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by David Joynt on June 25, 2025


EXODUS 20:11 | 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and consecrated it.

 

When we think of Sabbath observance we think of Judaism and Christianity. But this verse implies something universal about the relationship between work and rest, between the secular and the sacred: there is a rhythm in the Creation.

 

We see this rhythm in the 24 hour day, in the movements of the stars, in the seasons, in the tides, and the biological clocks within each of us. Sabbath is not only a labor law, it is a Creation              ordinance. Work and holy rest are built into the order of the cosmos and into our natures.

 

Does your work enhance your rest? Does your rest enhance your work?

 

 

Gracious God,

Thank You for the sacred rhythms of life. Help me to live in harmony with them.

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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