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Divine Imperatives November 21 Devotional

by David Joynt on November 21, 2023


MATTHEW 7:24 | 24 Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.

 

The way to lasting life, deep and rich and true, may be narrow. There may be one voice whose teaching is a true foundation for living. But the “narrow way” is also a universal key, a cross-cultural passport, a heavenly visa, for everyone that does respond. Narrow ways usually attract limited adherents, elite followers, special cognoscenti. Jesus’ way gives access to people from very tribe and culture and nation. His words are a rock that can bear the weight of a building that houses anyone and everyone who receives his mercy and submits to his Lordship. It is the least and most inclusive thing in this world.

 

 

The Christian faith is narrow and wide simultaneously. Do you agree?

 

 

Gracious God,

Thank you for founding a truly global and multi-cultural kingdom that crosses every barrier of geography and time and language.

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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