Read through the Bible in 2 Years: Hebrews 13

We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right to eat. For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp.

So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.

Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured. For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.

Hebrews 13:10-14 ESV

Let’s not rush past these verses without asking ourselves some transformational questions?

Am I living for this earthly body, this corruptible, temporary tent or am I living for that eternal tabernacle in the heavens where Jesus is already seated at the right hand of God?

Am I willing to go to Him outside the camp and bear the same reproach that He bore in my place or am I ashamed of the gospel of my salvation and unwilling to endure the shame that the world has for the Name of Christ?

Am I seeking the praise of man, the accolades of this earthly city, or am I seeking the words “Well done, my daughter,” that my Father will one day welcome me with when I pass from the temporary to the eternal?

What am I truly living for … and is what I’m living for worth Christ dying for?

Let’s pray.

Heavenly Father, in our hearts we know the right answers to these questions, but so often we lack the strength to do what we know that we ought. Please strengthen our weak knees and make straight the paths that You want us to walk. We do love You, Lord, but so often it is not with our whole heart, mind, soul, and strength. We are at best half-hearted followers. Oh, but Father, we want to give You our whole hearts. Please, do it in us. Pierce our hearts with the truth of Your word and help us to see our sin, so that we can be faithful to cast it off and put on Christ. We love you, Lord. It is in the matchless name of Jesus Christ, our Savior that we pray. Amen.