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Body Building Daily Devotional - 30

by David Joynt on October 11, 2021


EPHESIANS 4:1 | 1I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called.

Great tasks and causes can create great unity. Teams unite to win championships, countries unite to face enemies, research teams to solve problems or cure diseases. You and I have been called to carry out the mission of God in the world. What is at stake in church relationships is not simply the atmosphere of a congregation and the comfort level of its members with each other. What is at stake is the common calling we share together to demonstrate God’s love and speak His truth. This calling is inhibited and sometimes completely eviscerated when disunity prevails. Many disagreements are unworthy of our individual callings—including the calling to be a partner or a parent. Many are unworthy of our collective calling to be Christ’s body.

Do you have a sense of high calling in your life?

Tags: calling, sense

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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