Saturday 16th November 2019.
It is my “OFF” weekend here on the farm near Middleburg in the Old Transvaal.“OFF” means I am not looking after Henk this weekend, as our schedule says. It is me, Barend and the Malawian couple who takes turn in watching over #Henk.
But this morning I don’t want to talk or write about Henk.It is the subject of AGAINST ALL ODDS!
Sometime during the year I was watching the video with the name
“AGAINST ALL ODDS”, and as I was pondering on what happened in the video, about
the battles in Israel and the supernatural victory they have accomplished, the
Lord reminded me of all the battles I also have been fighting and I HAVE
VICTORY over numerous situations.
AGAINST
ALL ODDS!
Let me start at the beginning. And I know this will blow your mind
that only ONE PERSON can experience so many testimonies, but listen; this is
not about me, but about THE ONE WHO MAKES ME VICTORIOUS! As the Scripture says, I am More Than a
Conqueror Through Christ!
I always said that my whole life is a Testimony, but little did I know, that it was really true.My childhood days weren’t what most people would take as for granted. I didn’t grow up where everything was good. But somehow God used even that for my Victory.
I met my 1st husband, yes; I was married twice, due to an argument between my parents. I was to give my witness of what had happened in our house. I was only 18 years old. I was taken out of school by my mother after she decided I’m done with school. That was in my standard 9 year, now grade 10. We’ve been married for 21 years, exactly, day and date before our divorce.
But in those years I didn’t know God. We were part of the old Dutch
Reform Church where the Holy Spirit and Hearing God’s voice didn’t have very
much place. I can hardly remember reading the Bible. Until one stage,
strangely, when my marriage starts falling apart. In that time I would read
scripture and it felt as if I was answered.
There was a time when I know our financial situation wasn’t good.
The elders of our church came by to collect our offerings. I remember I sat at
the table of our dining room that one afternoon, and wrote a cheque for an
amount which wasn’t in our bank, not at that stage.
I didn’t mention it to my husband. Just handed the envelope to the
elders of the church.
Leaving it just there.
In that same week my (ex) husband received some letters in the post
from the bank. I still didn’t say a word about the cheque. He left the envelope
on the kitchen cupboard unopened for a few days. On the day he opened it, he
just mentioned that the bank have increased our overdraft limit to an amount so
that we could manage for the next few months!
AGAINST
ALL ODDS…… our salaries or income didn’t
change!
He still doesn’t know about my cheque as seed that I sowed towards our tithing.Later, shortly before we divorce, I was sitting next to the little water stream in the nature reserve just around the corner from where we stayed. As I was watching this Kwikkie, (little bird) hopping from stone to stone in the water, I noticed a young tree in the stream of water coming down. And suddenly I heard in my mind: (I didn’t realized at that stage it was the voice of the Lord, Holy Spirit speaking to me)
“You are just like that little tree. The floods of life will come
rushing over you, but you will ALWAYS arise, stand up straight, as your roots
are GROUNDED!”
I didn’t quite understand what it meant at that stage. I didn’t even know God’s voice. I didn’t even know that He could speak to you by means of nature. I wasn’t at a place of KNOWING HIM IN A RELATIONSHIP.
After our divorce I remarry for the second time. I didn’t do it out of my own free will. I however realized that God is at work. By this time I got to a place of praying and asking for God’s will, which He then started to answer me in various ways.During this marriage I was abused, physically as well as emotionally. I took up singing classes after this was my one big dream for many years. My ex-husband would always silent me as I was singing with every song on radio, in the car or in the house.
One evening, after a huge fight in our house, one of the biggest
miracles happened. It was the same evening of the Eisteddfod diploma event.
Everyone who was training somewhere was to perform your act of either singing,
dancing or speaking in front of an audience. For me this was quite new,
although I have entered the previous year for my singing, and won a SILVER
certificate, at the age of 44, YES FOURTY FOUR!
But this specific evening, after the fight, I sat at the dining room
table, talking to God about what has just happen.
I said, “Lord, You know this is my BIG DREAM, YOU know I was looking forward to
this event” I was really working hard in that year. The next moment God
answered me in audible voice:
“GO, I AM GOING WITH YOU”
I stood up from the table and went to my room to get dressed. I was
a little late, as everyone was already seated once I arrived at the state
theatre in Nelspruit. I prayed outside the door, walked in and sat next to my
lady teacher.
Once they called my name, I walked onto the stage and sang to all my
abilities. Late Christa Steyn was our examiner for the evening. They started to
call out the names of firstly all the Bronze diplomas, then the Silver. My name
wasn’t mentioned at all. I was waiting to see who is getting their diplomas.
Then, they called my name. In Christa Steyn’s own hand writing: GOLD, at t the age of 45, and after a
huge abusive evening. The next day I went to the doctor first, and then to the
police station to lay charge of my experience. The doctor’s note was evident of
the state of my injuries the night before.
I
RECEIVED MY GOLD SERIFICATE! AGAINST ALL ODDS!
Needless to say, we were married for only 4 years. On the evening of the 20th December 2006, God clearly showed me my time there was over. By that time I already bought my own new vehicle. My husband at that stage then settled the whole amount as a gift after the mess of our marriage.During the divorce case I only noted that I want to take my own stuff out of our house and settle. I didn’t ask for anything else, for instance any other way of provision. I did have my own job and salary, no kids to look after. I could manage myself. Nothing was noted in any way of provision for my future. Not at all. Not by me, nor by my attorney.
I did though have to cancel some of my own policies to receive
income on a savings plan. On the day of our divorce case, the Judge granted me:
MEDICAL
COVER FOR LIFE AND MAINTENANCE FOR LIFE! AGAINST
ALL ODDS!
After moving from Nelspruit to Pretoria in the beginning of 2007, I also asked God to guide my steps. It ends up that the company I worked for at that stage was sold, and some of our staff was called to the city office. Once again God stepped in. The new company paid my moving costs in total, as some of the office stuff was also coming with my furniture.BUT…. I wasn’t supposed to rent a unit. God laid it on my heart to buy an apartment. I never in my whole life owned any property, except for my new car, which was now completely settled.
I once again prayed and asked God to show me His plan. I asked for a
specific place to stay. It must have a nice sink roof sun stoep. I GOT EXACTLY
THAT. BRAND NEW!
My daughter and I signed as co-owners of a unit in Pretoria.
Everything went exceptional well. Then in 2008 I suddenly was without a job for
four months. I arranged with the bank. In that same time I have been in an
accident where a tipper trucks’ brakes failed, and hit my car. My mother (own)
lied to my ex-husband about my financial situation, on which he decided to stop
all forms of paying my maintenance.
ALL IN THE SAME PERIOD!
I was without any income, completely. I had to make a payment towards the excess of my car’s repairs. I was in arrears of my levies at my apartment, no money for nothing.Then one day I prayed and asked God to please intervene in my case. I remember I sat in my loft at my desk. I took a piece of paper, and wrote all my expenses down. The amount ends up near about R100 000.00 (hundred thousand rand). In 2008 that was quite a lot of money which I didn’t know where it was going to come from.
BUT GOD!
On month-end during the night, all my debit orders will go through,
notifying me with SMS’s. And again will be reversed also notifying me with
SMS’s. And so my debt amount at the bank will just increase. Until one night,
after the previous night’s SMS’s, only one SMS came through on my phone. I said
to God, what hasn’t gone through yet? I picked my cell phone from next to my
bed, put on the bed light, and read the message:
Paid to your account: R107
000.00 – reference pension fund A. Bezuidenhout.
This was part of my first husband’s duties to me after we got
divorced. He was to pay me the part of his pension fund that was due to me. As
I couldn’t ask for maintenance from him, as the kids were already out of the
house and working. I was working and self sustainable. NO Provision for my
future was available.
ALL MY
OUTSTANDING DEBT CANCELLED IN ONE MOMENT – AGAINST ALL ODDS!
In 2009, after this God showed me to go back to court and to fight
for my current maintenance which God allowed me to have, but after my mom’s
lies was taken away from me. God said to
me: “The
first time I fought for you, No you are going to fight for yourself”
On one morning, the right time, you don’t just do something, you ask God to guide you, and I went back to the Maintenance Court in Pretoria. I sat there the whole day. Looking onto all the files stack against the wall, I thought to myself, only God can do a miracle here. The guy who helped me apologies for kept me there the entire day. He took my details, as well as my declaration of what and how this happened. He promised to keep me updated. Again I was without any form of income. In total I was without a salary for 13 months altogether. I was without any income for four months in 2008 and 9 months in 2009 until the beginning of February 2010, where God again opened up a New Door to a new job.Shortly after my visit to the court, one morning I received a call from a lady from Nelspruit, where my second husband was working. She checked on me to confirm that my statement was true, she also checked on my banking details, and finished the conversation by saying you will get your maintenance in the next week as was supposed to be.
I
RECEIVED ALL OUTSTANDING MAINTENANCE AS WELL AS WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO GET –
AGAINST ALL ODDS!
What the enemy was trying
to steal from me, GOD HELPED ME GET ALL OF THAT BACK!
While, in the meantime I couldn’t pay my bond towards my apartment, I was totally honest with the bank as they knew exactly what my situation was. I couldn’t pay them due to my circumstances. Yet they phoned me every month and I still received my bond statements in the post at my post box.Until that one morning after I started to work again, I received a letter in the mail that was a notice from an Attorney company: I WAS HANDED OVER for poor payments on my apartment.
Immediately I took the letter, placed it on the car seat next to me:
“Lord YOU KNOW everything. You know exactly what my circumstances were. I am
not going to fight this battle on my own. This is my GOLIATH, and I will WIN”
All of a sudden, I received calls from Auctioneers, even from a sequestration company. I was supposed to hand my car to my son. A lot of things were all of a sudden happening. But the most amazing thing was that I wasn’t receiving any of this while I was still staying in my apartment and yet no letters of them were delivered to me.And then on that one Saturday morning, while on my way to the bank, with all my documents, I prayed and asked God to guide my steps. “God, you know I am on my way to the bank. You Know my circumstances. You know everything that happened to me. This is not MY FIGHT. I surrender this to you.”
As I was walking in the Mall, I suddenly clearly heard God’s Voice –
Audible:
“Sign off. Your time is
over.”
I immediately stopped there in my tracks. I took my cell phone and phone the guy from the auctioneers. “Allan, I am ready to sign the papers. I’ll meet you in an hour’s time” We signed the papers. And as I have already started to pay again after I have been assigned to a new job, Allan told me to stop ALL PAYMENTS, which I did. The auction only took place in November, and I started to pay in April. After Allan’s advice I stopped the payments after only about two or three payments.The auction took place and the bid amount was accepted, more than R100 000.00 less than my original purchase amount, and that after 3 years of me staying in the apartment.
In 2011 one day I received a bank statement from the bank which
showed R0.00 R0.00 R0.00 in all the columns.
And as I was still trying to figure out what the statement actually
says, GOD SAID, IT’S PAID IN FULL.
I could clearly see an amount of about R260 000.00 something rand was showing in the debit and credit columns.Later on some attorney’s office phoned me one morning at the office, claiming I still owe them money. I felt my heart beat in my throat. “Lord, I am not going to stand against this Goliath again”, and clearly the Lord said to me: “send them your testimony”!
Well, at that stage I didn’t even know I had a testimony. I’ve sent
the email:
WHAT GOD ORDERS, GOD PAYS, AND HE PAYS IT IN FULL.
So, until today I didn’t pay a cent extra of what God told me to pay.What was the whole amount I paid on my apartment?
Let’s make the calculations.
I moved to my apartment in August of 2007. I only started to pay
round about October or November that year, due to the unfinished business of
the apartment.
About R18 000.00 short of
payments for 2007
My bond payment was about R9000.00
I paid until I lost my job in 2008. In 2008 I was without any income for 4 months =
R36 000.00 short of payment
After I got a job for a short period and started to repay, after
arrangements with the bank, they recalculated my monthly payment from R9000.00
down to R6000.00. I paid for a few months until I was again without a job from
June 2009 – February 2010
SHORT PAYMENT IN 2009 = R81
000.00 which was now reduced to R54 000.00 which I in any case couldn’t pay!
So for 13 months I didn’t pay at all.
I STAYED
FOR FREE = R117 000.00 + outstanding amount of R260 000.00 =R377 000.00 CLEARED
OFF. MY ACCOUNT! AGAINST ALL ODDS!
After the auction I was told to stop all payments until the new owner’s documents was done. The new owners then asked me to stay on with a new even lower payment of only R5000.00 per month. It only increased to R6000.00 years later again.After the auction it took about another 3 – 4 months until I started to pay the new rent with the new owners. Another about R20 000.00 FREE ACCOMOCATION
With the auction took
place all my levies were also cleared – R7000.00 plus-minus.
For many years the bank tried to collect the outstanding amount of
R260 000.00 which according to them was still outstanding. What did God told
me? WHAT GOD ORDERS, GOD PAYS AND HE PAYS IT IN FULL God did the fighting for
me. And as He said to me on the floor of my loft one day, “Be Still and Know I
am God” And He showed Himself faithful in the face of my enemies.
Later in 2014 God again started to talk to me about taking a
Sabbatical Year. I didn’t know what it is, what I am supposed to do or how it
will be. But I was prepared in my Spirit for “something” that is happening.
On the 29th January 2015 again in audible voice God clearly said: “Resign on the 1St February”I was so shocked as it was only 3 days before the 1st of February.I resigned on the Monday morning which was then the 2nd of February, as the 1st was on the Sunday. Was I scared? NO… BECAUSE, OBEDIENCE HAS GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH A FEELING!
And throughout this whole Sabbatical Journey which lasted 4 Years, God prove Himself faithful again.I was provided with funds, with perfume with clothes, with food, with houses to stay in. Even my son’s car was available in times when he was away from home with his work.
One of the most powerful testimonies again was in 2017 where God told me to sign up as a voluntarily worker at the IT’S TIME EVENT 21 April 2017 in Bloemfontein with Uncle Angus.I didn’t know how I was going to get there or where I was going to stay. I had only R100.00 (one hundred rand note) in my purse.
On the morning of the 13th of April when God told me to sign up for this big event, I immediately started to make arrangements. I was looking for a lift on my Facebook page. An old friend offered me place to stay in their house as they were going away for the long weekend, arranged long before the event was announced.I couldn’t get a lift. The Lord then showed me I have my son’s car available. I arranged with him, and he agreed that I could use his car. OKAY, so now I have to get funds to get to Bloemfontein.
Then God told me to get sponsors for my fuel. I never in the entire length of my Sabbatical Journey as I called it, asked ANYBODY ANYTHING. I would make all my needs known to the Lord, and He used whoever He needs fit to provide for me. In ANYTHING.So, I spoke to the Lord and asked Him to show me whom I can contact, as He would know who is going to sponsor me. So I choose my contacts vere carefully.
Within 20 minutes I had R800.00. I knew everything was going to work out. All my stuff was already packed since the Lord told me to sign up. Then an unforeseen debit order went through as there was no money in my bank account. The next moment God told me to go and reverse the amount of about R400.00. I fill up my son’s car. Went to the bank, reverse the amount, after which the bank officer told me would not be possible. REALLY? Do you think God will send me there to reverse the amount if He knew it won’t be possible?At the end of the weeks work at IT’S TIME in Bloemfontein I ended up with
Over R15
000.00 IN MY BANK ACCOUNT – AGAINST ALL ODDS!
During this Sabbatical Journey God provided for me to stay in Houses, which HE CHOOSE. People who was handpicked for His Purpose and His Plan.Places for only a certain period of time. In these houses I was provided with food, electricity, house cleaners, even gardeners… All household appliances for me to use for instance washing machines, stoves, microwaves, everything you can think of, while all my stuff was in storage.
ALSO FOR FREE FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS!
I was driven around in these peoples cars. I used to say: “People
get me in their cars and they take me places” I was even given a car to use in
one specific place.
I LACKED
IN NOTHING!
So, while I was doing what God told me to do, He was looking after
me. I was serving the family and God was providing for me through them. As one
lady told me the other day, “you don’t know the effect of your presence in
those houses. Everything that God did through you while you were staying in
those houses and with those families.”
During my Sabbatical Journey (as I called it, because there is no other way to explain what I have experienced in these 4 years) I also discovered with a Huge shock that my original name was changed when I was a little girl of about 14 months. It was a Huge shock as I say, and everything around that was only revealed to me in 2015. The most amazing thing was that God gave me the Script of Jeremiah 1:5 where God said: “He Called me by my NAME”, but in the same year I learned about my name that was changed. God started to talk to me about my NAME! He called me by my NAME!
So in 2016 while I was staying in Potchefstroom at that stage, a
woman revealed to me that morning: “your NAME IS NOT YOUR NAME”!
I told her, “you don’t have a clue of what you are saying now”.
That was the start of my TRUE Identity. God revealed more and more to me to take my name back. In 2017 I was again told: “God cannot release you in your calling unless you take YOUR NAME BACK”!In 2017 I then went to reregister myself with my original name. At the same time I was talking to God about getting connected to some ministry offices, anything where I can just start doing something again.
That one morning as I was having my quiet time, God told me to send
my Testimonies out as a CV. Again I
asked God to show me to whom I must send it. I had three testimonies as
recorded at Radio Pulpit on my phone. I choose my contacts with great care. I
received a lot of references. And then I also received this one phone call from
a man who said: “I don’t want to waste your data or airtime. I want you to come
and see me.” We made an appointment. My son was home at that stage and he took me
to meet with this man and his wife.
Without any letter on paper I was ordained as a Pastor! AGAINST ALL ODDS!
HOW? God said He cannot release me in my CALLING UNLESS I TAKE MY
NAME BACK!
I always used to say while I was staying alone in my apartment: “It takes 12 years to go through school. (my mom took my from school before my time was done) Then if you want a degree, you have to study another 7 years. Then you do your practical, and only then you will get your degree”
So, how did I got my Pastor’s degree? I was studying through Christ in my apartment, on my own. God coach me through all these Major Testimonies. Then He sent me out on my practical “Sabbatical Journey” and then I got my Degree!
What is God’s promise in His Word?
“Now unto Him
WHO, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us,
is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above
all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desire,
thoughts, hopes or dreams] Eph 3:20
What was my PAYLESS INCOME IN THESE 5 YEARS?
God
provided my homes, my food, my mobility, my electricity, my cleaners, my
clothes, toiletries, even expensive perfume.
Do the calculations
on basic very low cost expenses:
Standard
home: R6000.00
Electricity: R1000.00
Food R2500.00
Servant R2000.00
Vehicle R3000.00
R14
500.00 pm. x 5 years
GOD’S
PROVISION OVER 5 YEARS (more or less) = R870 000.00 – AGAINST ALL ODDS!
God provided me with a car – paid
in full
I received my Gold certificate
after an abusive evening.
I received my apartment paid in
full.
I stayed in houses I didn’t built,
food I didn’t buy, with money I didn’t have.
I am debt free!
I received my Degree…..
AGAINST ALL ODDS!
maletatsi 