Lyrics
Like oil from the jar
Water from the well
Out of Your heart
It won’t stop
It’s a never-ending love
I was empty In need of grace
I was searching In every wrong place
Desperate for love
Crying for help
Out of nowhere
You came running
Now I’m running out to tell
Like oil from the jar
Water from the well
Out of Your heart
It won’t stop
It’s a never-ending love
Joy, grace, flowing
Unending love
Joy, grace, flowing
You left heaven
To walk beside men
Faced temptation
Still You knew no sin
Tried and crucified
You took the nails and died
Out the tomb
You came running
Now I’m running out to tell
Like oil from the jar
Water from the well
Out of Your heart
It won’t stop
It’s a never-ending love
Joy, grace, flowing
Unending love
Joy, grace, flowing
Unending love
Joy, grace, flowing
Unending love
Joy, grace, flowing
You keep pouring out like oil
You keep flowing out like water
You keep pouring out like oil
You keep flowing out like water
You keep pouring out like oil
You keep flowing out like water
I remember
When I needed help
Out of nowhere
You came running
Now I’m running out to tell
Like oil from the jar
Water from the well
Out of Your heart
It won’t stop
It’s a never-ending love
Joy, grace, flowing
Unending love
You keep pouring out like oil
You keep flowing out like water
You keep pouring out like oil
You keep flowing out like water
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Meaning & Inspiration
Oil & Water describes divine love as a supply that keeps pouring into human need. The images of oil from a jar and water from a well suggest provision that does not run dry, while joy and grace name the gifts carried by that flow. The first personal account begins in emptiness and misplaced searching, then turns when God comes near. Its response is public witness: having received help, the singer runs to tell others.
The second account grounds that love in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Christ leaves heaven, faces temptation without sin, accepts crucifixion, and rises from the tomb. That sequence keeps the song’s repeated language of unending love tied to the gospel rather than to an abstract feeling. The well may recall Christ’s promise of living water, and the poured oil also evokes biblical signs of consecration and care. Through repetition, the lyric emphasizes abundance: grace answers emptiness, resurrection answers death, and received mercy becomes testimony.
Related Scripture
- John 4:14 Jesus says the water he gives becomes a spring welling up to eternal life.
- Hebrews 4:15 Christ faced temptation as humans do yet remained without sin.
- Romans 5:8 God demonstrates his love through Christ dying for sinners.