Knowing Him Daily

13.March.2026

I want to be upfront with you before we begin. We are going to spend the next number of days talking about something we have talked about before. Many times, actually. And we will talk about it again after this, because this is not a topic you graduate from. Knowing Him is not a box you check, it is a well you return to every single morning. And every morning, without fail, He is there. “Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning, great is Your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23. If His mercies are new every single day, why would we not want them? Why would we ever let our hunger for Him grow cold?

That is the whole point of this blog. Not to impress you with new revelation, but to keep showing up, together, at the feet of the One who never stops showing up for us. No guilt. No shame. No condemnation. Just a daily, honest awareness of how much we need Him, and a willingness to say so out loud.

So here we go again. And I mean that in the best possible way. 

There is a difference between knowing someone’s name and actually knowing them.

You might even know facts about a person. You may know their birthday, their history, and their reputation. You could also pass a test about them. But that is not the same as sitting across from them, hearing their voice, knowing how they think, trusting them with the hard things. That is a different kind of knowing entirely.

And Jesus drew that line Himself. In John 17:3 He prayed, “And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” Not know about You, but to know You. The Greek word there is ginosko, an intimate, experiential, relational knowing. The kind that grows over time and costs something.

Then He said something that should cause us to pause. In Matthew 7:22-23, He described people who would stand before Him one day having done things in His name, miracles even, and He would say, “I never knew you.” Not, I never heard of you. Not, you never did anything. I never knew you. Now say out loud, “that won’t be me.” Because it does not have to be.

That is the most sobering verse in Scripture to me. Because it means it is entirely possible to be busy for God and still be a stranger to Him.

Here is what I have experienced in my own life having been in church my whole life. I have known scriptures, sung the songs, served in ministry. And yet there was still a moment, more than one honestly, where I had to get honest with myself about whether or not I actually knew Him or whether I just knew a lot about Him. Whether I was drawing near or just going through motions that looked like nearness.

Knowing Him is a daily effort. I will not pretend otherwise. But here is what I am learning. When you do it, and when you do it in His strength and not your own, it becomes less like effort and more like breathing. It becomes the thing you cannot imagine going without.

“His mercies are new every morning” is not a greeting card sentiment, it is the Word of God. You read it just a moment ago and it bears repeating, if His mercies are new every single day, why would we not want them? Why would we ever let our hunger for Him grow cold?

There is always more of Him to know. That is not a rebuke, it is an invitation.

This week we are going to dive even deeper into what it actually means to know Him. Not perform for Him. Not manage our reputation with Him. Actually know Him. We are going to talk about being known first, drawing near, recognizing His voice, trusting Him in the hard places, and what it looks like on the outside when someone has genuinely spent time with Jesus.

You are not behind. You are not a disappointment. You are someone He already knows completely and loves without condition, and He is simply waiting for you to want more of what He has always been offering.

Come hungry. Stay hungry. This is worth every single day. https://youtu.be/TPoQw8xx3EU?si=BflNmqjsX3HwtxB2

Make today count and see you tomorrow.