Knowing Him Daily

27.March.2026

Your child was given an identity before they were born, and the enemy has known that longer than you have. If he can make your child forget who they are and Whose they are, he does not need to do much else, the rest tends to follow.

The world has gotten very loud about who gets to speak into that identity. Schools, courts, culture and everybody has an opinion about your child. Some of those opinions are being delivered with more authority than they have any right to carry. Somewhere along the way a lot of parents started believing that their voice no longer mattered. That someone else gets the final word now.

Allow me to bring clarity to this thinking. . They do not.

Your authority over your children was not issued by a school board or written into a government policy. God established it before your child ever took a breath. No institution, no ideology, and no court ruling can revoke what He put in place. You are a covenant parent and that covenant did not expire.

If you have seen the 1991 movie Hook, there is a scene I think about directly relating to this topic. Peter Pan has grown up and completely forgotten who he is. His son Jack has been taken to Neverland by Captain Hook, who does not lock the boy up, he woos him. He finds every wound, every missed game, every moment where Peter wasn’t there, and he uses it to his advantage. He convinces Jack that he is the one who really sees him, really wants him, really knows him. That’s a lie. By the time Peter shows up, Jack looks at his own father and doesn’t recognize him. The enemy had done his job so thoroughly that Peter was a stranger to his own son. You can watch that moment here: https://youtu.be/atTA43Qsym4?si=WKzGZ2xyHDnbgQ6Q

Hook says, “my Jack.” While Peter says, “my Jack”.

Not because Jack recognized him. Not because anything looked hopeful from the outside. He declared his parental right over his child who had completely forgotten him, and he did not flinch for one second doing it.

That is your assignment. You must not wait when things look better, nor when your child comes back around. Now. Over your child who may not recognize you right now. Over your child the enemy has been whispering to. Over your child who is wearing someone else’s story like it belongs to them.

Hook says “my Jack”. Peter says “my Jack. Two voices. One child. You already know whose he really is.

Before you step forward and declare it over your child, try this first. Find a mirror. Look yourself in the eyes, say your own name out loud, and then say your name, Jesus loves you. Say it again, and again. As many times as it takes, today and every day, until something in you really believes it. Because a parent who knows they are loved by God declares their own covenant rights, given to them by God, over their children from a completely different place rather than one who is still not sure.

Then step forward. Say it out loud to them.

“My son. My daughter. You are mine and you are known and loved by God.”

Make today count and see you tomorrow.