Knowing Him Daily

18.March.2026

We have been on a journey this week. We started by drawing the line between knowing about Him and actually knowing Him. We discovered that He knew us first, that He has been on every single page of Scripture making Himself known, that the way into His presence requires intentional stillness, and that recognizing His voice comes from the closeness and time you spend with Him. Today we take it one step further.

Trust is how you know someone. Not just know of them, but truly know them.

Yesterday I told you about how I was able to recognize Lamar’s voice in that steamy crowded hot springs without being able to see a thing. Here is what I did not tell you. Lamar knew my name. He remembered me and he even recognized me when I identified myself to him. However, he did not know my voice. I knew him far more intimately than he knew me. That was a one way street, and as lovely as that memory is, a one way street is not a relationship.

What we have with the Father is completely different. John 10:27 says, “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.” Read that carefully. My sheep hear My voice and I know them. This means both directions. You know Him and He knows you. That mutual knowing is the foundation everything else is built on, and it is what makes trust not just possible but natural.

Think about the people in your life you trust completely. That trust was not decided in a moment. It was built over time, through consistency, through showing up, through doing what they said they would do. And at some point you stopped white knuckling every situation and just rested in the confidence that they had you. It’s not in striving that produces it, it is what trust produces. Simply residing.

That is exactly what knowing Him looks like at this level. John 14:21 says, “He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me.” The truest obedience is not out of performance, it is not trying to earn something or prove something to maintain your standing. Obedience is what love looks like in action and it is intimacy expressed. When you truly know someone and trust them completely, doing what they ask does not feel like a burden it feels like the most natural thing in the world.

Proverbs 3:5-6 puts it plainly, “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.” All your heart, not most of it. Not the parts that feel safe to surrender. All of it. And lean not on your own understanding, meaning there will be moments where what He is asking does not make sense to your natural mind. Trust is what bridges that gap.

And Psalm 25:14 says something remarkable, “The secret of the Lord is with those who fear Him, and He will show them His covenant.” The secret place is reserved for those in relationship with Him and intimacy unlocks access. The deeper you know Him the more He reveals.

Jesus already paid for our healing. He already paid for our wholeness, our longevity, our freedom. That is not something we strive toward. That is something we reside in. It is a done deal, settled at the cross, and our job is simply to live from that place of finished work rather than constantly reaching for something we already have.

The gifts must flow like a river, fresh, moving, continually sourced from intimacy with Him. Not stagnant. Not mechanical. Not performed. A river stays fresh because it is always connected to its source. The moment that connection is interrupted things get still in the wrong way, and still water does not stay clean for long.

Now I want to address something vital. There is a difference between operating in the gifts of the Spirit from a place of deep intimacy and operating in your own strength. Signs and wonders are real, healing is real, and the gifts are real. Here is the danger: when those things begin to flow through you there are two things that become critically important: remain intimate with Him, and make certain that all the glory goes to Him and not anyone else. The moment you begin to take ownership of what only He can do through you means you have started pulling from a well that is running dry.

Give Him the honor. Always. In every gift, every miracle, every open door, every healing. Point back to Him without hesitation. Because the moment it becomes about you, you have missed the whole point of knowing Him in the first place.

Obedience, trust, humility, honor. That is not a checklist. That is what love looks like when it knows who it belongs to.

Make today count and see you tomorrow.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​