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The Upside Down World, Week 1, Day 4

by David Joynt on September 13, 2017


 MATTHEW 13:45-46

 

God shows up in a variety of ways. There are surprises, completely unexpected moments. A man is ploughing a field, racked by boredom, and there is a scrape and the plough hits buried treasure. Serendipity. There are also moments that we train for and look for. A merchant develops a discerning eye over years, travels all over the world, and then sees his great prize in a place he decided to look.

 

Notice that these “God moments” both occur at work! God is not bound by sanctuary walls, and we can discover him in the classroom, the field, the bazaar, and the office.

 

When did God last surprise you?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FAMILY TIME—

Play hide and seek with something valuable.

Discuss the excitement of finding Jesus.

 

Tags: god moments, surprises

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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