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World Changing Words Devotional-Day 12

by David Joynt on August 13, 2020


ISAIAH 58:8-9 | 8 Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up quickly; your vindicator shall go before you, the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard. 9 Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry for help, and he will say, Here I am. If you remove the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil.

 True worship is marked by consistency, integration, and transformation. Acting to honor God’s name by undoing injustices results in a deeper experience of His healing presence. His direction (light), shines brighter and there is clarity about where we should go and what we should do. We pray more effectively since our desires line up with His will. We sense God goes with us, behind and before, and there is a new intimacy in our relationship. Our lives are not split into spheres of work, play, family life, and church. Instead, we find ourselves serving our Lord in every area.

  What forms of justice are you seeking?

 Do you sense that God goes before and behind you?

Tags: light, transformation

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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