Lamb of God

Lamb of God

“He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth. Yet he did not open his mouth. Like a lamb led to the slaughter and like a sheep silent before her shearers, he did not open his mouth.”Isaiah 53:7 CSB

Jesus came as the Prince of Peace. It wasn’t what they were expecting but he came lowly and humbly. A prophecy that was foretold 700 years before the birth of Christ. 

You might be sitting here reading this and think none of this makes sense. Why would a Holy and Righteous God decide to come down here on earth and live among people who would constantly reject Him? Why would the Creator who spoke everything into creation choose to sacrifice His only Son? And I can remember sitting where you are and thinking this whole Bible reading and trinity is something I can’t grasp. And I can tell you that it is a good place to be. Anytime we are moving toward trying to make sense of things is when God is moving us toward knowing Him more. It is when we continue to reject everything and everyone that God puts in our path that we need to ask ourselves. Why don’t I have peace? 

Peace can’t be purchased. Peace can’t be earned. Peace can’t be reproduced. Because no matter what we are going to have things that happen in our lives where we will either turn toward Peace or turn away from it. I have experienced both. Living a lifestyle that was fun until I couldn’t look myself in the mirror. Telling myself I knew I was going to stop but never being able to do that on my own. Still wrestling with things everyday trying to make sense of them to realize once again I am attempting to solve it on my own. It will never work when I am trying to muster up something on my own only allowing Jesus to be my peace will settle me. 

It's an invitation. All throughout Jesus’s life he walked around and told people to follow him. “Come and you’ll see.” The invitation is there but it is up to us to receive it. 

He prepares the way. He was pursuing me all those years I chose to live apart from Him. I can remember those nights waking up and that feeling of being sick of just “another time” I was walking away carrying all that I had taken part of the night before. No peace. And just the other day was that restlessness within my mind and heart and once again the realization that I was once again thinking I had control. The One who counsels my heart will always have words that encourage me and point me back to my Father. The enemy will always have words that condemn, ridicule, and shame me. 

So what would it look like for you to have peace? 

“Now may the God of Peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the everlasting covenant, equip you with everything good to do his will, working in us what is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to him be glory forever and ever. Amen.” Hebrews 13:20-21

My Shepherd leads me beside the quiet waters. Stills my soul. Calms my anxieties. He quiets the enemy in my mind. He reassures me that he is with me. 

Even in the dark valleys. Even when the pressing feels like I can’t go on, it is an everlasting covenant that he will continue to guide me and lead me and renew me..

The choice is ours. When I wander off I will forget. But staying so close to my Shepherd I can abide in His Presence. The relationship I have with Jesus will teach me more and more the heart of God. 

The Lamb of God was sent for the world. To take away everything that stood in the way of us having a relationship with a Holy God. The Living God who stepped down to show us what it means to love. To live in ways that would bring us closer to our Shepherd. To know his voice. To know His Peace.