Jessica’s Search for God – Who is God? Is my definition right or wrong? Where do I derive my understanding of Him from? Beyond Opinion: Knowing God Through His Word
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2025
*Prayer and Fasting for Asia* – Tomorrow, Thursday, May 8th, 2025 – Intercession with fasting for Asia and the Middle East. Watch and pray and watch. Read the news to provide content for tomorrow’s prayer and fasting! Prepare your heart and ask the Holy Spirit to pray through you as we focus on these lands of over 4.8 billion people. Ask God to give us a heart for the people of Asia. No prayer crosses any roof if not accompanied by compassion. God is a God of the hearts and not of intellect, mental consent, or mind game. Our focus scriptures for Asia and the Middle East are John 3:16; 2 Peter 3:9 ; Ephesians 2:1-16
For salvation, revival, and peace in the region as we call forth God’s rule and reign in Asia and the Middle East.
*JESSICA’S SEARCH FOR GOD*
Jessica traced the worn grooves in the wooden prayer mat, her fingers tracing the same path her grandmother had followed countless times before. The desert wind whispered through the cracked adobe walls, carrying with it the scent of thyme and the distant bleating of goats. Jessica, though raised in the austere traditions of the desert village, felt a growing unease. The God she knew – a God of harsh justice, a God who demanded unwavering obedience – felt increasingly distant, almost cruel.
Her grandmother, eyes clouded with wisdom, had always said God’s will was revealed in the desert’s silence, in the rhythmic pulse of the sun. But Jessica found the silence deafening, the sun’s relentless gaze oppressive. She craved a God of compassion, a God who understood the aching in her heart, the whispered doubts that gnawed at her soul.
She’d stumbled upon a tattered book, its pages filled with unfamiliar symbols and stories. It spoke of a God who wept with humanity, a God who forgave freely, a God who walked among them. This God, this Jesus, felt different. This was a God of love, not just law. Was this a different God, or a different interpretation of the same God?
JESSICA’S village held fast to the old ways. The elders scoffed at the book, calling it heresy. “God’s word is etched in the sand, not in some foreign book,” they declared. But Jessica felt a pull towards the stories, towards the whispers of a different understanding.
One scorching afternoon, a stranger, a traveling merchant, arrived. He carried a worn leather-bound book, similar to the one Jessica had found. He spoke of a God who loved all creation, a God who yearned for connection, not just obedience. He spoke of a God who had walked among humans, suffered with them, and ultimately, offered forgiveness.
Jessica listened, her heart pounding. The merchant’s words resonated with the doubts that had been stirring within her. Was this the God of her grandmother’s stories, or a new revelation?
She returned to the prayer mat, the book tucked beneath it. The desert wind still whispered, but now, a different kind of understanding began to take shape. The silence wasn’t deafening anymore; it was a space for quiet contemplation. The sun’s gaze wasn’t oppressive; it was a reminder of the warmth of a guiding hand.
Jessica realized that the God she sought wasn’t a God defined by a single tradition, a single book, or a single interpretation. It was a God revealed in the whispers of her own heart, in the stories of the past, and in the hopes of the future. It was a God to be discovered, not demanded. Her understanding of Him was not wrong, but incomplete. The different interpretations were not separate Gods, but different facets of the same divine essence. And in that realization, Jessica found peace. God, in her heart, was not a definition, but a journey. ENDS
We live in an age where everyone has an opinion about God—what He’s like, what He wants, how He acts. But human ideas about God are worthless if they aren’t grounded in His Word. *“Your word is truth”* (John 17:17). God doesn’t reveal Himself through feelings, trends, or personal preferences—He reveals Himself through Scripture.
Many today want a God who fits their desires—a God who approves of whatever they approve, who hates what they hate, and who never confronts their sin. But that’s not the God of the Bible. *“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways”* (Isaiah 55:8). We don’t get to edit God down to our comfort level. He defines Himself in His Word, and we either submit to that revelation or worship an idol of our own making.
A superficial view of God—one based on emotions, assumptions, or popular teachings rather than Scripture—leads to a weak faith. *“Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God”* (Romans 10:17). If we don’t know His Word, we don’t really know Him. *“Whoever does not love Me does not keep My words”* (John 14:24).
The Bible shows us who God truly is: holy, just, merciful, sovereign, and unchanging. *“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness”* (2 Timothy 3:16). We must study it deeply, not just skim it for comforting verses.
Don’t settle for a shallow, self-made god. Open His Word. Let Him define Himself. *“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you”* (James 4:8)—but only on His terms, revealed in His truth.
Shalom!
Ambassador Monday O. OGBE
GODS Eagle Ministries GEMs
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