Knowing Him Daily

 28.January, 2026

Intimacy with God is not something we visit.
It is something we live in.
Every day He invites us to know Him, walk with Him, and allow Him to change us from the inside out.

Everything in and around me lately has been centered on identity in Christ.

Even while visiting a church out of town this past weekend, the teaching landed squarely on identity.

“Even before He made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in His eyes.”Ephesians 1:4 NLT

Simultaneously, the book club I’m part of is also focused on knowing who we are, and whose we are.

When God repeats a theme, it’s worth paying attention.

I was thinking about how psychologists say that our own voice carries the most weight in our lives. It is the loudest one we hear. And yet, when something that someone else says, bothers us, conversely we rarely stop to “fact check” what we ourselves are replaying in our own minds.

Why do we allow this unchecked access to thoughts we have that contradict God’s truth?

I began thinking about pivot points.

In basketball, a player establishes one foot as the pivot. As long as that foot stays planted, movement is legal. Direction can change. Pressure can come. Opposition can surround them. But the pivot keeps them grounded. Once that pivot is lifted, the play is lost.

Direction is allowed.
Disconnection is not.

Then my thoughts moved to a farm pivot system. One central pivot point supplies water to an entire field. Long arms extend outward, section by section, with drops that release water and nourishment to the soil below.

Two things are always present.

Seeds have already been planted.
And water is always required.

Every section receives life from the same source.

But if a drop providing water becomes clogged, that area stops receiving what it needs. And if the well runs dry, or the pump fails, the entire field is affected. Crops burn up, not because the seed was bad, but because the water supply was interrupted.

Everything depends on the pivot point.

The Word of God is that pivot point.

When we stay rooted in the Word, by meditating on it, speaking it, letting it shape our thoughts, His life flows. Growth continues. Our identity remains clear.

But when we stop engaging the Word, when we stop speaking truth, when we stop renewing our minds, our inner landscape dries out.

“As he thinks in his heart, so is he.” Proverbs 23:7 NKJV

Our identity is not formed by feelings.

It is formed by truth.
And truth must be revisited, rehearsed, and spoken.

The Word does not just inform you of your identity.
It establishes it.

This is why it matters so deeply what you are thinking, what you are repeating, and what you are agreeing with.

“The tongue can bring death or life; those who love to talk will reap the consequences.” Proverbs‬ ‭18‬:‭21‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Words are not neutral.
They reinforce what we believe.
They water what we agree with.

What you speak consistently
becomes what you expect.
What you expect shapes how you live.

This is why the Word must remain your pivot point, in your mind and in your mouth.

Stay planted.
Keep the pivot point.
Let the Word remain central.

Because everything else, direction, growth, fruit, flows from there.

Father, “Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your gracious Spirit lead me forward on a firm footing.” Psalm 143:10 NLT

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Make today count and see you tomorrow.