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Broken and the Blessed, Lent Day 23

by David Joynt on March 23, 2017


DAY 23

2 KINGS 5:3

 

Look at the amazing faith and character of the kidnapped girl. She thinks about the welfare of Naaman, sees his leprosy, and suggests a cure! I would have been praying his toes and fingers fell off! She looks at his need with God’s eyes and suggests he can be cured by Elisha, Israel’s great prophet. This is enemy love before Jesus ever preached it. It is a lightning bolt from the New Testament in the Old Testament. Her character was not altered by her misfortune; she remained generous and kind despite her travails. Nor did her suffering destroy her faith—she was certain God could help and heal and that He would do it for a foreign enemy.

 

 

Think of someone you know whose faith and character shone in hard times. Thank God for that woman or man.

 

FAMILY TIME:

Think of another Bible character who was great and noble under pressure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tags: character, faith

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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