In my last blog I mentioned that we had the opportunity to lead a Bible Study at the church in Athens. As well as learning a new lesson in submission to God, I also heard something expressed in a way that I have never heard before, and in a way that I hope I will never forget.
At this Bible Study there was a beautiful woman of God named Sheila. Sheila is originally from Zimbabwe. ( A place in which I am now convinced I have to visit in meeting Sheila, Sheila’s daughter and her daughter’s friend) My goodness does this woman have a heart for Jesus!!! She is amazing!!! She has this quiet strength about her, yet she is sweet and incredibly feminine and beautiful. I can’t help hoping to be a woman like her someday. Although I was only able to spend a few hours with her she touched me in a way that few people have on this journey.
In the Bible Study she said several different things that were soaked in wisdom. But there was something very simple yet incredibly profound in regards to intimacy with God that she said that I just loved.
She said “Even if we have the same God, I don’t want to serve your God, I want to serve MY God”.
She talked about having an intimate experience with the Father that was all her own. That it didn’t matter what “so-and-so” experienced with God, she wanted her own experiences with God. She didn’t want to serve “Jordan’s God” in and of that she should have my experiences she wanted to serve “Her God”. He meant that much to her, that it wasn’t good enough to have someone else’s version / intimacy with God… she wanted her own.
I absolutely loved this thought!! “MY GOD”. He is mine… He is intimate and personal and my and your relationships with God are completely unique, even though He is absolutely the same God.
“I want to serve MY GOD!”
