In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions Through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund

Where is God’s glory seen? In his greatness, to be sure: his omnipotence, his infinitude, his eternality. Even more, however, the glory of God is seen in his goodness in light of that greatness. In all his immensity, he delights to shower his wayward creatures with grace upon grace.

Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms.

The Bible is a real book about a real God who sent a real Son to rescue real sinners from real evil. It is not a fairy book. The Bible is a book you can trust, for it reveals to us a God we can trust.

Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms.

“His love endures forever.” Beyond our failures. Beyond our resentments. Beyond our disgust with ourselves. Beyond the love of any friend.

Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms.

Those who yield to and trust in Jesus Christ, God’s perfect image, begin to take on his characteristics, like gentleness, love, and justice. We become truly human.

Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms.

To bless the Lord is to lift one’s eyes to heaven, to look to God, to celebrate who he is, to count on him for all things, to acknowledge life as a gift from him. It is to thank him. At a base level, it is to notice him. To see him, and to rejoice in him while doing so.

Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms.

How do we find such unity? The whole Bible gives us the answer, hinted at in this psalm: unity comes where “the Lord has commanded the blessing”.

Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms.

Who rules over your life? Who will determine the final state of the world? Who gets the last say? Jesus Christ—not your boss, not your parents, not your political leadership. Trust him, and be at peace.

Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms.

What in your life is pulling you away from saying, “I have calmed and quieted my soul”? Repent. Be restored. Return to the Lord. Hope in him once more.

Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms.

Your sins can darken your awareness of God’s love, but they cannot darken the reality of that love. God does not redeem his people from some of their iniquities; rather, “he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities”.

Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms.

If you are in Christ—if you are one of those on whom the blessing of the Lord rests—then, like your Savior before you, your pains will one day be transformed into glory, turned inside out into marks of beauty.

Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms.