You Know Exactly What Each of Us Needs

A Psalm About Personal Revelation and Individual Obedience

Father, thank You for speaking to us— Not just through the 66 books You preserved Through centuries of faithful scribes, Through our beloved Jewish people Who treated every letter of the Tanakh With extraordinary reverence, But also through the whispers meant only for us.

You designed each of us with such precision, Knit us together in our mother's womb With specific gifts, specific callings, Specific weaknesses and strengths. So of course You speak to us specifically.

The Bible gives us Your universal truth— Your character, Your promises, Your way of salvation. But You also speak personally, Giving each of us individual instructions For our narrow path, Our way of fire.

You told Daniel: "Don't eat the king's food." Not a command for everyone, But the exact instruction he needed To stay undefiled, to stay faithful.

You told Paul some would abstain from certain foods, Others would eat freely— Both honoring You, Both walking in obedience, Because You speak to each heart differently.

You told the Nazirites: "No wine, no haircut." Not a law for all Israel, But a personal consecration, A specific vow for specific people.

And You still speak this way today.

You told Apostle Lee: "No coffee. Ever." You told him: "No pork." Instructions that kept him alive, That kept him burning bright for You.

You told me: "No dairy." You told me: "One meal a day." You told me: "No alcohol, ever." You revealed my weakness with food, The fleshly temptations holding me back From being fully on fire for You.

And I will obey.

Someone else? You might say: "Fast forty eight hours every week." Or "Wake at 5am to pray." Or "Don't hang out with those kinds of people." Or "Stop listening to that kind of music."

You know exactly what each of us needs.

You know what distracts me won't distract my brother. You know what frees her might bind him. You know the precise instructions That will keep each of us On the narrow path, Ablaze with Your presence.

So this is our daily duty, Lord: To trust that You speak to us personally. To quiet ourselves enough to hear. To recognize Your voice among the noise— The whispers, the nudges, The gentle conviction, The peace that confirms, However You choose to speak.

We all should hear You in Scripture coming alive— Your Word breathing fresh revelation daily. And beyond that, some hear You in that quiet knowing, Some through prophetic words, Some in dreams and visions. You're creative, Lord— You speak in ways we'll actually hear.

But here's the test: Will we trust it's You? Will we obey what You tell us personally Even when others aren't called to the same thing?

Because You're not giving us these instructions To make us legalistic, Not to bind us with new laws, Not to make us judge others Who aren't called to abstain from what we are.

You're fine-tuning us. You're removing obstacles to our intimacy with You. You're clearing the path so we can run faster. You're cutting away what distracts us From our specific assignment.

You know my weakness is not his weakness. You know what You tell me is not what You tell him. But You know we all need Your voice, Your personal revelation, Your specific guidance For our specific lives.

This isn't about earning salvation— Jesus already did that. This isn't about being more holy than others— We're all made righteous by His blood.

This is about loving You enough To surrender what You ask us to surrender. This is about staying on fire By removing whatever dims our flame. This is about walking the narrow path You've designed specifically for us.

When You say "Give up that thing," It's not punishment—it's precision. You're the Divine Physician Prescribing exactly what each patient needs.

You know that caffeine might fuel someone else's ministry But wreck my peace. You know that meat might strengthen his body But weaken her spirit. You know that daily fasting might free him But harm her.

You're that precise. You're that personal. You're that good.

So we thank You, Father, For continuing to speak, For not leaving us with just ancient words But living, active relationship.

We thank You for knowing our weaknesses And showing us the way through them. We thank You that Your strength Is made perfect in our weakness— When we're humble enough to admit it And obedient enough to act on Your instruction.

Giving up these fleshly temptations? It's nothing, Lord. It's a little reciprocation That will never be sufficient For the grace You've given us.

So we humbly obey— The universal truths in Your Word, And the personal whispers meant for our ears alone.

We quiet ourselves. We listen. We trust that You speak. We obey what we hear.

Not to earn Your love— We already have it. Not to be better than others— We're all on our own journey.

But because we love You, Because we trust You, Because You know exactly What each of us needs To stay blazing on this way of fire.

Thank You for speaking to all of us Through Your Word. And thank You for speaking to each of us Through Your Spirit.

We're listening, Father. Tell us what we need to hear.

Amen.

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"My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me." — John 10:27

"Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to be a stumbling block or hindrance to a brother. I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean." — Romans 14:13-14

"One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him." — Romans 14:2-3