Knowing Him Daily

05.June.2026

Yesterday we established something important. What He placed in your hands was never just for you. You are the pipeline, not the destination. And a pipeline that stops flowing stops being useful.

Today we talk about what happens when you close your ears to the ones He told you to care for.

Solomon did not mince words. “Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.” Proverbs 21:13 Read that slowly. The same measure you use toward those in need is the measure that comes back to you when you are the one crying out. This is not a threat. It is a principle as consistent as gravity. It works whether you believe it or not.

God has always had a heart for the poor, the widow, the orphan, the stranger, the overlooked and the forgotten. This is not a minor theme tucked away in obscure passages. It is one of the loudest, most repeated instructions in all of scripture. He sees every person who is invisible to the rest of the world and He expects His people to see them too.

And here is what makes this personal. He is not asking you to fix poverty. He is not asking you to have what you do not have. He is asking you to respond to what is in front of you with what is in your hand. The cup of cold water. The meal shared. The bill paid anonymously. The time given when time was the only currency available. Obedience at this level rarely requires a large bank account. It requires an open heart and a willingness to be inconvenienced.

And caring for the poor is not always about money. Sometimes it is a smile offered to someone who has not been seen all day. Sometimes it is a kind word, a moment of your time, or simply acknowledging that someone exists. You will not always be able to tell who is genuinely in need and who is not. That is not your job to figure out. Your job is to ask Him. What do you want me to do today, Father? Sometimes the answer is act. Sometimes the answer is nothing, and that too is an answer worth honoring, sometimes for your own protection. Just stay sensitive. Stay close enough to hear the difference.

Because you will miss the small moments if you are not in close conversation with Him every single day. This is where we land again, intimacy. Always intimacy. It is the only way any of this works.

Because the truth is, most of us do not shut our ears to the poor because we are cruel. We shut them because we are busy, distracted, or quietly convinced that someone else will handle it. But He did not put someone else in front of you. He put you in front of them.

You are still the pipeline. And pipelines do not get to choose which water they carry.

Open your hands. Open your ears. Respond to what He puts in front of you today. Because the same God who sees the cry of the poor also sees whether you do.

And He is listening for yours.

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.