I need the well of living water
My soul longs for the bread of life
I need the comfort of a father
To tell me everything will be alright
And just as the deer pants for the water
So my soul it needs You Lord
You are all I’ve needed
Wonderful Jesus (Yes Lord)
I’ve tasted and I’ve seen it
You are more than enough
(Yes You are)
I need the Alpha and Omega
The bright morning star the Holy One
I need You merciful Savior
And I need the Blood
(Oh) You are all I’ve needed
My wonderful Jesus
(I’ve tasted and I’ve seen) I’ve tasted and I’ve seen it
(I’m sure of this) You are more than enough
(You are all I’ve needed Lord)
And You are all I’ve needed (Yes Lord)
Wonderful Jesus
I’ve tasted and I’ve seen it
(I know) You are more than enough
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
You are more than enough Lord
Oh this one thing I desire
This one thing that I seek
Just to be with You Jesus
It is all I need
I will seek first Your kingdom
And everything is coming
But my reward is Jesus
You are all I need
This one thing I desire
This one thing that I seek
Just to be with You Jesus
It is all I need
I will seek first Your kingdom
And everything is coming (But my one reward)
But my reward is Jesus (Is just Jesus alone)
You are all I need
This one thing I desire
This one thing that I seek
Just to be with You Jesus
It is all I need
I will seek first Your kingdom
And everything is coming
But my reward is Jesus
You are all I need
Yes You are
And just as the deer pants for the water
So my soul it needs You Lord
(Just as the deer)
And just as the deer pants for the water
So my soul it needs You Lord
You are all I’ve needed
Wonderful Jesus
(Have you tasted and seen?)
I’ve tasted and I’ve seen it (I can be sure of this)
You are more than enough
Oh you are all I’ve needed
Wonderful Jesus (never found another)
I’ve tasted and I’ve seen it
You are more than enough
You are all I’ve needed
Wonderful Jesus
I’ve tasted and I’ve seen it
You are more than enough
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Wonderful Jesus
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Sep 10, 2026 updated
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Song Meaning
The song opens with a confession of deep need, naming the well of living water and the bread of life, then asking for the comfort of a father who can promise that everything will be alright. That longing is anchored in the image of a deer panting for water, a picture of a soul that cannot settle for anything less than God. The chorus answers the ache with a simple, repeated declaration: Wonderful Jesus, all I've needed, more than enough. The second verse piles up titles — Alpha and Omega, bright morning star, Holy One, merciful Savior — and then lands on the blood, tying the song's comfort to the cross rather than to vague good feeling. Toward the end the focus narrows to one desire and one pursuit: to be with Jesus, to seek first His kingdom, and to count Him as the reward even while everything else is added. The repeated tasting and seeing language gives the whole thing the feel of testimony rather than theory, and the song closes where it began, with the deer and the water, still thirsty and still satisfied in the same breath.
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