Zoe life of God

Zoe. The Zoe life of God.

It's been almost 1.5 years since I got baptized on the 18th of Sept 2010. 2010 was easily the toughest year of my life because I lost 2 people/thing that were closest to my heart for the longest period of time. That year, it felt like my world came to a standstill, and every day of my life, I felt like I was carrying a physical body void of life. I was a lifeless person and I didn't know if I was going to experience joy anymore. My friends told me there was no life when they look into my eyes. Yes, looking back, I have every good reason to say I was going through depression.
Then came my 21st birthday. More than just celebrating a milestone in my life, I celebrated adulthood. I was asked whether I wanted to be baptized. My parents are non believers, conservative atheists I would say, and they believed that being baptized would change me radically. No, it is not that I don't honour or respect their decisions but I thought I was sensible and old enough to make my choice. And I badly needed/ wanted something that could bring life back to my soul again. So renouncing my faith and declaring myself as a child of God through water baptism was the next step I needed to take.

Choosing my baptism name was easy. I wanted the breath of God upon my life, to be within me. Yes, Zoe is a common name even amongst non believers. But I was convicted that I needed the Zoe life of God inside of me.

For some people, going through water baptism can radically transform their lives. Yes, there are many testimonies of people who step into the water and leave as a new man practically. People who struggled with drugs/alcohol/smoking and couldn't get rid of these vices literally died to their flesh and addictions the moment they step out. For me, it wasn't as exciting, but that is not to say my baptism was merely some religious routine.

And they say, you are either your name or you aspire to be your name. For me, I started experiencing what it means to be Zoe, slowly but so surely. I started experiencing the joy of the Lord, the peace, the love, and more than everything else, the life of God which took over and resurrected a body that contained a 2 years old dead soul.

It doesn't matter to me that Zoe is a common name, because it is my personal revelation that I am Zoe, and I have the Zoe life of God inside of me :)