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Faithful: Faith shares, Day 20

by David Joynt on January 25, 2019

Faithful: Faith shares, Day 20

NUMBERS 5:5-7 |  The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to the Israelites: When a man or a woman wrongs another, breaking faith with the Lord, that person incurs guilt and shall confess the sin that has been committed. The person shall make full restitution for the wrong, adding one-fifth to it, and giving it to the one who was wronged.

“When a man or woman wrongs another, breaking faith with the Lord, that person incurs guilt...and shall make restitution.” The assumption underneath this legal provision is far-reaching. There are no private relationships! God is the third party in every relationship we have. Harming someone, or helping them, is never just a matter between the two parties. For when we harm someone, we break faith with the Lord, and when we bless someone, we strengthen our faith with the Lord.

It requires faith to see that the invisible God is part and parcel of all our visible, human interactions.

As you relate to others today, remember God is present and part of each moment.

 

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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