King Hezekiah and Judah faced certain destruction at the hand of the Assyrians, but God delivered them. Hezekiah sought the Lord, laid his burden before Him, boldly asked Him to act on Judah's behalf, and rested in the fact that God does all things for His glory and the good of His people. 

Are you thirsty for something more than what this world has to offer? if so, find it in Jesus, the living water.

The Lord Jesus Christ is our eternal king of creation. We find joy in Christ as our king. He is the one in whom we find joy through submitting to him. 

Mary pondered these things about Jesus in her heart. Do we? 

Jesus is our great heigh priest and we find peace with God in Him. May we know that peace as we trust him for the forgiveness of our sins.

Jesus is the great prophet for the people of God. He reveals the will of God for our salvation and edification through his Word and Spirit. We find our hope in his Word as it confirms to us the reality of God's fulfillment of his promises.  

We are to give God thanks always. We are to give him thanks with our whole hearts. We are to praise him for being himself. 

The author of Hebrews concludes chapter 10 by giving us instructions for how we are to live as members of the new covenant community of faith -- the Church. We are to draw near to God, hold fast to our confession, stir one another up to love God and serve Him, stop sinning deliberately, and strive to be the best followers of Christ we can be. 

Jesus cleanses our consciences by his grace. We can change our behaviors, our morality, our expressions, our traditions to cleanse our lives from our sin and its effects. We cannot, however, cleanse our consciences or get rid of our guilt and shame. Jesus alone can do that through His precious blood which was shed for us.

James warns his readers not to be friends with the world. Rather, we are to to be friends with God and devote ourselves to him in faith.