Testimony- 1 (Rahel)

Testimony- 1

By Rahel

I can relate so well with Jonah. Here’s a list of our similarities:

1. I was disobedient to God. I was in a relationship which I placed as number 1 in my life. This led me to lowering the standards of God in my life and by doing so, being disobedient to Him.

2. I had a sense of guilt and shame for a lot of time that I was in that relationship because of my own disobedience.

3. I lost much of my testimony because I made myself so available to others. I was also not displaying Christ in my own life, so how could I be a testimony for the one I was even in a relationship with?

4. My disobedience has led to Suffering of not just myself but many who were invested in the relationship.

Here’s the beauty of it all:

1. Because God loves me He always has a marvelous plan for my life.

2. He’s been so kind, merciful and gracious to me. Not once has He left me.

3. I was at a point where I saw many red flags in the relationship and knew I had to get out of it though I had been in it for a number of years because Christ was not the centre. However, I could not do it on my own. God in His grace and mercy brought me out of a situation which I put myself in.

4. Just like there was a storm in Jonah’s situation where he had to be thrown out of the boat to do God’s will, God allowed a storm in the form of a painful wisdom tooth to grow (needing surgery – or so we thought) that led me to coming home.  I needed this time away to spend much time in fervent prayer.  The result was that the relationship which I held so dear ended.  

I went from being dead in my walk with the Lord, quenching the Holy Spirit, to now being in love with my Maker and the One who died for me. My True Love - All because of the GRAVE that brought me GRACE.

I also thank God for my parents and other family members who kept praying for me without ceasing that I would know God’s will for my life.  God is indeed faithful!