Knowing Him Daily

11.July.2026

“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.”
II Corinthians‬ ‭4‬:‭7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ That is the whole picture right there, we are the vessel, not the source, and the moment we forget that distinction is the moment we start straining to produce something that was never ours to generate in the first place. The power was always meant to flow through us, not from us, and there is freedom in allowing that Truth to become reality.

But even a vessel can get clogged, and it is worth speaking about honestly about what stops that flow. Unbelief restricts it, the way it did in Jesus’ own hometown when their doubt limited what He would do among them. Unconfessed sin creates separation, not because God’s reach falls short, but because iniquity itself builds a wall. Unforgiveness closes the channel entirely, Jesus ties our own forgiveness directly to whether our prayers move at all. Fear shuts it down fastest of all, since fear and power were never designed to occupy the same space inside a person. And pride, trying to be the source rather than the vessel, is maybe the quietest blockage of all, because it does not look like sin, it looks like confidence, until you realize the power stopped moving the moment you started believing it was yours to begin with.

“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

‭‭Acts‬ ‭1‬:‭8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Notice the order here, power comes first, and it comes from Him being in you, not from your effort to work harder or try harder to be a better witness. Which means the real question is not how do I get more power, it is how do I get closer to Him, because the power was never separate from the relationship, it flows out of it.

“Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.”Luke‬ ‭10‬:‭19‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

This authority was given, not earned, and it is sustained the same way it was given, through nearness with Him. Spending real time with Him, not rushed, not distracted, actually knowing Him the way you know someone you talk to every day, that is what keeps the vessel clear and the flow uninterrupted. Intimacy is not a bonus on top of power, intimacy is the source for the pipeline itself.

So the vessel stays open the same way it gets filled in the first place, staying close, staying clean, staying humble enough to remember whose power this actually is.

If you have never given your life to Jesus Christ, you can do that right now. Pray this with me: 

Dear Heavenly Father,

I confess that I have sinned, and I believe Jesus died for my sins and rose again on the third day. I ask Jesus, come into my heart and be my Lord and Savior. Thank You for saving me. 
In Jesus’ name,
Amen.

Make today count and see you tomorrow.