the truth is who you are.

it would be easier 
if You were just a thought in my head.
simply something that i once read.
a belief needing my defense.

and it would be easier 
if you were something i once knew.
a hope just to hold on to.
but You're holding out Your hands.

'cause You came to take us back to the start.
You came to touch the hardness of our hearts.
You gave us truth 
that truth is who You are,
it's who You are.

and it’s not enough 
to just say, "i believe."
‘cause truth is that talk is cheap.
so grace, give me eyes to see


that You came to take us back to the start.
You came to touch the hardness of our hearts.
You gave us truth 
that truth is who You are,
it's who You are.
it's who You are.

flesh and blood You offer us.
oh, to eat the bread and drink the cup.
oh, to taste, to see, to feel, to touch.
Emmanuel, God with us
Emmanuel, God with us.

‘cause You came to break the chains apart.
to wake the dead and sleeping of our hearts.
You gave us truth, 
that truth is who You are.
it's who You are.

"it’s just the idea that Jesus is really what sustains us. Jesus is the truth we’re searching for. so unless we run to Him first, all our knowledge and all the stuff we learn about Him is just sort of puffing ourselves up. i think it’s such a freeing thing when people can realize that Jesus isn’t something that you read about in a book, but He’s actually a person and He wants to have a relationship with you and walk with you through these dark times."
[jason from tenth avenue north]