Monday, September 18, 2006
Testimony abt Sat's 15th Anniversary Service
Hey dear bros, sis!
Just really want to share a small testimony about God's great goodness and His perfect timing, and the joy of having His Spirit guide us as we shared with him... and seeing how He can work in our lost friends' hearts...
As you all probably know by now, Flince and I invited our friend Zhiwei down for the anniversary service.
What happened was that we made a major boo-boo - ok, the boo-boo part belongs mostly to me - I assumed that the service started at 5 pm and didn't check until the day itself. Wah lau.
The service started at 3 pm, not 5 pm. And I only found out at 1 pm.
So told Zhiwei and apologised to him for my mistake. He had an appointment with his optician at 2 pm, so bo pian, he'll have to come late.
Flince and I prayed for him to reach early enough to enjoy the service. I remember praying that he'll come at 3.30 pm through some miracle.
3.30 pm came. The phone didn't vibrate.
Ok. Prayed some more.
4 pm. The phone still didn't vibrate.
Getting a bit kan-cheong - I was thinking, wah, will Ps Ben finish his sermon before Zhiwei can reach?
Then at that point, just somehow had this impression that yes, the sermon will finish before Zhiwei can reach. But somehow God's timing will confirmed be perfect - Zhiwei will come in just as the altar call and worship will start.
So felt assured and reminded of the truth that God's timing is ALWAYS in control, and that He's already taken into account the fact that a joker called Yeu Ann is going to forget to check the service timing despite repeated promptings. His mercy really is very great indeed...
So I asked God in my heart, "Lord, what do You want me to say to Zhiwei when I meet him later?"
Think He put this "script" into my mind - this idea of bringing him through the 'time-tunnel', tell him about the 15 years of history... and the key part would be to tell him, just BEFORE we enter the hall, that, "in 1991, we started with 5 people..." and when we actually enter the hall, and Zhiwei sees the whole 3000 people, tell him that "and now, we are 3000," so that ZW can see what God has done to make the church grow.
Wah, God got very detailed script...
And the thing is, things actually happened exactly as I saw it in my mind.
Really thank God for Flince, who supported me, both with moral support and his prayers... and for Yufen, who shared with Zhiwei during the altar call.
And most of all, thank God for Zhiwei, that his heart was so willing to listen, so open! :D Could really see it in his eyes, the way that he was listening to YF, even though it's only the 2nd or 3rd time that YF shared with him...
And I had this prompting in my heart to ask him whether there's anything that can pray for him. But it was YF who asked Zhiwei whether can pray a prayer of blessing for him. So we prayed for him, and really really really thank God, he was very touched at the end of the prayer... he held my hands... wow, I was so touched too... really thank God for him... :D :D :D
Wow... praise God! He is extremely precise! :D With Him, there are NO mistakes at all... and His timing is always PERFECT. A perfect God who can work perfectly through imperfect humans... now THAT IS PERFECTION!!!
Had also prayed in my heart just before I prayed for Zhiwei, asking God to show me whether there was anything specific regarding him... so that can share with him, so that he'll be encouraged and know that God is real and that He really cares for him... so shared with Zhiwei whatever impressions that I felt in my heart...
Not sure whether they were correct, but have prayed that through those sharings, he'll see that God really is real... and that He knows everything in his heart, and cares for him!
YF said that she thinks that Zhiwei is very near to receiving Christ... I also think that too... so dearest bros, sisters, do keep Zhiwei in prayer, that God'll open his heart to our friendship even more (YF, Flince and I are meeting him for dinner on Monday) and that He'll guide our sharing so that he'll understand the gospel and choose to believe in Jesus as his Lord and Saviour! :D Pray that we'll have a great time together, that God'll do something GREAT and MIGHTY...
That'll Zhiwei will decide to take a step of faith very soon! Not sure how things will turn out, but pray anyway... because God is in control! :D
Age to age He stands
And time is in His hands
Beginning and the end
Beginning and the end
How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God, and all will see
How great, how great is our God...
rEjOicE in the LORD!
YA
