{"id":36392,"date":"2025-06-19T15:41:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T22:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=36392"},"modified":"2025-06-25T21:14:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T04:14:58","slug":"2025-rescue","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/gospel-express\/2025-rescue\/","title":{"rendered":"The God Who Rescues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: right;\">Marvin Williams<\/p>\n<p>I myself will gather the remnant of my flock . . . and will bring them back to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and increase in number. (Jeremiah 23:3)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36495 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rescue-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rescue-2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rescue-2-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Beneath the rugged cliffs of Brora, Scotland, a sheep needed rescue. Trapped at the base of a cliff, surrounded by steep and unyielding rock on one side and the vast ocean on the other, the sheep had been on its own for two long years.<\/p>\n<p>Despite several rescue attempts, no one could reach her until a determined farmer named Cammy Wilson and\u00a0four friends successfully executed a risky rescue mission. Three members of the team carefully descended nearly 820 feet down the cliff to get her, using a winch and a lot of courage to lift her out of her predicament.<\/p>\n<p>The determined and sympathetic farmer and team reflect the compassion of our loving Father as depicted in\u00a0Jeremiah 23:1-3. The prophet denounced Judah\u2019s sinful leaders as shepherds who were \u201cdestroying and scattering the sheep of [God\u2019s] pasture!\u201d (v. 1).<\/p>\n<p>God declared through Jeremiah that\u2014due to the ruthless way they treated His helpless people\u2014He\u2019d \u201cbestow punishment\u201d on them (v. 2). He saw the plight of His scattered flock and was deeply concerned about them. Not only was God concerned, but He also said He\u2019d lovingly regather His sheep from places of exile and bring them to a place of safety and abundance (v. 3).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36496 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rescue-3-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When we feel lost, trapped, or isolated, our heavenly Father sees our plight and won\u2019t leave us stranded. He actively seeks to rescue and restore us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36497 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rescue-5-e1750911241315.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"796\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":36496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"portfolio_entries":[29],"class_list":["post-36392","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_entries-29"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/36392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36392"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/36392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36498,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/36392\/revisions\/36498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36392"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_entries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_entries?post=36392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}