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Invitation, Week 1, Day 5

by David Joynt on October 10, 2019

Invitation, Week 1, Day 5

MATTHEW 11:29 |Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

What rest does Jesus offer us? Part of his rest is freedom from the restlessness of our desires. Most of us have trouble willing one thing. Amid the clamor of demands and offers, voices seeking our time, our investment, our amusement; amid the sheer noise of life today with beeps and buzzers and alerts, Jesus gives us a central focus and loyalty that orders all our thoughts and actions. He offers a purpose and presence that can permeate our inner life and our outer activity, making sense of everything else. We are not driven by ambition, riven by desire, suffocated by possibility, frustrated by chance, devastated by tragedy, for the Lord of life and love, the Master of time and eternity is also the Lord and Master of our souls.

What makes you restless?

 

Tags: freedom, rest, desire, busy, business, noise

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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