely here
Come if your heart is searching
O, come if your soul is thirsty
Draw near and drink of
The mercy of Jesus Christ, oh yes
And the river of life.
[Verse 1]
There is a river
Whose strems make glad
The city of God, the city of God
So come if you're wounded or sad
There is a river, there is a river
[Chorus]
Come to the river of life
You will find healing there
Come to the river of life
Come and drink freely here
Come if your heart is searching
O, come if your soul is thirsty
Draw near and drink of
The mercy of Jesus Christ, oh yes
And the river of life.
[Verse 2]
It flows from the land of eternal life
Where there's no more sorrow
And no more night into the hearts
That are lifted to Him
Filling his children again and again and again
[Chorus]
Come to the river of life
You will find healing there
Come to the river of life
Come and drink freely here
Come if your heart is searching
O, come if your soul is thirsty
Draw near and drink of
The mercy of Jesus Christ, oh yes
And the river of life.
[Outro]
Draw near and drink of
The mercy of Jesus CHrist
At the river of life.
[Repeat]