Though this testimony refers to an event which happened approximately seven years ago we are still experiencing the fruit there-of. As mentioned before we have experienced some difficult times in our life’s. On one occasion I was unemployed. We trusted God and God took care of us. One day I was offered a job after being unemployed for some time.
I accepted the offer as building foreman immediately. However I became reluctant when I was told that I will supervise the building of a mosque in Mayfair, Johannesburg. The next morning I went to site. As I was walking on site I experienced a strange feeling of disappointment and downheartedness. It felt as if the Spirit of God has left me. I was preaching Jesus Christ yet I intended building a mosque. By nine that morning I phoned my new employer and resigned.
On my way home I nearly burst into tears. Not because I was unemployed again but more for the fact that I betrayed Jesus Christ. I went to see a local Pastor who assured me that God will honor me for the choice I made. Soon after that I was offered another job and two weeks after that I got another offer. Today after six years I am still with this contractor and God has blessed us.
My reason for sharing this with you is to assure you that God will take care of you. However we must take note that life isn’t easy and at times we will face difficult choices.
Hierdie getuienis is wel omtrent ‘n gebeurtenis wat sowat sewe jaar gelede plaasgevind het. Maar ek pluk vandag steeds die vrug daarvan. Soos ek reeds genoem het, het ek en my gesin verskeie swaar tye beleef. By geleentheid was ek werkloos. Ons het op die Here vertrou en Hy het daagliks vir ons ge-onderneem. Op ‘n dag het ek ‘n werksaanbieding gekry nadat ek reeds ‘n hele ruk werkloos was.
Die aanstelling was as bouvoorman. Ek het sonder aarseling die pos aanvaar maar toe deel hul my mee dat ek verantwoordelik sou wees vir die oprigting van ‘n moskee in Mayfair, Johannesburg. Ek is die volgende oggend met ‘n swaar gemoed na die terein. Ek verkondig immers Christus en nou wil ek ‘n moskee gaan bou. By die terein aangekom het ‘n vreemde swaarmoedigheid my oorval. Ek kon fisies aanvoel dat die Gees in my in opstand kom. Teen nege-uur die oggend het ek my nuwe werkgewer gekontak en onmiddelik bedank.
Op pad huis toe het ek bykans gehuil, nie net oor die feit dat ek weer werkloos was nie maar ook uit berou dat ek bykans my geloof en Christus verloen het. Ek het met ‘n leeraar gaan gesels en hy het my verseker dat die Heer my besluit sal eer. Kort daarna is ek ‘n pos by ‘n ander kontrakteur aangebied. Twee weke later is ek egter ‘n beter pos aangebied by een van die land se grootste kontrakteurs. Vandag, meer as ses jaar later, is ek steeds in diens by die maatskappy. Die Heer het inderdaad vir ons ge-onderneem. Partykeer moet ons moeilike besluite neem maar ek weet verseker dat die Heer sy woord gestand doen as ons Hom kies bo enigiets anders.
Johan Terblanche – Christ Alone Ministries
johan.terblanche@telkomsa.net
