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Graceways August 10 Devotional

by David Joynt on August 10, 2024


GENESIS 2:15 | 15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.

COLOSSIANS 3:23 | 23 Whatever task you must do, work as if your soul depends on it, as for the Lord and not for humans.

A final consequence of overusing screens and becoming a “scrolling zombie” is productivity. Work is a gift from God, predating the fall in Genesis. Our alienation from God means our work can be exhausting or pointless. But when we work to survive, succeed, support, and serve, using our gifts for God’s glory, we achieve a holy and good purpose.

 

A recent study discovered over half the American workforce spends 2 hours or more every day on screens, in ways unconnected to their jobs. That means 25 percent of their time is wasted and unproductive and a theft from their employer!

 

Are you productive with your time?

 

 

Gracious God,

I want my life to count and my time to be well-used. Help me focus and achieve in ways that honor You.

Amen.

 

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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