God's faithfulness in London

  • Christelle Visser
  • Oct 11, 2009
    God's faithfulness in London

    God’s faithfulness in London


    As some of you know I went to London for 6 months recently, arriving back in Pretoria in September. For a long time I had dreamt of going – for the adventure and the experience – but I found God slowly changing those. I realised that without Him using me and growing me in the UK, there was no point to the trip. So I started to pray for solid friendships; for opportunities to testify about Him; for his provision for work; and for me to learn more about His character. He did all this and MORE!
     
    The plan was to go to London temporarily, so to get permanent accommodation was difficult. The first spot I found myself in was with friends of a friend, on a futon in their living room – a living room where I grew more spiritually than I thought possible! I had time to read and invest in my relationship with God; time to pray with them; and time to see His promises for me come to pass. It was a short season, but a vital one. Then, it was time to start finding work...
     
    Before leaving for London I had had several prophesies and pictures from God (some of which, to be honest, I was pretty sceptical about). One of them was that I wouldn’t find employment in my line of work (Industrial Psychology) but rather, possibly, with children. Another, that He wanted to take me out of a desert and plant me in a forest... “Well, Lord, you have my attention but you’re going to have to show me what that means,” I said to Him.
     
    A month and a half after arriving in the city I had still found no work and I was starting to get anxious, so I took the ‘road travelled before’ – I applied for work in my area of expertise. It’s funny how we do that – we’re pretty sure God has something else for us but impatience drives us to self sufficiency... One day, while browsing an online Human Resources site I felt the Holy Spirit gently whisper, “It’s not what you want, Stel. Remember the prophesies.” Then and there I realised what it meant to be obedient – it was just one click away. It is one thought, and one decision away. I remember saying. “Okay Father, I surrender and trust your guidance.”
     
    What followed was a wild adventure in faith. I learned that it isn’t easy to wait and trust for His provision, and that that provision doesn’t always take the form I expected, but that He comes through always.  Isaiah 55:8 says, “‘For My thoughts [are] not your thoughts, nor [are] your ways My ways,’ says the LORD. For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts’.”
     
    Just one of the amazing testimonies of my time there was when I lost my cellphone in the middle of London and realised it after 40 minutes at Waterloo station. I heard the Holy Spirit say from Proverbs 3:5-6 <http://www.christnotes.org/bible.php?q=Proverbs+3%3A5-6> , “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight”. Well, I started to do that and prayed for His guidance. In my search for the phone, I got on the wrong bus, but kept on praising Him and asking for direction. After an hour and a half I felt that I should go back to a park where I had lunch. I got there and asked around, when two girls approached me with, ‘Is this what you are looking for?’ YES!!! They had picked it up, were on their way back to work, but felt that they should wait for a little while longer to see if someone came to claim it. I had arrived just in time. I testified to them of God’s goodness and faithfulness, and believe he did something in their hearts.. He uses even a lost cellphone for His glory.
     
    In my 6 months in London I grew so much – learning to be obedient in the small things, the subtle things; experiencing God’s protection, guidance and love… He is faithful.
     
    Christelle Visser