Our Lamb of God and JOY
You know in God’s reality there is no Christmas and no Easter – there was simply a RESCUE MISSION.
One cannot separate Jesus’ coming to earth with the reason why He came. The two are one and the same. Jesus left heaven, He laid aside His deity, clothed Himself in human flesh, became an embryo that was planted inside the womb of Mary, who pushed Him out of her birth canal into a cave that was reserved for sacrificial lambs. Yes, our Jesus was born within a cave where elite shepherds looked after young ewes, that were set apart to be taken to the temple to be sacrificed. He was wrapped in swaddling clothes, which in the original text describes the strips of cloth that the shepherds wrapped the legs of their lambs in to protect them from breaking.
Jesus came into this world as the LAMB OF GOD.
Jesus was introduced by John the Baptist as the LAMB OF GOD, and one day we will stand around His Throne and sing with one voice, “WORTHY is THE LAMB who was slain to receive power, and wealth, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory and praise!!”
So yup, in God’s reality, there is no Christmas and no Easter, there was simply a RESCUE MISSION, a perfect plan of redemption, where JESUS willingly was led like a lamb to the slaughter, to be the final sacrifice for our sins. It’s simply impossible to talk about His birth without talking about His death and His resurrection, because it’s all one, glorious, mind-blowing story, that we who believe it, get to tell the world!
You know what else is true?
For those of us who have been gloriously rescued, every, single, day, is a celebration of how Jesus came to this earth and purchased our freedom with His own precious blood.
Ah yes, we should never, ever, lose the wonder, that Jesus, who being in the very nature GOD, did not consider equality with GOD something to be used to His own advantage; but rather made Himself nothing, by taking on the very nature of a slave, being made in human likeness – and being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death – even death on a cross. (Philippians 2:6-8)
This staggering truth should always drop us to our knees in absolute wonder and awe.
Ancy is still in Haiti making sure the 1200 prisoners, including many woman and children, along with all the families in Nan Rasin are fed and cared for. A few weeks ago he recruited his family tree to come and cook up a feast at the prison, and wow, what a feast it was! He whatsapped us from within those hurting walls and oh, how we wish you all could have seen his face.
He was beaming with joy.
Yes, beaming.
Everything Ancy owns could be stuffed into a grocery bag. He’s never had running water, electricity, or indoor plumbing. He didn’t even have a bed up until a year or so ago. His country is in continuous chaos, and his life is in constant danger, thanks to the bandits that no government has been able to curtail.
There is absolutely nothing in Ancy’s earthly existence to make ones face beam, but you see Ancy has Jesus, and when you have Jesus, you not only have all that you will ever need, but you also know that this, isn’t all there is!
Ah yes, Ancy knows that this earth is nothing but a pit stop on the way to his forever home, but he also knows while he’s still here, he has a story to tell to his nation!
And oh, what a story it is!
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only, begotten son, that whosoever believes in Him, will not perish, but have everlasting life! For God did not send His son into the world to condemn the world, but to rescue the world through Him! Yes, we were enslaved in Satan’s slave market until JESUS, the very one who breathed this world into existence, willingly laid aside His deity, put on flesh and came to earth to pay our ransom with His own blood! But death could not hold him! No, our Jesus ripped the keys of death out of Satan’s boney fingers and now He sits on His throne praying for us night and day until He comes back to rescue us again and bring us to His Father’s House!
If that doesn’t’ make your face beam with explosive joy, nothing will.
Ancy beams because he knows Jesus.
Ancy beams because he gets to tell the story of all stories to his hurting, broken nation.
Ancy beams because he gets to be the hands and feet and heart of Jesus to the lost, the lonely, the broken and the forgotten.
Ancy beams because he knows that this is not all there is and that what’s coming will far outweigh any and all trials he is trusted with here on earth.
So, are you beaming?
The LAMB OF GOD knows you and loves you like crazy. Your name is permanently tattooed on the palm of His hand. He has promised to never leave you or forsake you. He bottles your tears. And soon and very soon, He’s going to crack the clouds and bring you to your forever home, but until He does, you get to tell His story and be His Ambassador to those who are living in darkness.
May we all BEAM brightly until He comes…
Yes and Amen.
Living to make Jesus famous,
Maurice and Sue
Last week the inspector of the prison took Ancy to see many inmates who are desperately ill and in need of immediate care. The prison has no resources to draw from to help these men, woman and children that are quite literally wasting away. Ancy and his little, but mighty team are gathering provisions, that they will deliver in person, and we guarantee you, that when they do, they will be beaming. Yup, beaming.
Ancy has asked us to thank you all very much, for giving money so that he can keep meeting these continuous needs. He also wants you to know that he prays for you.
If you would like to help Ancy, help Haiti, please click on our donate button below. You can also send an e-transfer to info@dreambigwithus.org or mail a cheque to the address below.
We add our thanks, to Ancy’s thanks.