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Dwell in the House of the Lord Volume 2, Day 43

by David Joynt on July 19, 2020


PSALM 23:6a | 6a Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.

 The confidence of David reverberates in the final stanza of this Psalm. Surely here means undoubtedly, for certain, definitely. David has personal reasons for this confidence. God elevated him from shepherd boy to King of a nation. He survived wild animal attacks,  assassinations, plots, battles, and one very memorable encounter with a giant.

 We have greater reason, beyond our own life experience, or even that of great Bible figures, for confidence. We know the plot of the overarching story of life. It is a redemption story. In Jesus, God reveals the plot and previews the ending. Love rules. Righteousness will reign. Death and evil with be destroyed.

 How high is your confidence?

 Meditate for five minutes on the overarching story.

Tags: redemption, confidence

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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