The Psalms contain all the experiences that a child of God may go through, whether they be joyful or sorrowful. Thus author and minister Gerrit Vos directed the saints to these biblical songs time and again, in his ministry and his published devotionals.
Peace in the Valley contains sixty-two of Vos’ devotional meditations on selected Psalms. These devotions flow from the heart of a man who devoted his life to ministry and to the needs of the saints in his care. Vos writes, not as a technical commentator, but as a pastor who wants to communicate to his readers the same awe and comfort that he experienced while reading those doctrinal and practical masterpieces which are the Psalms. Above all, Vos’ desire is to point his readers to the ultimate fulfilment of the Psalms: the God of peace as revealed in the Lord Jesus Christ, the only One who can fully sympathize with His saints in all circumstances.
Forty-five of these meditations have been previously published in a book titled O Taste and See. Peace in the Valley contains seventeen meditations that have never been published in book format before.
Gerrit Vos (1894-1968) was a minister in the Protestant Reformed Churches in America from his ordination in 1927 until his retirement in 1966. He was a prolific contributor to the Standard Bearer.
