Knowing Him Daily

30.May.2026

“If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.”(Psalm 66:18)

How dare we cherish sin when it should be Him.

That is not just a nudge. That is a reckoning, because if we are honest, most unconfessed sin is not forgotten sin. It is kept sin, tucked away, justified, and managed. We know it is there and we have made a quiet decision to hold onto it while still expecting God to show up and answer like nothing is between us.

But something is between us.

David understood this better than most. He wrote, “If I regard (cherish) iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear” (Psalm 66:18). Regard. That word means to look at with favor, to hold onto, to cherish. It is not talking about a moment of failure. It is talking about a posture of the heart toward sin, and the man who fails and runs to God is in a completely different position than the man who fails and tucks it away and keeps going.

God is not surprised by your sin. He is not shocked, disgusted beyond reach, or unwilling to respond. He is a Father who runs toward the prodigal while he is still a long way off, but He will not pretend the distance is not there. Sin creates distance, not because He moved, but because you did.

Here is the good news. The door back is never locked. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). All. Not most, not the manageable ones, all of it. One honest conversation with the Father and the distance collapses.

This is not about earning your way back into His good graces because you were never out of His love. But there is a difference between being loved and being in full fellowship, and unconfessed sin lives in that gap. It clouds the connection, muffles the signal, and then we wonder why our prayers feel like they are hitting the ceiling.

They are not hitting the ceiling. They are hitting what we put between us and Him.

Bring it to Him, all of it, not the edited version, not the explained version, the real version. He already knows anyway. He is just waiting for you to agree with Him about it so He can clean it up and move you forward.

He is faithful. He is just and He is ready.

If you’ve never surrendered to Jesus or have strayed, it’s not too late. He’s waiting to restore and renew you. Return to Him today and say this out loud:

Dear Heavenly Father ~

Thank You for sending Jesus to die on the Cross just for me. I admit that I have sinned, and I repent. I ask You to forgive me. I believe that He died and rose again. Right now, I make Him the Lord of my life. Fill me with Your Holy Spirit. My sins are washed away, my past is forgiven, and my future is bright. Thank you for saving me. 

In Jesus’ Name,

Amen.

Make today count and see you tomorrow.