Knowing Him Daily

21.June.2026

There is a difference between obedience and immediate obedience, and the gap between the two is where most of us live. We are fully intending to say yes… eventually, fully planning to get around to it, while the moment that actually needed us has already passed by.

Philip did not have that luxury, and he did not take it anyway. The angel of the Lord spoke to him: “Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. And he arose and went.” Acts 8:26-27 No hesitation recorded. He dos not ask for more details first, no checking his schedule to see if it was convenient. He arose and went, and because he did, an Ethiopian official on a desert road heard the gospel that day instead of going home without it.

That is what immediate obedience looks like, and it rarely announces itself as significant in the moment. It might look like a desert road. It might look like an inconvenient errand. It might look like the thing you would rather get to later.

Isaiah’s response when he heard the call of God was not calculated or cautious: “Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.” Isaiah 6:8 Here am I, send me, spoken before he knew the full assignment, before he had time to weigh the cost, because the answer was already settled in him before the question was even fully asked.

Samuel’s words to Saul cut straight to the heart of partial obedience:

“Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.” 1 Samuel 15:22 Saul had done most of what he was told. Most was not enough. Partial obedience on Saul’s timeline was treated the same as full disobedience, because what God asked for was never negotiable on delivery.

We do not know what is waiting on the other side of an immediate yes. We do not know if the woman ahead of us in line needed someone to simply notice her today, or if the stranger about to walk away needed one more conversation before a door closed for good. Philip did not know either, he just went.

Your hesitation might cost someone the only chance they get. 

Make today count and see you tomorrow.