Being in the dwelling place of the Lord is a delight to the soul and refreshing to the heart, for in it, we meet with God Himself. Seeing the benefits, those who are in Christ must not neglect the great privilege of meeting through His people, His Church in which He dwells.

Though the glory which filled Solomon's temple was great, the glory which fills the Church is far greater, for Christ has risen and ascended to the throne over all the earth. As those who have inherited the promises, we ought to highly esteem that which we celebrate each Lord's Day in corporate worship, remembering that which God has done to save His people.

God made you to enjoy Him, to have your greatest satisfaction in Him, and to treasure Him above all others. Neglecting to enjoy God supremely is idolatry and warrants His judgment.

In Joseph's life, we see many shadows of Jesus, who is likewise the favored son of His Father, is clothed in a king's robe, rules over all the nations in order to care for them and provide them with bread; even though He was betrayed by His brothers, it was all part of His masterful plan to bring all things together under His rule.

Because Christ's sacrifice atoned for our sins, we can forever forsake those idolatries and lusts in which we formerly walked, but instead be filled with the Spirit to walk in newness of life. Christ's love for us has transformed us, therefore, let us walk in the freedom which He has purchased with His blood.

This first psalm shows the unshakable joy of the person whose daily habit is to drink deeply from the water of the Scriptures, wherein one may meet God and hear His voice.

Because of God's great mercy, all those in Christ must put off the old self, stained by sin, and put on the new self, walking in holiness with God and neighbor.

Just as the accursed serpent in the wilderness was lifted up by Moses so that anyone who looked at it would live, so Jesus became sin and was cursed for us so that we might be saved from the bite of sin and might become the righteousness of God.

After the Feeding of the Five-Thousand, Jesus teaches the crowd that He, rather than the loaves and fishes, is He the Only One who truly satisfies the unsatiable soul. Unless we behold Jesus Christ through the eyes of faith in His promise, we ourselves will never come to Him to trust and know Him as the supreme satisfaction of our lives.