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Dwell in the House of the Lord Volume 1, Day 14

by David Joynt on June 20, 2020

Dwell in the House of the Lord Volume 1, Day 14

PSALM 23:6b | 6b and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD my whole life long.

 The security of knowing God’s goodness and mercy are always present and available to us is powerful. But David concludes his psalm in the most remarkable way: “I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” this is more than future hope—though it includes the rare belief in David’s day of everlasting life beyond death. This is the startling assertion that eternal life lived in the presence of the eternal God is available in the present. I shall continue to dwell in God’s house, in this life and the next.

 I attended my mother in her final moments. She showed no fear. I asked her if she felt the presence of Jesus. She smiled and nodded a strong yes.

 Life without lack: How do you picture it?

 How do you experience it?

 

Tags: hope, presence

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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