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Invitation, Week 1, Day 7

by David Joynt on October 12, 2019

Invitation, Week 1, Day 7

MATTHEW 11:30 | For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. 

What makes life with Jesus “lighter” and less burdensome? For one thing there is no pretense. It can be hard and heavy work to maintain a public persona that is sometimes at odds with our actual feelings. When the boss says, “How is it going?”, no one actually gives a detailed account of their doubts and worries, do they? We don’t have to hide our feelings and fears from Jesus. Talking to him about them, asking for help, brings no shame or loss of face—he knows our every weakness and wants to offer us his courage and strength.  We are yoked but he does not expect us to carry half the load. He has unlimited resources of wisdom and love to share with us.

What do you need most from Jesus?

Ask for it.

 

Tags: light, burden, ask

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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