I want to begin by expressing my sincere gratitude to each of you who faithfully listens to my stories on Radio Pulpit. I vividly recall recording a message of hope for War Veterans while I was climbing high in the mountains. The heartfelt and honest feedback I received was overwhelming.
Following
another broadcast, I received a personal invitation to coffee in Koffiefontein,
should I ever be in the area. I accepted and was astonished to learn that the
woman herself hadn't sent the message. Unable to read or write, she had asked
her daughter to write it for her. As we chatted over coffee, Radio Pulpit
played softly in the background as it usually does the whole day in her house.
In between, she quoted Scripture verbatim, from memory. Smiling, she explained
that she memorizes each Sunday's Scripture passages. Her heart is a fountain of
living water from the Word, proving that obedience, not literacy, is key.
This past
weekend, I joined Marelise at a Touching Hearts ministry in Bethlehem. A woman
shared that she listens to my stories on Tuesdays at 10:00 AM. Later, her
husband told us that the Lord had laid the word "petrol" on his
heart. He insisted on filling our car before we drove back to Lindley, simply
out of obedience, unsure why.
To our
amazement, the pump stopped at exactly R777.70. Seven-777 – surely not a
coincidence. It was a holy sign in the mundane, a divine signature on a petrol
slip. In Scripture, the number seven represents rest, fullness, and liberation,
and the Lord's Prayer contains seven petitions directed to the Father.
Everything, even a petrol pump, can become a pulpit.
On the way
home, we stopped to buy a few things. The total: R111.55. One-one-one – a
threefold confirmation of new beginnings, spiritual awakening, and grace
flowing in abundance.
This
reminds me of my prayer-walks, several of which have measured exactly 153
kilometers. Searching the Bible, I found in John 21:9 that the disciples hauled
in a net containing 153 fish. The number 153, for years just a number, started unfolding
like a heavenly code.
Our lives
are woven with signs – numbers, encounters, a chance word, an unexpected gift.
These are not mere coincidences, but the whisper of the heavens to the earth,
the invisible to the visible. I want to be awake – with all my heart, my eyes
and my ears open to the messages hidden in the smallest of things.
May we see
the ever-present God in everything around us and experience Him fully – even on
the road, at the pump, in a number on a slip, in the smile of a listener who
cannot read, but knows the Word.
Prayer
with seven petitions:
Our Father
Who is in heaven,
1. hallowed be Your name;
2. Your kingdom come;
3. Your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven;
4. Give us this day our daily bread;
5. And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors;
6. And lead us not into temptation,
7. but rescue us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
May you discover and enjoy God's heavenly treasures here on earth in full measure today. And may your eyes be open to a sevenfold blessing – and the 153 fish – on your own life's journey.
