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New? February 14 Devotional

by David Joynt on February 14, 2025


1 PETER 4:11a | 11 Whoever speaks must do so as one speaking the very words of God; whoever serves must do so with the strength that God supplies...

 

These phrases speak to immense power and authority we can experience in our daily lives and individual work. When we speak in congruence and conformity with the words of scripture, and do so with the aid and guidance of God’s spirit, we speak with divine authority. This is, at the same time an awesome and challenging view of preaching, and an elevation of everyday speech for all disciples. We can be the bearers, as the prophets were, of divine messages!

 

Further, our service is not defined and circumscribed by the very finite amounts of energy, determination, and focus we can offer out of our own meagre resources. We can count on the strength of heaven in holy endeavors, especially when we serve and care for others.

 

Which do you crave most? More divine authority or power?

 

 

Gracious God,

Thank you that you bestow your own strength on our small efforts, and your unique authority on our small words.

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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