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2020 Vision, Week 1, Day 6

by David Joynt on January 10, 2020

2020 Vision, Week 1, Day 6

2 CORINTHIANS 4:16 | So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day.

Paul has double vision. So must you and I. He can see hard circumstances, face emotional struggle and also see God at work. This verse is one of my favorites! The outer person wastes away! Here there is no pretense, no pretending, no denial. Utter realism and honesty about the human condition. Paul sees the decay of his own nature, the dissolution that comes with age, yet he also sees the inner renewal that belies it. He sees the God–life that is fresh and hopeful and joyous. He has double vision with respect to himself and others.

What is one aspect of aging you find hard?

Look around for someone you know whose “inner person” is full of life, despite their age. Thank them for their witness.

 

Tags: vision, aging, meaning

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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