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Divine Imperatives October 25 Devotional

by David Joynt on October 25, 2023


MATTHEW 6:24 | 24 “No one can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.”

Jesus reinforces the choice we have when it comes to things we own — we either possess them or they possess us. Our resources either bless us and others or turn us into slaves. We come to serve and honor the false gods of success and winning. We measure our life and the lives of others by the wrong criteria. We waste time better put to great purposes in incremental lifestyle enhancements. We are primarily owners and consumers when we could be the salt of the earth and the light of the world and great benefactors.

 

Why do you think Jesus talks about money?

 

 

Gracious God,

Thank you for economic opportunities and material blessings. Help me use them to change the world, build the kingdom, and grow my soul.

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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