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Broken and the Blessed Week 3, Day 7

by David Joynt on January 28, 2017


DAY 21

NUMBERS 20:12

Everyone of purpose has cherished goals that channel their dreams and shape their hopes. Moses’ goal for the entire second half of his life was summed up in two words: “Promised Land.” Yet God decided that he was not to enter the new land but to pass on leadership prior to that great moment. Moses accepted the decision, despite the effort and sacrifice he’d made to get to edge of the Promise.

 Meekness sometimes means accepting that not all our dreams will be fully realized in this life and that we are links in a great chain. Moses’ work was indispensable for every leader that came after!

 What dream would you least like to let go of?

 Pray for the meekness you need to discipline your strengths.

 What “promised lands” have you reached or missed out on?

 FAMILY TIME—

Share a dream you have for your life or for your family and why it is important to you.

 

Tags: devotional, meekness, the broken and the blessed

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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