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Dwell in the House of the Lord Volume 1, Day 20

by David Joynt on June 26, 2020

Dwell in the House of the Lord Volume 1, Day 20

1 Timothy 6:6-8 | 6 Of course, there is great gain in godliness combined with contentment; 7 for we brought nothing into the world, so that we can take nothing out of it; 8 but if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.

 You and I have contentment quandaries connected to our
satiability quotient. Much of our internal exhaustion relates to our expectations. Our spiritual and psychological discontents relate to the things we want and dream about. Imagination, ambition, and desire can outrun reality, and without care we can become perpetually discontented—life never lives up to our expectations. Christians must avoid perfectionism which fosters a spirit of restless discontent. We are not home yet. The kingdom has not fully come. We long for the new creation to be complete, but until it is, we must learn to be content in different circumstances, knowing that life with God is a prize far greater than our secret ambitions.

 Are you easily or rarely satisfied?

 Have you learned to be content?

Tags: expectations, content

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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