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Divine Imperatives November 13 Devotional

by David Joynt on November 13, 2023


MATTHEW 7:7b | 7b Seek and you will find”

 

Asking and receiving is key within God’s economy of grace. It takes courage in our self-reliant world to forego independence and allow others to help us. But there is also a place for a more active approach. These are times we must seek in order to find. We must knock in order to have a door open.

 

Jesus loved seekers who came with real questions! Indifference is far more deadly than active uncertainty. God wants to help us with our problems and issues and conundrums. We must be bold to ask the questions, connect with possible responders, and pursue the truth.

 

 

Do you pursue answers to your questions and problems?

 

 

Gracious God,

Grant me a faith that seeks understanding and pursues truth. Let me trust that you are the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

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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