Knowing Him Daily

17.June.2026

There is something worth meditating on, and it is simply this: what if it was never about you?

Not your comfort, not your convenience, not whether you felt ready, qualified or certain that the moment was right, because Esther did not feel ready either.  A nation’s survival was sitting on the other side of her yes.

Mordecai said this to her: “For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” Esther 4:14 For such a time as this, which means the time was not accidental, the position was not coincidental, and the opportunity in front of her was not about her at all, it was about every single person, both current and future generations whose life depended on whether she would show up and do what she was made to do.

That is the thread running through everything we are going to talk about in the days ahead, because Jesus did not leave room for questions when He said: “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.” John 13:34 As I have loved you, which means the standard is not how you feel on a given day or whether the person in front of you seems receptive or worthy of your effort, the standard is Him, and He loved us when we were none of those things.

When asked which commandment was the greatest, He answered without hesitation: “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” Matthew 22:37-40 All the law and the prophets, meaning everything God ever said to humanity hinges on these two things, and one of them is entirely about other people.

You’re right. Too many ands chained together. Here’s the rewrite:

Someone once said that somebody is waiting on the other side of your obedience, and I have been unable to forget that since I first heard it. I think about a young girl at a crusade many years ago who agreed somewhat reluctantly to walk the long way with an elderly woman who had asked for her company. That night the woman gave her life to Jesus, and when the follow up call came the next day, the family answered and said she had passed in her sleep. That young girl’s willingness to set aside what she wanted to do was the last door that woman walked through before she went home.

It was not about the girl. It never was.

This series is not about you either, and that is the best news you have heard all week.

Make today count and see you tomorrow.