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I want you to imagine something for a moment. Not about your job. Not about your plans this weekend. Not about anything you have going on right now. I want you to imagine you die tomorrow. You're standing in a line. And at the front of that line is God. He's looking at you. And He says something you were not expecting. "My child. You believed in me your entire life. You went to church. You sang the songs. You bowed your head for prayer. You carried my name with you everywhere you went." He pauses. "But did you actually know me?" And you open your mouth to answer. And nothing comes out. Because if you are being honest with yourself, truly honest, you believed in Him. But you are not sure you ever truly knew Him. You knew the stories. You knew the verses. You could recite the Lord's Prayer. You could sing every worship song by heart. But if He asked you right now, when was the last time you sat with me on a Tuesday morning? When was the last time you showed up for me when nobody was watching? When was the last time you spent time in my presence outside of a Sunday service? Could you answer? Or would you stand there in silence? That question kept me up one night about a year ago. I've been a Christian my whole life. I've gone to church almost every Sunday. I've prayed before meals. I've called myself a believer for as long as I can remember. And one night I asked myself a question I had never asked before. Do I actually know God? Or do I just know about Him? There is a difference. And that difference is everything. Knowing about God is going to church. Hearing sermons. Owning a Bible. Saying grace before dinner. Knowing God is showing up for Him daily. Spending time in His Word consistently. Talking to Him not just when you need something but because you want to be in His presence. And I realized I had spent my entire life on the wrong side of that line. I wasn't showing up. I wasn't consistent. I had no daily structure. No rhythm. No habit of actually being with God outside of Sunday morning. The distance between me and God was much further than I thought. I was a man who believed in God but didn't really know Him. When I found the One Minute with God for Men devotional, everything changed. It’s three hundred and sixty-five daily devotions that each fit on one page each and take just sixty seconds to complete. Each day is centered around a real theme men face, and you get Scripture, a devotion that walks you through it, supporting verses in God's Response, a promise from God, and a prayer. You don't need thirty minutes or an hour. All it takes is one minute. By the end of the first week, I started to notice something I had never experienced before. I wasn't just reading about God. I was there with Him. I was talking to Him throughout the day. I was hearing from Him in ways I never had when I was only showing up on Sundays. My prayer life came back, and it wasn't forced or routine, it was real. My wife actually noticed the change before I did and told me I seemed more grounded, more patient, and more present. For the first time in my life, I was consistent. I was showing up for God every single day. And the reason I was actually able to stick with it is because it's built so you can't fail. One minute is all it asks, there's no falling behind, and if you miss a day you just pick it back up the next morning. It was made for men like me who are exhausted and busy and want to know God but never had something simple enough to actually make it a daily habit. Because here is what I know now after a year of showing up. God is not impressed by how many Sundays you attended. He is not moved by how many worship songs you sang. He wants you to know Him. Not know about Him. Know Him. And you cannot truly know someone you never spend time with. You cannot build a relationship with someone you only see once a week. You cannot stand before God one day and say "I knew you" if you never showed up for Him daily. That is what this devotional changed for me. One minute a day gave me the structure I never had. That structure built a habit. That habit built a real relationship with God. And that relationship changed everything about who I am as a man, a husband, and a father. Do not stand before God one day and realize you had your entire life to know Him and never showed up. Do not let another year go by where you believe in Him but never spend daily time with Him. Do not be the man who gets to heaven and hears, "You believed in me, but you never really knew me." Start showing up for him daily, even if it’s for just one minute. Tap below and grab yours.