Exciting news! These Psalms devotionals have turned into a new and improved 40-day devotional book from Our Daily Bread Publishing titled Shelter in the Storm: 40 Psalms on God’s Faithfulness. The book includes a free 6-week small group curriculum.
Founding Pastor at Mosaic Church
Noah is the founding pastor of Mosaic Church, a multi-ethnic church in urban Grand Rapids, MI. He is a grad of Grand Rapids Theological Seminary.
He is:
Author of Beyond the Battle: A man's guide to his identity in Christ in an oversexualized world
Host of the The Flip Side Podcast
Join an online men's small group led by Noah and team at BeyondTheBattle.net
He is:
Author of Beyond the Battle: A man's guide to his identity in Christ in an oversexualized world
Host of the The Flip Side Podcast
Join an online men's small group led by Noah and team at BeyondTheBattle.net
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Years ago I read this Psalm and what stayed with me was a prayer, one thing I have desired of the Lord, that will I seek after, that I may dwell in Christ and be found in Him all the days of my life, to behold His beauty, to know Him. In the darkness, seeing changes everything. In those places where life’s a dead end and it’s crushing, seeing gives hope. But there’s a deeper longing than just seeing, that somehow, someway, you can share in what’s seen, be a part of the reality. A longing that echoes when the seeing fades. To me that’s the promise & hope the gospel gives, that we can enter and stay and find rest.
Thanks for pointing to the longing for what’s real. What’s good about these posts & a lotta sermons I’ve heard you preach is the beauty in the truth comes thru, the beauty in Jesus.
I’ve never heard that song before, I don’t know if it’s the piano or the voice, but it has a kind of haunting vulnerability. Hey, sorry about the loss of your friends.
Thanks for the encouragement Alan! Thanks for continuing to walk this path with Jesus.
I have actually been told be ‘christians’ that we should not expect to be able to access His Presence…that we should not expect to be able to live in His Presence….that makes no sense whatsoever. As a father if my son or daughter want to talk with me, have a hug, or spend time with me I will drop EVERYTHING for them. So it is with my Heavenly Father. He ADORES spending time with us. Just ask Him. That is ALL it takes…for real. He will drop everything and sit with you (and me).
Thanks Noah for highlighting this for us all!
Amen Chris!