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

We today are led by the psalmist to “exalt the Lord our God”, but we do it with the greater knowledge that we are priests to the world—and this is true only because God sent his own Son to become the true and final great high priest, the priest who offered the ultimate sacrifice of his own life. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

God’s global grace is reason for deep encouragement. Anyone can get in on this—as long as he does not try to barter with God but rather humbles himself enough to simply receive his love freely. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Is your vision of God diminishing? Do you find the ceiling of your view of his glory lowering? Confess your small-mindedness to God and perhaps also to a trusted Christian friend. Consider who he is. Glory in him again. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

At the cross of Jesus Christ, God has already taken care of your own sins and need for judgment. Final judgment is now to be anticipated with eagerness, not feared with trepidation. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Are you grumbling today? Murmuring? Do you find yourself nursing wounds, wondering why God has made your life so hard? Repent. Consider that God is the one who formed the earth and made you. Above all, consider the divine “work” that you have experienced: the gracious giving of his own Son to suffer for your sins and restore you to himself. 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, you have in full sight the supreme consolation of God—the coming of Jesus Christ to love and deliver you from all your sins, and his indwelling Spirit to comfort and direct you all your days. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

This psalm speaks of the earth as God’s throne. On it he sits, ruling, comfortable, issuing commands and decrees. He orders the world; the world does not order him. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Bring to Jesus your worries, your cares. Unload your burdens on him. Above all, give him your sins. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Amid the storms of life, God is a safe and serene harbor. Have you experienced this? Or are you internally frenetic? Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Love those whom you see today. Dignify them. Rejoice in them. You are planting seeds that will grow and blossom into eternity. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Jesus is the king, the leader of God’s people whose throne truly will never come to an end. And if you trust in Christ, his fate belongs also to you. You will share in his resurrection, his glory, his rule. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

For us today, we see with the full light of day the length to which God was willing to go to ensure that we would never be truly alone, no matter our folly, no matter our stupidity. For Jesus endured Psalm 88. He really endured it. On our behalf. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Throughout the Bible, God’s city represents a place of safety and refuge. Indeed, the city of God becomes one of the chief metaphors for salvation itself. “Glorious things” are not spoken of Zion simply because of architectural beauty or geographical location. Zion represents God himself, in all his mercy, offered to sinners. In him we take refuge. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

As you ponder your sinfulness, ponder his graciousness—a grace that ever outstrips even your sin. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Are you feeling dead and dry? Pray Psalm 85. Meditate on it in the morning and in the evening. After all, God has proven that he will not let such a prayer go unanswered. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

God is above you, illumining—“a sun.” God is before you, protecting—“a shield.” God is for you, dignifying—he “bestows favor and honor.” God is with you, lavishing—“no good thing does he withhold.” 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 invincible, for Jesus was raised bodily, and we are now united to him by faith. Our future could not be brighter, whatever adversity washes over us in this fallen world. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Having been delivered from the greatest bondage—spiritual bondage—we become delighted and privileged to care for those in a lesser but real bondage—physical and material bondage. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

When Christ came, he said he came to give life; he said he was the fountain of living water, the bread from heaven. You were made for him. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Do you feel forsaken, as if you keep disappointing God? Consider what God has done for you if you are in Christ. You are vitally connected to the life of heaven. Trust him. Enjoy him. Bear fruit. It is who you now are. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Jesus has washed away any reason for God to be angry with us in a punishing kind of way. Everything in your life, good and pain, comfortable and painful, is from the hand of a loving Father. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

In him you are restored to your true self. Your sins are forgiven. You are promised an eternity in the new earth. Read this psalm and praise God for his goodness to Israel—and to you. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

In the Old Testament, his way was through the sea. In the New Testament, his way is through the cross. The gracious provision of God confounds us even as it delivers us. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

The ferocious wrath of God landed on Christ, not us. As a result, God can take up residence within us without threatening his holiness or justice. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

God judged his own righteous Son in place of us unrighteous rebels, so that any who turns to take refuge in him gets the future that Jesus deserves. This, above all else, is reason to give thanks to God for his wondrous deeds. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

In the destruction of Jesus, your own destruction is assured to be behind you instead of in front of you. When you look at the cross, you see your punishment being carried out, so that before you is only peace with God and an eternity with him. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Your greatest enjoyment—God—can never be taken away from you. In heaven, God is all you want and need. On earth, God is all you want and need. In death or in life, in sickness or in health, even as your body wastes away toward the grave, God is all you want and need. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Only one king ever lived up to this lofty prayer. In the Lord Jesus, we see the supreme promises of God come to climactic realization. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Adversity is not intended to diminish our hope in God. Adversity is intended to heighten our hope in him. We are brought to remember that God is all we have, and that he is enough. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Consider your own life. On what do you rely, moment by moment? True communion with God is the lifelong process of growing more and more deeply in dependence upon God: leaning on him, trusting in him, counting on him. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

In your time of distress, you can pray this Psalm and know with confidence that God will somehow answer and deliver you, because Jesus prayed for deliverance but faced the cross nevertheless. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

What difference does it make that God is both mighty and merciful, both powerful and gentle? All the difference in the world. It means he is able to deliver us from all our difficulties and sins, and it means he enjoys delivering us. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

This is who God is. He is not a parochial, narrow-minded God. His welcome to sinners is wide. He asks only for our penitent faith, our trusting contrition—all he asks is that we humble ourselves enough to know of our need for his saving mercy. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Are you in a valley now? Do you feel now that you are fighting your way “through fire and through water"? Take comfort in this Psalm. Through tears he brings us “to a place of abundance.” Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

God cares for you. He does not care about our souls alone, although that is the most important thing about us. He cares also about our physical nourishment.Yet why did he give us food, ultimately? Not only for our enjoyment but more deeply to tell us who he is—our true sustenance, our deepest nourishment. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Our words reveal what is truly happening in our hearts, far better than any X-ray.When our immediate verbal response is to respond to evil with evil, we demonstrate that we are not in tune with the gospel. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

The heart of Christianity is not a set of doctrines to believe, even though sound doctrine is vital. Nor is the heart of Christianity an activity to pursue, even though the Christian faith is necessarily active. The heart of Christianity is to live upon God. You were made for God. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Pain has a special way of exposing where our trust truly lies. But pain also brings us into our only secure trust: the Lord himself. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

How do you handle distress — emotional, psychological, physical, financial? What is your heart-impulse when you feel swamped by adversity? Cry out to the Lord. He will lead you to a place of safety. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

Ultimately, through Jesus Christ, God fulfills his promises to Abraham, and the New Testament indicates that God’s way of continuing to fulfill his land promises is through faithful Christian witness, extending not just to the Promised Land of Israel but to the end of the earth. Dane Ortlund is the author of In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions through the Psalms. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook Subscribe to Crossway's newest podcast 'Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Jen Wilkin' here!

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. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook Subscribe to Crossway's newest podcast 'Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Jen Wilkin' here!

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. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook Subscribe to Crossway's newest podcast 'Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Jen Wilkin' here!

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. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook Subscribe to Crossway's newest podcast 'Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Jen Wilkin' here!

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. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook Subscribe to Crossway's newest podcast 'Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Jen Wilkin' here!

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. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

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. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

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. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

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. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

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. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook

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. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook