Knowing Him Daily

19.February.2026

God is such a great God, and we can trust Him. But it’s not enough to know that in your head. We must get to the place where when He says something or asks us to do something, we do it without question and without hesitation.

I’m not talking about reckless decisions made in the flesh. I’m talking about the kind of obedience that flows from intimacy, the kind that says, I know Your voice, and because I know Your heart, I will move when You say move, even if I don’t understand why.

“To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.” 1 Samuel 15:22, NKJV

“If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land.” Isaiah 1:19, NKJV

There are moments in Scripture where obedience made absolutely no sense, and yet the people of God moved anyway.

Esther prepared herself through three days of fasting with her people, then walked into the king’s court uninvited, risking her life. She didn’t wait for a guarantee of safety, but she also didn’t move carelessly. She moved with intentionality, trusting God completely. She said, “If I perish, I perish,” and stepped forward in full surrender.

“And so I will go to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish!” Esther 4:16, NKJV

Nehemiah left a secure position to rebuild broken walls in a broken city. People mocked him. Enemies threatened him and tried to distract him from the work. But Nehemiah refused to be pulled away from what God had called him to do. He said, “I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you?” Nehemiah 6:3, NKJV He kept building because God had put the work in his heart, and he would not let opposition or distraction stop him.

“So I answered them, and said to them, ‘The God of heaven Himself will prosper us; therefore we His servants will arise and build.’” Nehemiah 2:20, NKJV

Then we witness the testimony of Daniel who prayed with his windows open, knowing it would land him in a den of lions. He didn’t hide. He obeyed God publicly, and God shut the mouths of the lions.

“Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days.” Daniel 6:10, NKJV

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refused to bow to a false god even when the consequence was a fiery furnace. Their confidence wasn’t in the outcome, it was in God Himself. They believed He could deliver them, and they trusted His care for them regardless of what happened. They said, “Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.” Their focus was on God, not the fire. And they obeyed anyway.

“Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.” Daniel 3:17-18, NKJV

Obedience without understanding. Faith without guarantees. Trust that moves before the fog clears.

I’ll never forget a morning I was hunting in dense fog. My guide and I had seen my target just before legal daylight, but then the fog rolled in thick and we could no longer see it. But my guide knew instinctively that it hadn’t moved. He told me exactly where to aim based on a landmark I could see, even though I couldn’t see my target. I trusted his voice, aimed where he said, and made my shot.

That’s what obedience looks like. You can’t always see where you’re aiming. You can’t always see the outcome. But if you know the Guide’s voice, and you trust His heart, you move when He says move — even in the fog.

I know what it’s like to hesitate. I know what it’s like to hear His voice and still wait, still question, still try to make it make sense first. And I’ve learned that delayed obedience and partial obedience are still disobedience…

Not because God is harsh, but because hesitation keeps us stuck in the very place He’s trying to free us from.

“But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” James 1:22, NKJV

“Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.” James 4:17, NKJV

God’s instructions are never random. They are always rooted in love and always aimed at your freedom. He sees what you can’t see. He knows what’s holding you back.

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6, NKJV

So if God has been speaking to you about something, or if there’s an area where you know He’s asked you to move and you’re still waiting, I want you to know, you have a choice. You can keep waiting for it to make sense, or you can trust Him enough to obey today.

The door is open. It’s your choice.

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Lord ~ I don’t want to be someone who hears Your voice and does nothing. Give me the courage to obey immediately, even when I don’t understand. Help me trust You more than I trust my own reasoning. I surrender every hesitation, every excuse, and every fear. Lead me, and I will follow. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Make today count and see you tomorrow.