When I was in Egypt, my husband suddenly messaged me one afternoon that the landlady has given a quick notice. They had barely spent four months and the rent was to be due by December. I didn't know what would have warranted this. "Oh Lord, I'm not ready for this", I mumbled.
We have had a lot of bad experiences with her two previous apartment and land ladies, intact, we planned never to leave in any compound where the house owner stayed but it was a common phenomenon in the city and the search for such apartment, void of landlady, is an absolutely impossible situation.
"What happened "? I quickly asked, I was already quite disoriented. First, because It was unexpected, Second, I had my own personal troubles at that time, Third, because house hunting is not a child play and I knew the amount of effort he put in before he secured this apartment while I was overseas.
"Nothing ", he replied.
"Was there a fight"? No, he replied.
It was only then that I was relieved. I hate for us to have any fight with house owner because the last apartment we lived, it was war. At last, we were evicted by police threats courtesy of the landlady.
I asked if the rent balance has been refunded and he said No, and that it was until he is ready to vacate the property that he would get his refund.
My mind was at peace. I simply told him, "God is in control, don't fight her, please".
I have learned the act of fighting my battles in secret on the altar of prayer so I know what exactly to do. I was going to tender the case before God at midnight and I was a hundred percent convince that we would maintain the apartment to the end. The "How will it happen " is the responsibility of God, not mine. So at midnight, I prayed, but not fervently. This is because I was confident that God is in absolute charge. Faith is the opposite of fear. Fear happens when you are terrified and it is satan's way of denying you your miracle. Faith on the other hand--- is called Rest. Knowing that God is in full control and it is already done.
The next day, my husband messaged me that he feels slighted and he was going to counter the notice with a counter suit in court. My husband's brother is a lawyer and he had educated him that it was unfair that the house owner would try to throw him out without solid forewarning.
I quickly told him not to try it, and if he eventually does, he should know that I didn't give my consent or approval. He was shocked. I guess my response was unexpected.
I noticed his aura and quickly told him that God said, "He is in charge". I know that, even though countering in court may seem right, and we would probably win, we would make enemies with the landlady and in December, we would have to leave irreconcilably. I knew that this is the devil trying to repeat history so I replied,
"They have the wisdom of this world, we have the wisdom of God".
So I told him what I think was right. That he shouldn't ask for a refund and not cause trouble but simply wait for them to ask him to move and it is then he would tell them that, he doesn't have the luxury of money or looking for an apartment and that ideally, they should give him six months to vacate, and that after all is said and done, they would let him stay without any quarrel. I told him that when the landlady sees me, she would love me. "I carry Grace", I told my husband smiling.
On my return, I met the landlady, she seemed pretty nice. Infact, it didn't look like there had been any issue at all. After we stepped in, I asked my husband if the issue had been sorted, and he replied in affirmation.
Turned out the eviction was as a result of a damaged pumping machine. The landlady had expected my husband to show concern, but he didn't. Meanwhile, he had initially contributed money to fix it when it first got damaged so my husband thought, "I can't do this again".. Previous bad experiences with landlady also fuelled his nonchalance.
Honestly I read the landlady's mind and I put myself in her shoes, she may not have been expecting him to contribute money but to simply showed concern. This is profound, a little concern here and there is capable of healing a wound.
My husband further reminded me if I remembered that he told me the forthright that he is by the compound pumping machine. Apparently by the wisdom of God, he had approached a relative of the old landlady who often visit the compound and through whom the eviction letter had been delivered, that they should sort the issue, And the issue was resolved. No fight, no lawyer, no court. All existing relationships intact.
A Man of God I know once said, "You don't avoid situations or confrontations, you negotiate your way through ".
The wisdom of God is profitable to direct in all things, and it is valuable than Silver or Gold.
Ecclesiastes 10:10
A Child of God is always a winner.
