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

If we have pains we do not deserve, how much more does the holy God not deserve the pains of our own failure to defend him and praise him and follow him wholeheartedly?

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

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God will right all wrongs. The final judgment of God is a deeply liberating doctrine. All will be put to right. We can release the need to judge now. We can leave it in his wise hands.

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

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In the midst of difficulty, the Holy Spirit delights to bring us into this settled place of contentment: as long as God is exalted, all is well. As long as he is known and lifted up and honored, my own welfare need not worry me too much. 

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

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This psalm lists different reasons not to be afraid. One striking remark from David addresses the tender nearness of God. Consider the beautiful imagery David uses.

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

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Betrayals happen every day on this earth, but there is one Friend who we know will never betray us. Open up to him, fellowship with him, pour out your heart to him. He will not let you down.

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

Instead of looking around for some other person or group of people to protect him, David looks to God. His eyes go up, not out.

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

If you feel yourself to be under the indictment of this psalm, this is all that is needed to receive the mercy of God in Jesus Christ. To the degree that you know your sin, to that degree you may enjoy amazing grace.

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

To trust God means to live your life as if God actually exists and is who he says he is. It is to conduct your existence in such a way that what you say that you believe about God aligns with how you use words, money, your body, and other people. It is to leave your final welfare in God’s hands rather than your own.

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

Amid your dirtiness, you are free to breathe again. In Christ, you are rinsed clean—invincibly, permanently, irreversibly. 

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

God wants us to honor him simply by crying out for help: “Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.” We glorify God by being delivered by him—which reminds us of the deepest reason for the sacrificial system. 

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