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Real Devotional 15

by David Joynt on May 15, 2022

Real Devotional 15

JAMES 1:12a| 12a Blessed is anyone who endures temptation.

Jesus is famous for His Beatitudes, found in Matthew 5:3-11. Here is James’ beatitude or blessing. The Greek word for blessing is “markarious” and Earl Palmer connects it with “being on the right road.” This is how it is used in the Psalms. The one who endures temptation is on the right road, is moving forward toward the destination God intends.

The word for temptation in Greek is the same as the word for test or trial. Temptations become faith building tests when we endure them with patience and fortitude.

Since we are “blessed to be a blessing,” if we are on the right road, we should help others find that path. Have you helped anyone dealing with temptation?

Tags: temptation, blessing

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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