A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH

I really want to thank God for a major breakthrough that occurred recently, during the Passover week. This matter was about an overdeduction of Heng's pay for Central Provident Fund (CPF) when he was still in the previous company. The company was required to make restitution in Nov 2016 and they did so for one entity. But for the entity that Heng was in, the payment was supposed to be voluntary as this matter had not surfaced to the CPF Board. The good thing was the company decided to also pay the employees in that entity. However the payment was delayed for a long while.

Even after Heng left the company in Feb 2017, this payment was still not made. Now we know this was a repayment for the overdeduction in Heng's salary so we didn't want to let it go. This money had Heng's name on it. There was a delay as the company had cash flow issues and asked to pay up only by end Mar 2018. There was a time during the wait when I felt this issue was immovable and I could not see how they would pay up. Hopes were raised and then dashed as there were further delays. Many times we felt so frustrated and upset over this issue.

Heng later found out that some employees had already received the restitution in Dec 2017. So we waited patiently till end Mar even though we hoped that God would expedite the entire process. On 26 Mar, Heng received news from the previous company. We were elated to hear from them finally! We thought that the contending, the fight of faith was finally over. But it was not over. On 30 Mar, which was the start of Passover and also Good Friday, something cropped up so Heng still could not receive the repayment. We were so pissed and frustrated.

It felt like the meat was already at our mouths but we still could not eat it. But we knew the enemy was desperate. It was a last ditch attempt to make Heng give up on the repayment. Heng likened this situation to the time when Pharaoh and his armies pursued Israel. If they didn't pursue, they wouldn't have perished. But because they did, they died a horrible death. So we prayed and bound the opposing forces in Jesus' name and asked God to loose the solution from Heaven. The next day God gave Heng a strategy to recover the money, which Heng set about doing.

I then realised that it was a good place to be in because shortly after that, God would open the Red Sea to let us cross over. Not only that God also would drown our enemies by closing up the Red Sea. The enemies we see today we will see no more. After our enemies perished, we could them plunder their spoils. It was a double win. Double restoration. I told Heng it wasn't a coincidence that this thing happened on Passover.

I was singing the song of deliverance from the cartoon movie 'Prince of Egypt' during those few days. I was telling Heng we should watch this movie again to remind us of how God delivered the Israelites and destroying the enemies. It was no coincidence that this movie was showing on TV that evening. God was reminding us that He is fighting our battle as we watched how the Egyptian armies were drowned by the Red Sea.

It was brought to my attention that Passover this year fell on Good Friday. It was again no coincidence. Something is very special this Passover. We are really crossing over to a new season, a new level. In fact, the Holy Spirit already alerted me to such opposing forces two weeks ago and had me pray in tongues more frequently last week. The Lord has already released strategies to getting a breakthrough this Passover.

So this recent event shouldn't come as a surprise to me. After all God had prepared me in advance for this opposition. He has given me the strategies to break this cycle of delay. Even so I was still feeling weary. At the end of the church service last Sunday, I told the Lord the battle belonged to Him. It had been such an intense weekend. We had come such a long way for the issue yet at the final stage the enemy was still trying to keep us from our restoration. At this point I was too tired to fight the enemy. I had already done what I knew to, so the rest was up to God.

Of course we would not give up as we were so close to breakthrough. But just the thought of having to press on for a while more, to handle another delay was unbearable. Yet we had come so far, waited 1.5 years, endured such a long delay so what was another few days of waiting? The end was already here. Besides it wasn't as if we needed the money. God is so good. During our Resurrection Sunday service, there was an video of a lion roaring which stuck in my mind. God was assuring me that the Lion of Judah was roaring over our roadblock so all would be well.

What happened on Monday was nothing short of a miracle. Heng did exactly what God put on his heart, said what he had to say to the company and God resolved it for him in that same day! So there was no more delay! Heng received the cheque on Tuesday and we happily banked in the cheque, giving thanks to the marvellous work the Lord had done for us. Indeed it was a tremendous breakthrough. What had seemed like an impossible mountain was finally removed by the Lord! 

Praise Jesus for His resurrection power!