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Soul Songs January 20 Devotional

by David Joynt on January 20, 2024


NUMBERS 6:24-26 | 24 The Lord bless you and keep you; 25 the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; 26 the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace.

 

MATTHEW 17:2 | 2 And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white.

 

“When we’ve been there ten thousand years,

Bright shining as the sun,

We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise

Than when we’d first begun.”

 

Transformation. Moses glowed after encountering God on the mountain of revelation. Jesus’ face shone with glory on the mountain of transfiguration. These moments prefigure an
experience you and I will enjoy. Our faces too will shine with God’s glory. Our earthly moments of praise, our singing of hymns like Amazing Grace, or other spiritual songs, anticipate a time beyond time, when praise no longer ceases. Our experience of time will change and it will no longer be a limited measure that leads to an ending. Life will be a continuous beginning!

 

 

Spend time in God’s presence today. Seek the glow.

 

 

Gracious God,

Now and always, Lord, let us sense and share a little of your glory. Lift up your countenance on us, make our faces shine.

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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