23.November.2025
Before I move forward into the next part of the journey I’d like to take, I want to pause for a moment and share something a little more personal. Every one of us carries a calling that God wove into us before the foundation of the world. His callings are without repentance (Romans 11:29), and they rest on each of us with purpose and intention. Our stories will look different, but the same God who shaped mine is shaping yours too.
I want to share mine, not because my calling is more important than anyone else’s, but because I think it may help you understand why I speak the way I do… why I feel such weight when we talk about salvation, surrender, obedience, and the things of the Spirit… and why I carry such a deep ache for people to know God the way He has invited us to know Him.
For me, everything comes down to two threads God has been weaving in my life.
1. A longing to truly know Him — not from a distance, not in theory, but intimately.
One verse has shaped this more than anything else:
“That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death.” (Philippians 3:10)
This verse has followed me through seasons of brokenness, healing, surrender, and obedience. It’s the cry of my heart. I never want a surface-level relationship with God. I want the real thing. I want to know His voice, His presence, His power, His ways. And I know that depth doesn’t come from comfort, it comes from surrender.
2. A calling to help others encounter that same love, freedom, and transformation.
This verse has become the lens through which I see that calling:
“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound.” (Isaiah 61:1)
I didn’t ask for this verse, I just realized it was already happening in my life. The message of freedom, compassion for the brokenhearted, the urgency to see captives walk out of darkness, the ache to see people know Christ, not just receive information about Him, but encounter Him.
I’m deeply grateful for all He has done and all He is still doing in my life; over a year ago, He impressed this truth on my heart through Ephesians 1:4–5. Which says, “just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will.”
When I put these two threads together, it’s become clear that my life really does fall under this simple heartbeat:
To know Him and to make Him known.
That’s why I write these blogs. That’s why I speak directly when it comes to Scripture. That’s why I try, with everything in me, to be transparent, honest, and faithful. When I talk about salvation or baptism or the way God calls us to live, I’m speaking from a heart that has been shaped by Scripture, refined by His presence, and stirred by His calling.
And my hope is this: that you’ll recognize your own calling too. Because God has placed something inside of you that is just as important, just as intentional, just as eternal. The same God who calls you is the God who equips you.
As we continue this journey, that’s the posture I’m choosing to carry, a heart that stays surrendered, a life that stays available, and a calling that stays intertwined in the One who wrote it long before I understood it. Wherever the next steps lead, my desire is simply to walk it with Him and to invite you to walk with me, growing, learning, and leaning into the God who has called each of us by name.
So as we step forward together, I pray your own calling grows clearer, your hunger for Him grows deeper, and your confidence in His hand on your life grows steadier. Because He hasn’t just begun a work in you, no! He intends to finish it.
Let’s keep going.
Make today count and I’ll see you tomorrow.
Knowing Him Daily 
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