Knowing Him Daily

16.March.2026

I have sat in the wilderness for hours waiting for an animal to pass by without moving a muscle. I didn’t do this because I had nothing else to do, not because I was bored, but because I had a goal in mind and I was not leaving until it was met. Every sense I had was tuned in. Every distraction I had was pushed aside. I was fully present, fully expectant, and fully quiet on the outside. That kind of quietness is possible in the flesh, anyone determined knows that. But quiet and still are not the same thing. Psalm 46:10 does not say be quiet and know that I am God, it says be still. And stillness is not a mental exercise, though sometimes we absolutely have to shut our minds down to get there. Ask me how I know that. True stillness is internal, it originates in our spirit. It is not forced from the outside in, it rises from the inside out. And when you draw near to Him with that kind of surrender, He meets you there with something your flesh and your mind could never produce on their own.

That is exactly what drawing near to God looks like.

James 4:8 makes it simple, “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.” That is not a suggestion, it is a covenant exchange. You bring the nearness and He brings Himself. But nearness requires intention. You cannot drift into the presence of God. You have to choose it, pursue it, and show up for it with everything you have.

Hebrews 4:16 tells us the door is wide open, “Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” Boldly. Not timidly, not casually, definitely not halfway. Boldly. But do not mistake boldness for pride. One of my pastors says it best, the only way up is the way down. That is humility. You come bold because He is worthy of your full pursuit, and you come low because you know you cannot take another step without Him.

Now I want to talk about something that does not get addressed enough. There is a difference between the anointing being on you and the anointing being in you. The anointing on you can show up in a service, in a moment, in a gift operating publicly. You can feel it, others can see it, and it is real. But the anointing in you, that is something else entirely. That is what gets built in the secret place. In the drawn near to Him, place. In the hours of stillness with no audience and no applause, just you and Him and an open Bible.

You cannot manufacture the “in you” anointing. You cannot borrow it or inherit it or fake it. It is, however, visible all over you, either the presence of it or the absence of it. It is cultivated in private and it shows up in public whether you announce it or not. We talked about that yesterday. What is built in secret always finds its way into the open.

Draw near. Come with intention. Bible open, journal ready, heart open. Not to check a box, not to perform a ritual, but because you are hungry for the in you kind of knowing, the kind that changes how you carry yourself, how you speak, how you love, how you endure.

That is the way in. And it has been open the whole time. Now you know.

Make today count and see you tomorrow.