Concillia Mudzi is a woman who loves God and whose mission is to make a difference in the lives of people she meets. She is driven by the desire to showcase the love of God to all the people that come her way. We caught up with Concillia to find out more about her.
What was your upbringing like?
I was born into a family of ten children — six boys and four girls. Two of the boys are late. I am the last born. I grew up with diverse influences. My parents lived in a rural area called Mrewa, Zimbabwe, and I would be with them during holidays. The rest of the time, I was in school in Harare (the capital city).
My background greatly affected me because I never felt I belonged due to the lack of stability. I was shifting between homes, though it was with family – going between my elder sister and other siblings homes, I was always packing and trying to belong. I always sought acceptance and had a strong need to belong. In my late teens, with growth in Christ, I began to appreciate that in Christ I belonged, and that my background was actually preparing me for ministry so I could serve in diverse settings. Today I’m able to adapt in any setting and relate to different people.
The benefits I derived from my background far outweigh the struggles I thought I had. What I thought was my struggle became my strategy.
As an adult, I now see that it was part of my process and journey. That very setting created for me bigger opportunities and experiences that are of great value to me today.
Tell us about your call to ministry.
I got born again at ten years old and answered the call of God to ministry at 22 years old. My journey to ministry was quite an interesting one. I studied hotel and catering management after high school and had an opportunity to go study nursing abroad. But when the time came, I opted to go to Bible college to study theology.
My decision to answer the call to ministry did not sit well with some of my family members, including my father. I believe to them, it was an oath to suffering on my part. I faced a lot of resistance and lost some relationships permanently because of my decision. I decided to let go of certain relationships and associations and some died naturally because I was so passionate about my decision and did not entertain any discouragement.
When God calls you He speaks to you in a way that you know beyond a shadow of doubt that God spoke; and He sends confirmation in many ways. His call comes with the ability to stand nomatter what comes your way. Understanding that the call comes with a cost or price helps you overcome and let go of certain relationships with ease.
My background made it easy for me to relate well with others and gave me an opportunity to be grateful for what I had overlooked or despised growing up.
The Bible says, ‘As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.’ [Proverbs 23:7] If one is negative inside, they experience that same negative energy around them. One can never soar beyond how their mind works. Defeated people usually are defeated mentally and it manifests.
I have served in ministry as a pastor to local churches and have had opportunities to travel to Kenya, Mozambique, and around Zimbabwe for ministry. I am a passionate about prayer, living my life as unto the Lord. I am a person who is ever willing to give up anything for the cause of Christ and the gospel.
Tell us about the journey to becoming a mother.
As I served in the ministry, I became friends with my future husband – someone I had always known from another assembly within our fellowship. We started courting in May 2009 and married in August 2010. Ours has been an interesting journey full of many trials, tests and great, wondrous miracles. We trust God in our trials and laugh coming out for victory is guaranteed in Christ Jesus. One of the trials we had in our journey together was the issue of having children.
I suffered three miscarriages prior to having my first child. That was a trying season in our marriage. As you know, such challenges attract unwarranted counsel and advice. It was a time we had to put the Word of God first in our lives. Prayer took us through that season. Doctors gave us discouraging feedback. I had a bulky, tilted uterus due to fibroids. We were advised an operation was not a guarantee for success in assisting me in my journey to motherhood.
I remember crying, broken and discouraged by the doctor’s report. I went home feeling defeated. My husband was obviously hurting as well but asked me, “Whose report shall you believe?”
That question became the word I needed to rise up and hold fast to God’s promises. I read scriptures concerning God’s promises on childbirth and put them on walls in our home. I bought booties for my baby, read Christian material regarding supernatural childbirth. We prayed, stood on God’s Word and spoke only the Word. I avoided doctor visits and looked to Doctor Jesus, the Chief Surgeon.
The doctor’s report was not encouraging, but God’s Word and His promises became my daily confession. It was a journey that stretched me and brought me to new levels of trusting God and taking Him at His word despite circumstances.
When I did get pregnant I didn’t know I was till about 8 weeks. We went to a three-day prayer and fasting camp. The first night, I thought I was dying. I rushed to the bathroom and drank so much water because I was super hungry. The second night there was a guest preacher from Zambia.
“There is a woman here pregnant and I must pray for you,” he said. I didn’t go up becaue I didn’t think it was me. Then he described how I was dressed. I still did not go. Those who were visibly pregnant went. As he prayed, I raised my hands. I honestly do not remember the prayer he prayed, all I know is that I raised my hands and received the blessing. Miraculously, I managed to finish the fast and we went home. Then I discovered that I was pregnant a few days after the prayer retreat.
Fear wanted to creep in but faith overcame, I remember going for my scan at 12 weeks. I kept asking if everything was okay and was told the baby was okay and had a heart beat. Then I asked about fibroids and the lady said I did not have fibroids.
At that moment, I knew God healed me from fibroids! He totally removed them supernaturally and I was going to be a mom!
We did not stop speaking the Word over our baby. In March 2013, our miracle baby arrived. We named her Kudzaishe (Exalt the Lord) Makatandeka (Faithful). In December 2015, we received yet another miracle – Kundiso (Victory) Matipashe(God-given).
My miracle children inspired me to write a book in 2017 titled Your Lazarus is not Dead – Inspiring hope in hopeless situations. It was my way of sharing my own personal testimony with a desire to inspire anyone facing a seemingly dead and hopeless situation like Lazarus…in the tomb for four days. It was written to encourage anyone who feels there is no way out. With God, all things are possible. God can turn your story around.
Keeping God first in marriage
My advise to women and couples in marriage is to put God first. God, being the author of marriage, will guide you through every situation in your marriage. In whatever you do as a couple, have a “one flesh” mentality in everything you do, be it family, ministry and business. By the grace of God having been married 13 years this August, I have learnt God’s Word is the perfect manual. A God-centered marriage can overcome the worst trials. Working as one flesh can cause you to do greater exploits.
“Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.” (Ecclesiastes 4:12)
God and the two of you as one cannot be easily broken.
