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Stress Test Devotional May 1

by David Joynt on May 01, 2024


DEUTERONOMY 6:13 | 13 The Lord your God you shall fear, him you shall serve, and by his name alone you shall swear.

 

The promise land meant success for Israel, with a new level of security and prosperity. With this would come the temptation to reverse the equation. Rather than seeing their role as serving God and displaying His goodness and character to a needy world, they would begin to see God as the divine guarantor of their power and plenty.

 

We too can major in demands and requests from God, rather than listening to Him for direction and obeying His commands. The divine one is not at our beck and call.

 

Do you ever reverse the equation with God?

 

 

Gracious God,

Grant me a holy fear and a desire to obey You, rather than seeking Your help with my agenda.

Amen.

 

About the Author
David Joynt

Dave Joynt began his service as a pastor at Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona in September 2014. This meant a move away from the Northeast, where he has a long history, growing up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and then serving congregations in Delaware and New Jersey for a total of 23 years.

Dave was nurtured in a great church in Bethlehem where his parents, Anne and Carey, served as elders. He graduated in classics from Lehigh University where his Father taught, and then from Oxford, where he met his wife Julia. Ordained in 1988, he completed a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1993.

He and Julia have a son, Tristan, and a daughter, Madeleine.

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