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Body Building Daily Devotional- 58

by David Joynt on November 08, 2021


DEUTERONOMY 6:2 | 2 so that you and your children and your children’s children may fear the Lord your God...

The fear of the Lord referred to here is not abject terror. It is not craven weakness before superior strength. Instead, it is a recognition of the order of reality, an acknowledgement that creatures rightly give to their creator. The fear of the Lord is a healthy respect, a deep appreciation, a considered understanding of the divine character and an immediate apprehension of His holy majesty.

The fear of the Lord drives both worship and obedience, the need to honor in word and deed, the One who is the source of beauty, truth, love, and life. In this passage, it is clear that the purpose of the law is to deepen human relationships with God, a relationship that must start and continue with a deep sense of the divine difference.

Do you have a fear of the Lord?

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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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