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"Let us go forth therefore unto Him without the camp."-Hebrews 13:13
    
    Jesus, bearing His cross, went forth to suffer without the gate. The Christian's reason for leaving the camp of the world's sin and religion is not because he loves to be singular, but because Jesus did so; and the disciple must follow his Master. Christ was "not of the world:" His life and His testimony were a constant protest against conformity with the world. Never was such overflowing affection for men as you find in Him; but still He was separate from sinners. In like manner Christ's people must "go forth unto Him." They must take their position "without the camp," as witness-bearers for the truth. They must be prepared to tread the straight and narrow path. They must have bold, unflinching, lion-like hearts, loving Christ first, and His truth next, and Christ and His truth beyond all the world. Jesus would have His people "go forth without the camp" for their own sanctification. You cannot grow in grace to any high degree while you are conformed to the world. The life of separation may be a path of sorrow, but it is the highway of safety; and though the separated life may cost you many pangs, and make every day a battle, yet it is a happy life after all. No joy can excel that of the soldier of Christ: Jesus reveals Himself so graciously, and gives such sweet refreshment, that the warrior feels more calm and peace in his daily strife than others in their hours of rest. The highway of holiness is the highway of communion. It is thus we shall hope to win the crown if we are enabled by divine grace faithfully to follow Christ "without the camp." The crown of glory will follow the cross of separation. A moment's shame will be well recompensed by eternal honour; a little while of witness-bearing will seem nothing when we are "for ever with the Lord."
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Saturday, April 7, 2012

My Hiding Place by Shirley Brosius

I snapped this picture a few weeks back and then last week read this devotional and the two just seemed to click. I just had to share it hope you all enjoy it as much as it meant to me when I read it.
~ Devotional taken from p. 6 of Turning Guilt Trips into Joy Rides


Guilt Trip to Avoid:  Failing to protect myself

For you are my hiding place; you protect me from trouble.  You surround me with songs of victory.  Psalm 32:7

(since I prefer KJV here is the verse from KJV)
 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.  Psalm 32:7

My Hiding Place 
by Shirley Brosius


As I work at my computer by a window, I watch a squirrel carry bunches of leaves up a tree.  Up and down it goes, load after load.  High in the tree, where a branch forks from the trunk, the squirrel is building a hiding place.  That's because hawks sit high in the trees watching for any bird or small animals that might make a tasty sandwich.  But now the squirrel will have somewhere to hide because a hawk is not likely to attack a squirrel's sanctuary.  The squirrel doesn't wait until the hawk appears.  It establishes its sanctuary on sunny days when all is peaceful and quiet.




Like the squirrel that knows how to build a hiding place by God's grace, I can build a hiding place for my soul-also by God's grace.  The Word of God forms its foundation.  Prayer builds its walls.  The Holy Spirit fills the rooms with a sweet presence.  I am safe in my sanctuary.  When  the hawks of life attack me, I have ready a place to hide.  Who knows what might happen had I not prepared.


Take the Joy Ride:  When King Saul tried to kill David, god hid and protected him while he was on the run because he'd had a long and close relationship with God.  David was a man after God's own heart.  We can be women after God's own heart if we, too, take the time to build a relationship with him-a sanctuary.  How might you build a hiding place?

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2 comments:

  1. Shirley BrosiusMay 22, 2012 at 10:02 PM

    Loved the photo you took that shows exactly what I wrote about. Thank you for sharing it on your blog. You are a blessing.

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  2. apple blossomMay 23, 2012 at 7:28 AM

    I took this photo some days before reading the devotion but it just fit and clicked when I read the devotion.

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