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The Divine Whisper Daily Devotional- 28

by David Joynt on September 04, 2021

The Divine Whisper Daily Devotional- 28

MATTHEW 7:7-8| 7 Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.

Our receptivity to Jesus’ words is a mystery, but not because His teaching is mysterious or opaque. Yesterday’s verses must not be taken in that sense. Jesus’ parables are not designed to confuse or mystify. They are deep and accessible. This is evident in the every day settings and familiar characters He chooses and in the story form He utilizes. Some kinds of truth, however, are not simple but rather deep and complex. They require our concentrated attention over time, in community, if we are to grow in understanding. We must persistently and honestly bring our questions to bear and listen carefully to one another and our traditions.

If we do, Jesus promises the results are guaranteed. Everyone who seeks, finds, everyone who asks, receives, everyone who knocks has the door opened to them.

Memorize our verse for today.

What will you seek and ask and knock for?

Tags: seek, ask, knock

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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