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Thank God it's Monday Devotional 4

by David Joynt on September 07, 2022


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.

The greatness of service lies in the way it advances the kingdom and also, in whom it is done for. Many people work only for their own ends. Some work to survive. Some to advance. Some to express their talents or display their gifts. Some for applause and approval. In all these ways they work for themselves. But Paul suggests it is possible to view all our work differently. Whether we work out of necessity or choice we can work for God.

Our work as much as our worship can be an offering when we see God as our boss and our working companion. We serve God in our work, no matter how high or humble, if we choose to.

Who do you work for?

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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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