A monthly column in which Julita Kok shares on living adventurously with God
Since Covid, I have been travelling from the one country to the next, doing what God tells me to do.
Do not get me wrong, it is extremely exciting and sometimes very adventurous and I love an adventure with God. But since October last year, when I returned from Singapore, I was extremely tired and I knew I have to rest sometime. But I had two very big events planned. One was Praise South Africa and the other a three-day conference with international speakers. And then I have Matt Redman coming in September on his SA tour and I have three more events happening this year. And in between I have speaking engagements, which I love, and then I also have the mandates God sends me on. All of this keeps me very busy. Then there is writing and the music industry, my family and my time with God.
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Somewhere along the line you compromise on something to keep it all going if you do not take time to rest. And rest has two sides. Physical rest where you relax, do the things you love and just slow down the pace. And then there is rest in God. Rest in God is not a place of doing nothing, but a spiritual place where you trust that He is God and in control and nothing can disrupt you as the burden is always the Lord’s. And that is a difficult place to “reach”, but not at all impossible. It is a good place to operate from.
I asked Him to open up my calendar
The Word tells me His mercies are new every morning, so I asked Him to open up my calendar for the months of June and July. I need some of this new mercy every morning. I do not want any invitations or work in those two months and I asked Him for the perfect place to rest and I would also like to write my next book during this break away.
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Of course, I received no invitations or work for June and July and I had a lady messaging me, saying she feels to tell me they have a holiday home in Underberg and it is available to me as long as I want. She knows nothing of what I asked the Lord.
Now this place is in the Drakensberg. It is one of the most beautiful places in South Africa and very rural. At the foot of the famous Sani Pass going into Lesotho.
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Of course, I message her back asking if I can make use of her offer during June and July and the reply comes: “As long as you want.”
Why am I telling you all this? I have learned in my life to take everything to God first. My calendar belongs to Him, in other words, my time. So that is the first thing I give to Him to arrange and fill up. And so He does. I also asked Him about my wish to go to the US this year; things I need to go do there, but it did not seem that I was able to make this happen. I also asked Him about my wanting to do something different this December. Now, you may think it strange, but I give all of these to the Lord and then I wait, see how He works it out. Last week I got an invitation to come to Colorado in December for a gettogether of global apostolic leaders to see what God is doing in the world. And just like that, I know where I will be in December.
June and July I will be spending time, not only at the foot of the Drakensberg, but also at the feet of Jesus. I desperately need time with Him alone. It has been too busy. And I need to write my next book and I need fresh air and nature around me. And I love mountains. This BIG God knows all of these things and He worked in the heart of a lady I only met once, to offer me her perfect holiday home. Everything I want and need, and I do not have to pay anything for it. It is a blessing to me.
Deciding to believe Him
People often ask me what it is like to live a life of faith and how I do it. My answer is always the same. It is a wonderful life. It is scary and unknown, but you get to know God in ways that you would never otherwise and to me, this is the best part. And as time passes and I go on more and more faith trips with Him, He builds a track record with me and I know that I know that I know, that He is God. I never tell Him how to be God and I never think that it will not happen. I know that it will, I just do not know how and that is okay with me. A long time ago I decided to believe Him on who He says He is. Not my friends or my pastor, but who He says He is. And THAT…. I can “bank” on.
So once again, He has proven Himself to me. I am so well provided for. People look at me and they think I am so wealthy as I travel the world all the time, but I never have the money. It happens as I go along. If you wait until you have all the money, it will not happen. Just start believing and doing what your hand finds to do, one step at a time. If I have my first tank of petrol (gas), I can go, as I know the next one will come when I need it. And sometimes it does happen that God provides me with overflow; total overflow and then I know I can hand out as I go. I have never been stuck somewhere. He was always within that situation.
Knowing the God of the impossible
So with this small testimony of God’s provision yet again, and how He arranges my time, I want to challenge you to dare to believe. Be it health, provision, work, relationships — dare to believe that He is who He says He is. If you can trust this, everything will change. You will come to know a God for whom nothing is impossible, just as the Bible says. To have relationship with this One and only true God is a wonderful, scary, magnificent thing .
I will be handing out Bibles in Lesotho in their language as well as Zulu Bibles in Kwa-Zulu Natal. Nothing like reading the Word in your own language. It makes all the difference. And I love giving Bibles away. And then I will see where God leads me. He chose this place so He has plans and I have learned that His plans are spectacular. Many times soooo scary, but there is no courage without fear so I always take courage and just do it. Mostly all the times of taking courage, I realised that my fears had no ground.
When I go up the Sani Pass, I will most definitely visit the highest pub in Africa. It is soooo cold up there, but they have the best hot chocolate with marshmallows. Absolutely worth the trip when you stand there and simply gasp at the view. Another beautiful place God is just showing off His handiwork. Spectacular!
I am looking forward to my time with the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit in Underberg and I know that He will refresh me, teach me, show me His mysteries and use me. And may you too, step out in faith and say, Father, here I am — use me.
My next writings will be from there, probably sharing on why He chose this beautiful place. I will find out as I step into it and will share with you all.
May God give you courage to believe Him for who He is and may you too have the God adventures of your life. I always set out to go change some lives and then my life gets changed the most. You cannot be in the presence of the Almighty One and not be changed. To see how He loves people has the greatest impact on me. I cannot wait to experience this again on my next trip. May God, and God alone, be glorified.
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