The Inward “No”

Col 1:13 -  Eph 5:5 

The Ruling That Whispers

I have a King. Not one who roars commands from a throne, but One who dwells within—quiet, near.

This morning, I felt His voice again. Not dramatic. Not loud. Just one word: no.

It’s a protective whisper. Not rejection. Not rebuke. A pause. A boundary. A grace.

The world calls it self-control. Courts call it law. But I know it as the ruling presence of the kingdom of the heavens—active in spirit, gentle in authority.

He speaks “no” to save me from pathways I cannot yet see. “No” to remind me who I am beneath the rush and noise. “No” that interrupts not my freedom, but my forgetting.

There are many today who do not hear this voice. They violate boundaries, summon consequences, measure life by external rule. But for the kingdom people—for those who dwell in Spirit—the ruling is already here. At work. Within.

And today, I thank the Lord for the “no.”
For its quietness.
For its clarity.
For how it keeps me close.