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

The arresting reminder of this psalm is of how low God’s people have been and often are, combined with how high a role God has destined for them. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

The world in which we live is filled with inexhaustible detail and glory and beauty and diversity. Who would think that the same Being could have thought up the lion and the flamingo? The snowflake and the sun? Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

The world runs after strength, slickness, outward appearance, impressiveness. God runs to the brokenhearted. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Are you in distress? Are you overwhelmed? Marinate your heart in the power and love of the Savior. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

The ministry of Jesus on behalf of sinners and sufferers means you are safe. In Christ, you cannot lose. Even your pain will ultimately be transformed into your own glory and triumph. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

All it takes for God to be our fortress is for us to let him be so. To trust him. To turn, once more, to him. To humble ourselves and let him deliver us. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

In Christ, we are righteous with a status earned and given to us irrespective of what we bring to the table. All we need to offer is our need. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Go to God through the mediator, Jesus, who knows your anguish and has known even deeper anguish himself. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Liberated by the gospel of grace, we are free to look to God in our present interpersonal strife, even when we know ourselves to be wronged. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Christ is your king, representing God to you, but he is also your priest, representing you to God. He is worthy of all our trust. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

If you are in Christ, the deepest reality of your existence is that God knows you. He knows every nook and cranny of your heart. He knows every failure, every fear. He understands you. He does not merely know about you. He knows you. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

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. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

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. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

“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. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

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. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

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. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

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. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

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. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

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. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

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. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

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. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

What does it mean to “fear the Lord”? To fear the Lord means to live as if God exists and is who he says he is. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Build into your life self-conscious, moment-by-moment mindfulness of the Lord. Appeal to him constantly. Invite him into your thoughts and dreams and plans. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Life in Christ is a celebration—not shallow merriment but a deep, pain-acknowledging celebration. For the best is yet to come. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Whatever assault you feel yourself to be under today as you walk with Christ, the answer is not to respond to insults with insults, nor to hope ultimately in political or economic leadership, but to rely on the Lord. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

The Father sent his own Son so that amid all our ups and downs in life, we are guaranteed a steady companion who loves us and is for us. He is on our side. “Our help is in the name of the Lord”. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

The mercy of the Lord is yours for the taking. Draw near to him, and he will draw near to you. In the embrace of God is a comfort and consolation no human scorning can threaten. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

In Jesus, we become our true selves. We are given back our humanity. We taste Eden. And in the new earth, we will enjoy unhindered fellowship with God once more, not in a limited locale but unlimited, not for a limited time but for eternity. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

What does it mean to be part of the people of God? Among a hundred other things, it means that the God who created the universe never ceases to watch over and actively protect you. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Like our Savior, who left his true home in heaven to come to earth and sojourn among us, we sojourn among a foreign land that will one day be returned fully and openly to its rightful ruler. Until then, we trust in the Lord and, led by the psalmist, pray for deliverance. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Having redeemed his people and brought us through grace into relationship with him, God now lovingly instructs us in the way to enjoy fullness of life. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Have you been rejected, today, by someone who ought to have accepted you? You are in good company. Take heart. God draws near to you in his rejected, crucified Son. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

If grace is truly gracious, then you are permanently forgiven, liberated, rinsed clean. Let your delight in this freedom bubble over into telling others of what they too might enjoy. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

We will remember that the phrase “Gracious is the Lord” went from abstract truth to concrete reality in the incarnation. Then God really came out of heaven into our pain. Could he possibly have given us more reason to trust and love him? Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Only in Christ are we truly secure. Trust in him. Hope in him. Bank on him. Only he will never let you down. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

The natural elements can intimidate even mature adults. Many of us have driven through intense downpours of rain or been woken up to a peal of thunder right overhead. This psalm insists, however, that the Lord uses the natural elements to care for us, to serve us. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Are you distraught? Are you perplexed by life? The Lord of heaven is drawn like a magnet to your distress. Open up to him. Welcome him into your need. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

For those who trust in the Lord—those who take all of their cowering anxieties and cast them upon God—this life is like the first rays of sunshine coming over the horizon at five o’clock in the morning on a warm summer day. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

The Bible is a message of gracious redemption from start to finish. Scripture is not an advice column at the back of the newspaper; it is the front page, declaring news of what God has done. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Christ is your king, representing God to you, but he is also your priest, representing you to God. He is worthy of all our trust. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

When our crucified and risen king comes again, our accusers will be silenced once and for all. We will have peace. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Vain is the salvation of man. But with God on our side, we shall triumph. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Anyone who by God’s grace can humble himself to receive Christ’s work as a free gift will be forgiven and glorified and will enjoy the new heavens and the new earth. But the only way in is to get low. The proud—those who believe they deserve heaven—are the very ones who do not. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Jesus endured the agony of separation from the Father so that you and I can stand under the fountain of a loving God. All it takes is asking for it. Opening yourself up to it. This is who he is. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

God’s grace and our obedience are not equal balances on a scale. God’s grace is inexhaustible, endless. God’s grace always outpaces any grateful response on our part. It is precisely for this reason that we delight to live in holiness and reverence. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Consider your life. Have you compartmentalized the Lord of heaven? Have you set him off as one part of your life, as you have your finances, work, entertainment, and so on? Return to what you know to be true. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

We are sinners. We sin. But in Christ our basic identity is not sinner but cleansed, whole. And as we step out into a new day in soul-calm because of that free gift of cleansing, we find that strangely, startlingly, we begin to “do his commandments”. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

The grace of God grants a significance that transcends our brief little lives. For we have been united to Christ. His future now determines our future. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

It is impossible to move through life with a primary focus on the things of this world yet still grow in integrity. But when one keeps one’s eyes focused on God—his character, his promises, his mighty rule, his heart of grace for sinners—all of life comes into accord. Things fall into place. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Your pain never outpaces his love. Your difficulty is surrounded by the deeper reality of his goodness. He proved it by sending his own Son for you. Even in the pain of life, we lift our hearts and our voices to the Lord. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook