Psalm 70
Today's Passage: Psalm 70
For the past several weeks, I have been reading through a devotional through the Psalms written by Dane Ortlund. It has been rejuvenating to get a deeper perspective of this book, and highly recommend this devotional! Enjoy this chapter from “In the Lord I Take Refuge.”
There are two, and only two, basic approaches to life. We can attempt to handle life’s adversities either through self-resourced deliverance or through looking outside ourselves for deliverance. We can look in or we can look out.
Psalms, especially psalms of lament such as this one, train us to look outside ourselves to God. The ringing note on which the psalm begins and ends points to deliverance beyond what David himself can muster. “Make Haste, O God, to deliver me!” (V. 1); “You are my help and my deliverer; O Lord, do not delay!” (V. 5).
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 him, counting on him. But to get there, you must see yourself the way David sees himself: “I am poor and needy” (v. 5). To the degree that you feel yourself sufficient and competent, to that degree you will not cry to God. To the degree that you feel yourself weak and inadequate, to that degree you will call out for his help and deliverance — a prayer his heart delights to answer.
Dane C Ortlund.
“In the Lord I Take Refuge”
Written By: Joe Weaver
For the past several weeks, I have been reading through a devotional through the Psalms written by Dane Ortlund. It has been rejuvenating to get a deeper perspective of this book, and highly recommend this devotional! Enjoy this chapter from “In the Lord I Take Refuge.”
There are two, and only two, basic approaches to life. We can attempt to handle life’s adversities either through self-resourced deliverance or through looking outside ourselves for deliverance. We can look in or we can look out.
Psalms, especially psalms of lament such as this one, train us to look outside ourselves to God. The ringing note on which the psalm begins and ends points to deliverance beyond what David himself can muster. “Make Haste, O God, to deliver me!” (V. 1); “You are my help and my deliverer; O Lord, do not delay!” (V. 5).
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 him, counting on him. But to get there, you must see yourself the way David sees himself: “I am poor and needy” (v. 5). To the degree that you feel yourself sufficient and competent, to that degree you will not cry to God. To the degree that you feel yourself weak and inadequate, to that degree you will call out for his help and deliverance — a prayer his heart delights to answer.
Dane C Ortlund.
“In the Lord I Take Refuge”
Written By: Joe Weaver
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