Hebrews 13 pt2

¹¹ The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering, but the bodies are burned outside the camp. ¹² And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood. ¹³ Let us, then, go to him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore. ¹⁴ For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.


I think too often in the church world we like to think that we're going to find God in our own little circles. We think that God needs to jump into where we're at. We don't want to move, we don't want to be inconvenienced. Paul said here to go to Jesus outside the camp.


We aren't going to find God's power in the middle of our own convenience and comfort. You have to get outside of the camp. 


What does that look like? 


Maybe for you that means getting out of the circle of your Christian friends and going out to people who don't know God. Maybe that means spending less time at "revival" meetings and more time ministering to the lost and hurting, providing food for the hungry, and carrying for orphans and widows. Maybe for you that might look like getting off your financial plan & getting on God's plan and using your resources to further the Gospel. Maybe that means reaching out to that co-worker that you hate even being in the same room with them. 


What it looks like is different for each of us, but here's where the rubber meets the road: we have to get out of the camp to meet the place where God's power lies. 


What can you do to get out of the camp & make a difference in someone's life?