God's Timing Is Perfect | Pr Alvin Keng

You're listening to a message to go from acts church. We hope this message

will light up your day today. I have a word for you. I

pray that you'll be encouraged. It is sort of like a word as well

as a testimony. If you don't know what has happened to me in the

past maybe three weeks, don't worry, you'll you'll be brought up to sweet

after you finished. But can you turn your Bibles to problems chapter Chapter Proverbs

sixteen nine. Okay, and it says here, a man's heart plans his

way, but the Lord directs his steps. A man's heart plans his way,

but the Lord directs his steps. We're gonna have a lot of scripture

here. And you know, if you encourage you to write it down,

and you know, write right down the scripture so that you can encourage yourself,

whether you need it now, whether you need later. You know,

it's good to have god scripture in our mindset heart. Semen. So the

title of the message today is God's timing is perfect. Right, God's timing

is perfect. It is something that I've experienced in the past three weeks.

Really, his timing is indeed perfect. You know, we can try to

plan things and try to arrange things, but God knows better than us.

Lah, you know, thank God, he knows better than us. Amen.

So let me start with a story. On the twenty third of October,

right, me and my wife went for a health check together, Okay,

and we went to Beigon Hospital, a bigun hospital. Is the reason

why we went there is because you know, the owner is a believer and

she was red gracious to do this like packaging for pastus, so they actually

have a package of past us where we get complimentary health check. I think

Pasta Steven went for it as well. We know about it, so we

you know, applied for it. You know, my wife is not full

time, so she had to pay full price, but it's fine. You

know, God is blessing her really well and her career. But I went

there because you know pasta la you know, free health check, why not?

Right? So I went there my wife because we've also recently discussed Uh

yeah, photo of us can do that. Yeah, okay, that's my

wife. She's here by the way. Uh so, so so we we

recently, you know, I had like a couple's retreat where we had a

discussion and and uh to plan the to plan our year, and to plan

whatever else. And and we say, hey, you know, one of

the things that we better to together is better go for health check together,

make sure bobs are healthy. Uh. And then uh, so we went

for this health check. It was it was like a full body health check,

but they had an extra thing where it was like a hard city scan,

okay, a city scan for the heart. Uh. And then they

were checking on this thing called calcification. I didn't know what it was.

Uh. I decided to go for that. My wife went for that.

So we finished the whole health check. And then after that when we sat

down and saw the doctor, my wife her calcification score was two. Right,

and it's zero out of four hundred. Okay, I'll give you a

little bit of a background, zero out of I'm not a doctor. And

by the way, so if I get it wrong, I apologize to the

doctor's here. So it's zero out of four hundred. From zero to one

hundred, the the score is your low race, still got race la,

okay. And then from one hundred to three hundred is medium to high race.

And from three hundred to four hundred means we didn't next year you're gonna

get high a tackler, that's how confident they are with the test. Okay.

So my wife was too great, you know, you can actually get

zero one, right. And now then it came to my part and the

doctor said I got two hundred and thirty five for my calcification score. And

I'm like, wow, that's quite high, you know, and I medium

to high race off again had that. So I'm like, wow, okay,

this is interesting. Uh. And she was very concerned. She said

you better go and see a cardiologist. We did in the next two weeks.

So I'm like, okay. And the time, I mean to be

honest, guys, I've not been rare healthy eler Okay, I admit,

okay, it's a lifestyle thing. I know I should do it. You

know, I'm not gonna make any excuses. I was not very healthy and

it was good wake up call. Uh and uh the normal staff lah.

Thenk god, no, not no diabetic, but high you know, cholesterol

got this thing called fairly for different things. La. Okay. So I'm

like, okay, great, And of course I was still are like the

do when you take cholestero. He's still trying to fight, you know,

still trying to fight doctor and say you know, and I say, okay,

I'm going talk to the cardiologists to find out more. Okay, so

medium to high range of experiencing a hard attack, right, So doctors say,

see cardiologists in the next two weeks. So my first point of today's

message is trust in God. Trust in God? Right? Where is our

faith? Friends? Put your faith in him? Right? Put your trust

in him? You know it's not it's easy to say trust in God.

But how do you trust? And what do you trust in? Do you

know that it's very difficult to come and then just say trusting God, Okay,

trusting Gola, you know, uh, you know, but you're not

just trusting in him, You're trusting in who he is? Right? And

how do you know who he is? You only can know who he is.

I would say two ways. And one way is you read the Bible

and you take it at face value literally, and this is who God is,

we believe. The other way to know who God is is to experience

him in your life career. There's no other way. Right. If you

don't fully believe in the Bible, then how are you going to trust in

God? If you have not experienced God, then it's even more harder to

trust in him right correct. Not similarly like you know when when, but

when you experience something and when you know it's good, then it's easier to

trust. Right, It's easier to recommend, it's easier to share with other

people. Right. Jeremiah twenty nine eleven says, well, I know the

thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and

not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. This is

our God. He has thoughts of peace and not of evil to you.

Right, he wants to give you a future and a hope. Problems three

five to six says trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean

not on your own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge him, and

he shall direct your path. See this is scripture, guys, This is

scripture. Scripture tells us to trust him. Don't trust ourself. Trust him

more than trust yourself. You know and acknowledge him in all your ways.

Do you know what acknowledging means? Acknowledging means you know you acknowledge the person,

right, You know that the person exists, You know the person is

involved, right, acknowledge Him in everything that we do. We always say,

pray first right, acknowledge God first right, and he shall direct your

path. He should lead your path when you acknowledge God. Amen. So

what happened? So I went to see a cardiologist. Lat there's a hospital

near my house. It's Columbia Asia Spirity Good Hospital. That's where both my

kids were born. And apparently they have a regular cardiologist department. So I

went and, uh, just a little bit of backstory. My hearted leader

also had some heart problems. Previously, he had a heart attack and he

actually went to that hospital so, you know, to check, and then

later they found out he had a mile that that and then he had to

go for ENNGL. Grandma okay, so uh yeah, you know. So

I of course caught my haarted leader and say, hey, this happening.

I'll be concerned. He said, don't worry, just go and see the

cardiologist. Uh. And of course I was, you know, because he

went through before. I'm like, hey, can you please tell me who

is your doctor? I probably want to see the same doctor, trustma,

trust right, And then he said, oh see this doctor named doctor Mohan.

Okay, don't Later I explained got a bit of interesting story behind that.

So I'm like cool, made an appointment when I see the doctor.

Uh, And the doctor said, well, basically, he explained to me

that just because I have a high calcification score does not necessarily mean I have

a block in my trees. You know on days had that got a tree

block? La, Right, that's the reason. So he said, don't

worry about it. Also, I think because of my profile, I don't

smoke, I don't drink. I'm forty years old, and I kind of

look okala. I know I'm obese, but I'm kind of okala. So

he based on that, he's I don't worry, Lasser. Don't worry,

Lasser, You'll be find you be fine, You'll be fine, right.

And I even asked him do I need to take cholesterol bills? And he

said, well, never mind, don't worry about it. See at that

time, and we didn't do any other check besides the blood tests. Okay,

So so he said, well to fully know, right, you got

to go and do for the tests. And the other tests that they have

in that hospital is this thing called I think a hard contrast city scan.

So the earlier city scan checks for calcification. Nothing to do with calcium is

just build up in your artery area. Okay. And the thing about calcification

I've learned is that it can happen outside your inside. You ar tree,

right, he can have both ways. Of course, the outside is better

than the insider. Inside means blocked, right, But we don't know because

it's just a number. So the only way to know is to go for

that check where they will inject a die in the body. They will take

photos of your artery. Then they will see whether God block or not.

Right, So he said, don't worry. And then one week later I

came back for the test. Oh, I must say that through this whole

journey, my wife was with me. You know, I really learned ready

that better keep my wife informed. She'd better be there so that if anything,

she also knows what's happening. And she asked the doctor, Uh,

you know how so the following week, so I saw on the twenty third.

The following week, I saw the cardiologist. After that the following week

I went for this check, right, and thankfully they had a promotion,

uh, and just went to check whether or not I have any blockages.

Well, so then they found that I have calcification in my heart. Mabia.

We have a photo. So yeah, So the doctor's very nice.

At about I think later he I went and see him, you know,

and then he said hey, you know, and we went to the radiology

room and he said, oh, by the way, the doctor is really

good doctor. He explained everything. It's very very nice doctor. He explained

all my questions. You know, I had a lot of questions, and

he was very patient. You know, sometimes you go see specialist a Russia

one. No, no, it's very nice nose. I'm like, oh,

okay, this is rare pleasant experience. So he said, hey,

you know, why let me show you a healthy heart. So this is

a healthy heart. You see the root, nice route right then, can

see you know, the no blockage right then it's from big too smaller because

you'll go into the smaller veins. Okay. And then he said, this

is a healthy heart. Okay. And then he showed me my test.

So you see quite nice, right, this one was healthy. This one

is healthy. But somehow this one we had two little white spots here and

here. Okay, we cannot really see. We'll see the next one,

Throe. Okay, I can see one white spot here and one white spot

here, and then the doctor said, ah, that is calcification that I'm

like, okay, but I don't know whether block or not. Damn Like

okay, I thought this test is supposed to be ninety percent. Shouldn't you

know whether there's a blockage or not? He said, I can see that

there's calcification here and here, but I don't know whether it is outside or

inside, because based on imaging cannot seem like hmmm hower. He said,

well, you've got two options. Well, more like you you want to

go for further tests, but don't worry. I don't think God block.

The cardiologies is telling me I don't think God. Okay, don't think God

block. Don't worry about it. Now. I'm like, how what do

I do you know? And he said, well, there are two ways

that you can find out further. One is you go for an MRI scan

where they will check the oxygen you know, uh oxygen at the site and

of course if low oxygen, then high chance of blockage. That right,

and that is non intrusive. Or you go for angelogram, the one confum

can see one because you go inside and see whether got blocked. Or not.

So I'm like, okay, oh, and he told me that the

hospital got no MRI scan. If I want, then I have to go

to it. I'm thinking myself. I mean, I'm familiar with hospital visits.

Lah, okay. And let's just say I've been a little bit concerned

with my heart because of family history, mainly also because I'm a very aware

I'm not very healthy, so I've been a bit concern with it for a

while already, right, and I'm fully aware about androl gram. So I'm

like, okay, I think I need to talk to my wife because so

happened that day after all the tests and all my wife had to go and

pick up my kids that time where I saw the doctor, and I'm like,

ah, okay, let me talk to my wife and see how lah

right, what do I do? And he say, okay, let me

make an appointment for you the following week to see whether you need to go

for it, you know, if you want to go for it or what

is your decision. But don't worry. I don't think there's anything however,

I need to give you medication. So I'm like, okay, great,

and let me see you. Okay. My second point no God. They

trust God. Another thing is to know God. Right, you know,

we got to keep pursuing a relationship with God as believer us. Right,

We gotta keep discovering who God is in our lives, you know, keep

finding out who is the God we serve for ourself, not for someone,

not from someone else's testimony, but from our own self. Who is the

God I serve? You know? The Bible shows us his character, who

he is, and how he operates. It reveals what is important to God

through the lives of those who work with him, both obeyed and disobeyed him.

Do you realize that in the Bible it talks about the lives of people

who obey and disobey God. Right, and there are many of them who

did both obey and also disobey God. And we can learn from God,

learn who God is through the Bible. Second Peter three eight nine says,

but believed, do not forget this one thing that with the Lord, one

day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness. But

it's long suffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but it

all should come to repentance. Daniel, Chapter eleven, verseity two says,

those who do wickedly against the Covenant, he shall corr up with flattery,

but the people who know their God shall be strong and carry out great exploits.

So he said, here, give me the medication, right. And

then I'm like, okay, I have to take cholesteropils right, And they

say have to take it for life, and I'm like okay. So he

said, I'll give you three medications. One is cholesteropils, another one is

a blood dinner right now. I'm like, okay, makes sense. And

then the third medication is just in case you have any chest paide damn.

Like, on one hand you say, don't worry, you don't think that's

a block. On another hand, you're giving me these mats. I'm like,

okay, that's fine. And then you know, so that night I

went, I you know, we went ahead dinner, and I said,

you know, after dinner there, let's let's have a chat because we need

to you know, wear out some options. Uh. And then I went

to buy my said straight, we're going by the medication, right. He

was nice enough to give me a prescription I went to the pharmacist and then

she gave me the medication. When she saw the prescription, she was like,

who's this w I'm like, uh me, I saw a choreiologist today

and he asked me to get his mess then like oh okay, and then

she was like uh Then she took that medication that just in case, and

she said do you know how to use? This? Didn't tell you what

to do. I'm like, uh no, see how very blur no and

going with the floor on me right. And then she's like, okay,

this is what you do. If you ever feel a chest pain. You

take one pill and you put it under your tongue. After five minutes.

If it doesn't improve, you replace the pill with another pill after five minutes.

If it doesn't improve, you do it again after five minutes. If

that doesn't prove, straight away, go to A and E. I'm like

okay, So I took the mats. I went, you know, we

went for dinner. I went back home and I told my wife there,

you know what I think I need to mix. I think I need to

go and do the Angail thing soon. I think I need to based on

all this thing that I'm observing guys, just let you know I'm not worried

at all. This whole time. I was just doing step by step,

you know. I was like, oh, worry, can I sleep,

you know, pray? And I wasn't. I was like, just okay,

let's see what's next. Let's see what's next. Concern but not worried.

Okay, uh and and and of course hospital are right. So I

so we said, okay, next day, we're going to try and see

whether we can do the procedure. Right since wife, okay, go and

talk to the doctor. But I'm not sure that I'll be able to get

the appointments. So in the morning I called them up. I called the

nurse and I say, hey, nurse, can you it's the doctor there,

because it's very busy doctor a lot of people like him, I think.

And then I said, I think I want to do the procedure this

week. Oh and that week was deep opertly week. Okay, So I'm

like, if I wait next week, I don't know, okay. So

all this uncertainty, I said, God, you know what, you just

lead me. Okay, if God can do the proceedure next day, just

to check, then great. I w'wever start if not next week that I

know, okay, not that bad, right. So based on that,

I know I can get slat okay and the nurse. So I call the

nurse. Nurse said, okay, let me doctor. Doctor. After five

minutes came back, she said, doctor, as you will come now.

I'm like, okay, So I went on. I went, when my

wife we went. We spoke to the doctor. He explained. The first

thing he said when I sat down is off. He said, sir,

you're scared, is it? Now? I'm looking at him, I'm like,

well, based on the response of everyone around me, I think I

should get it checked soon, you know, because I was like just seeing

what happens though the pharmacies react a certain way. I like, okay,

it looks like, you know, I need to go and get something checked.

Okay, so I said. So he explained the whole thing. Of

course, the next thought would be how do we pay for it? Right?

And we said, let's see whether we can get the insurance. You

know. So he told me that, you know, for this procedure to

go through, three people have to say yes. Patients have to say us,

doctor have to say us, insurance have to say us. So let's

see how you know. And we went through the whole admission, and he

said he probably will be the next day when we do this procedure, but

we will check you in that day itself. So I say, okay,

fine, he sent me back with for the insurance, and can we go

back to the photo just now? Don't you find it interesting that we still

don't know because if it is an actual block, right, you will actually

see this part go smaller one, this part goes you can see one.

No, he showed me those that but because his calcification almost like hiding my

that one cannot see. So we don't know. He also don't know,

although it's ninety percent accuracy. He also don't know. And the thing is,

I got asking, Hey, this calcification thing, why is it because

high correct? He said, actually can be any reason one. We don't

know why I want there, I'm like, this doesn't really help me.

Like, okay, it doesn't really help me, you know. So I'm

like, Okay, it looks like it's not my eating. Don't know a

lot of things, don't know, don't know better. Final, lah,

okay, you know, I don't know, better find out. So we

went through the procedure, and at about six pm the hospital called me to

say insurance went true, Come and be admitted. So I went my third

point, wait on him. God's time is limitless. Everything is in his

control. Time most differently for God. Do you know that you know we

will say God's time is perfect, But do you know do you realize that

time moves very differently from him. We are the ones that came chung today.

Today, Now what's going to happen? Because time is very different when

No, his timing is perfect. Right, what we need immediately on now

might not be what it is good for us. And he will encourage us

and strengthen us when we wait on him. His timing is perfect, and

he will come and he will save us. That's to promise that the Bible

has when we wait, we also rest in him when we wait on him

right. Psalms twenty seven and fourteen says, wait on the Lord, be

of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart. Wait, I say

on the Lord. Ecclesias says three one says to everything that is a season,

a time for every purpose under heaven. Lamentations three twenty five to twenty

six says the Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the

soul who seeks him. It is good that one should hope and wait quietly

for the salvation of the Lord. Amen. Palm Study seven to seven says,

rest in the Lord and wait patiently for him. Do not fret because

of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked

schemes to pass. What does that dead verse says? You know, in

today's day and age, we have social media, and I'm beginning to recognize

that social media is actually very, very unhealthy for the rest of us.

Here, let me tell you what is behind social media, and I will

just declare it here so that you will catch it. Do you know that

there's a spirit of conviciousness with social media? What does that mean? Pastor

Alvin? When you look at something and you think that what that person has

a better life than mine, that is conviteousness. It's an opposite of contentment.

Contentment, Miss Lord, I thank you for everything I have. Conviciousness

is looking at someone and say I wish I had that Tesla car. Now

that's I just came right again. Guys, if you can afford it,

fine, if you canna afford it. Fine, you want to get it,

fine, nothing wrong with that, Okay, But if always you go

and see and you have this feeling of like that life is better than mine,

be very careful, very very careful, right, And the scripture here

is trying to tell us don't worry about other people. You know, even

in the Bible, when Peter went up to you know, Jesus and I

think it's in the Book of John and he said, you know, oh,

why God, you know you're not trying to compare this whole comparison thing,

you know, and say, hey, why he he gets to sit

there, or why he gets to do this? And Jesus look at it

and said, whatever he does and doesn't do is none of your business.

You serve me, you serve me, whatever this guy does is none of

your business. You know. We got to be very careful with all these

things, you know, because it slowly creeps into a life and after a

while, right, you will not be happy. You know. People are

looking for happiness constantly here, and that they think that that's the main goal.

It's not about happiness, guys, It's about peace and purpose, you

know. So you know, we fall into the trap of looking at what

other people have, and try and keep up with the joneses. I'm trying

to want us here. Don't fall in the track. Don't fall in the

track right, rest in the lord and wait patiently for him. Do not

fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who

brings weicker schemes to pass. So at nine am, so I went in

checking at six pm, uh you know? And uh they asked, and

this son learning learning curve care you know? Because I was so focused on

getting the procedure done. They asked, oh, so do you want a

single bit or double bit? I'm like, I don't really care. I

should have cared, but I don't really care. I explained why I don't

really care. I'm like, I'm just here to get it done. To

me, it's it's a simple or let's just get it done. I just

want to check what's better? Got an issue? Know ISFU? Then I

can move home my life right? So, uh? So I went,

and then so happened When I checked in, the roommate checked out. But

then at about eleven pm, another roommate checked in, and the roommate not

really badly, I couldn't sleep. I honestly couldn't sleep, and my wife

was saying that I also snow one. Right, but this guy, I

actually recorded, he I'm gonna let you hear I recorded. Yeah, that's

how I was lying there for an hour? What should I do? I

actually went out to ask the nurse where I can change room or not.

At two am. Of course, they're like, I'm doing myself. The

nurse is like, this guy's crazy, okay, but anyway, they you

know, so I couldn't really sleep and next day I have to do a

procedure. So at about nine am, the tenth of November, right,

we did the procedure. Okay, and now, if you are familiar,

Andel Graham, I'm fully awake on the surgical you know table, on the

operating table, fully awake. And the doctor of course told me like,

oh, you know, he can show me where the stent goes in and

stuff like that. If there is he can show me everything. But I

didn't have my glasses me, so I couldn't see anything. Okay. My

wife was there as well, because he did say, you know, he

rather I have a loved one there so that if there's anything they can ask

the left I said, that's a great idea. So she's waiting outside.

So I asked him before I say how long will we take? You say,

well, so if that's if there's nothing inside, half an hour done,

radio want right, But if there's something inside, then it might take

longer. Okay. And then they check while they checked, they check one

hard, then they check another heart U. No, they check the arterree.

Sorry, see you got two hats, he said a phototo No no,

no back back back. Yeah. So I went for the procedure.

It is just a drip, just to show you for fun. And then

they checked the artery and uh. And I can fully hear a lot of

what he's saying. So, oh, it's good, it's good. This

is good. Okay, this is good. It's good. And then suddenly,

oh, I'm like what, oh, oh sir, you got seventy

percent block in the A thriller. I'm like, huh, seventy percent's got

high and no. So he also explained to me that so basically what happens

is that if it's a zero, if it's a thirty percent below, thirty

forty percent below, they normally leave it alone because with life start change,

it will recite one can one can recite one. If it's sixty five percent

and a berth, they will put stand ready, okay, from fifty percent

to sixty percent, there will be a discussion, right with the laf one.

And I told you, I said, if it's fifty percent, just

put it in. I just want to settle it and don't worry about it,

you know. But it was seventy so it's not super dangerous, but

it was substantial enough to say, I think you better put a stand.

See, only God knows, no, none of person. I didn't know,

doctor didn't know. Doctor until morning say I'm sure there's that thing,

very sure. But there was something so immediately from angiogram it became an angioplus

t they put a stand inside. As they were putting the stand also because

it was calcification, it was a little bit hard ready right, and they

had an issue putting it in basically right. So and he took a while.

It actually took like two and a half hours for them to do the

procedure. And he's he actually told me later it should be quite it normally

quite fast on. But because they had some challenges there, they apparently had

to put a smaller balloon first make it bigger, then put a bigger balloon

until they can put a stand. In the moment he said good la,

I'm like, okay, thank god. When you doctors say good, that's

a good thing. Okay, guy, I could fully hear everything. It

was quite funny. When there's block, he's like, can't come, sir,

let me show you the block. I'm I can't see anything. I

don't have my glasses. You can't show my wife cannot you know? Uh?

And that's what happened. You go to the next photo. Yeah,

so this is the blockage area right, and next will be after they put

the stand here. This is how it looked like. If you can on

really see you go to the next one is uh so this is before this

after big difference are very big difference. I'm like, wow, before that

the block quite uh, you know, bad, and after that looks much

nicer. You know, the trees. That's a big difference. Amen.

So they put a thirty mm stand over inside and after two hours. Sorry,

So I was really into the ico. So I want to thank you

guys for those that received the prailing and bring thank you so much for praying

for me. I you know, after that. I had a lot of

messages after the prailing went out. I think a lot of people thought I

got a high attacker because I see you seventy percent blog you know, right,

and a lot of people didn't know, you know. Can I share

you one thing. I didn't get a heart attack. It was a routine

check. Thank god. It was a routine check and I found out later

on the actually it was preventive. You know, routine checker is very rare.

You know a lot of people they scare after they get the thing,

they were gonna high attack FIRS, then you'll fix and actually getting a heart

attack and putting a sad after that is more dangerous. It affects the heart

morecause canna HIG attack. So thank god I didn't go through. I didn't

get a HIG attacked. Thank god it was settled before that. Amen.

Right, So in ic you it was a standard procedure, okay, to

be in ICU for observation post of observation. I didn't know that. Okay.

I thought, can go no more and that's it, no, because

I still felt okay, totally okay, right, I could feel the cathater

going through my arm. After that, I hit here right. I couldn't

fel anything. Really, I'm like, okay, you know, And it

was very interesting experience. Right, I'm just amazed at technology. You know,

I can show you where he went in. There's a little thought here.

That is the only moon I got out of this whole experience. Technology

is very powerful, I'm man. So they put me in ICU for observation

for about five or six hours after the prosi. Okay, everything is fine,

super chill. I can relax, you know. And so they actually

had like a handband and my arm just to guide the catheter in. Okay,

and it was on high pressure and the whole procedure, I was on

local anesthetic, so I couldn't feel anything on my hand. I was fully

awake. But after a while we're thinking iCal distinct hurdler little. I found

out that actually the pressure is quite you know. They used air to put

pressure on my arm because they're to use the artery. Artery is high pressure

right at the arm, right, And they were trying to remove the band.

So at about two o'clock, I think there's a picture of band.

Is that a picture of band? Okay, it's I see you. Yeah,

so this is the band. So at about two o'clock, they try

to remove it right, the band, and they will be concerned with bleeding.

So they saw a little bit of blood. They stopped. They stopped

removing it, and they say they will try again later. The nurse in

the ICU right, and they keep telling me, you know, sir,

if you're saying blood and let us know, let us know. Okay,

see immediately, let us know. Guys. Throughout this whole time, I

still chill. I'm like, okay, fine, you know I still chill.

You know, we gotta thought, okay, everything is okay today.

You know, we'll be okay. At about three thirty they tried to remove

the band. Before that, they say, don't move this hand, you

know, just leave it. So I'm like, okay, I just listened

to them. At about three thirty, they tried to remove again and a

little bit more blood came out right, and then they were they immediately stopped

and they will be concerned. And then they said, sir, just let

us know if you still feel bleeding. Okay, try this whole time again.

I was super blood. I'm like, okay, whatever, you know,

I'll let you know if there's any issue. At about three forty five,

right, I had this weird feeling. I feel very hungry, very

hungry. I'm like, this is weird. I had lunch just now and

then sunny. I feel guest straight. I'm like, so, I was

contemplating, you know, because throughout the whole time, the nursesis saying,

if you feel anything weird, let us know, let us know. I

see you right, I'm like, I'm fine, there's no issue. But

I feel guest straight. Now, that's a weird feeling. What should I

do? Guy? Guy, guy right? Don't want to admit that you're

you know, I'm like, should I tell the nurse? I don't tell

us? So for good, for good, Like five ten minutes, I

was contemplating, you try I tell them, trying to tell them, you

know, I'm okay, what I'm okay? And I thought, you know,

I think I better tell them. I didn't better tell them that I'm

feeling hungry. So I lifted out my hand and they were and I was

the first wait, okay, I saw them the you know, if you're

familiar, I stew their contras in the middle. I lift up my hand,

I said, nurse, I'm hungry, and I fainted on the bit.

Yeah, I almost fainted. Actually, I felt this weird sensation of

feeling weak, like my strength left my body very sudden, right. And

then of course after that they came, so I closed my eyes and all,

but I could hear them, you know, coming over. Then they

were talking doing check. Then I heard put him on oxygen. No,

I could hear it. No, But I was weak. It felt like

I was story fading away. La. That was a feeling. Okay,

that was the feeling story fading away, right, And I think I almost

passed out. My fourth point, hope in him, have faith he brewised

eleven, verse one. Faith is a substance of things, hope for the

evidence of things not seen. Isaiah forty three one says, But those who

hope in the Lord will renew their strength they were soaw on wings like eagles.

They will run and not grow wary. They will walk and not grow

fame. Isaiah forty nine eight says, that says the Lord in an acceptable

time, I've hurt you, and in the day of salvation, I've helped

you. I will preserve you and give you as a covenant to the people

to restore the earth, to cause them to inherit the desolate heritages. I

don't know whether there's a photo or not. After that got right, so

okay, can leave it to their first So about thirty forty minutes of commotion,

I think about six or seven people tending to me, right, I

don't know what they did. Okay, maybe they put medication. I know

some I had oxygen. And that was about three forty five three forty five

four o'clock right. So about after thirty minutes, I noticed that they decided

to leave me alone radia, So I think I was stable, and I

started gaining consciousness. I started being a little bit a bit tired, still

tired, but I could like open my eyes and see and and I thought

to myself, Okay, I think I asked the doctor tomorrow since I've seen

around, you know, I don't think they explained anything to me. But

the nurse told me that my blood pressure dropped suddenly. He just dropped.

So I in my mind like, okay, probably had to do it this

umband thing. Okay, I think I better not play it armband. And

after the experience, I started reciting palms to any tree and also started playing

a lot of prayer, you know, in my mind, I constantly think

angelgram very small orbs shouldn't be an issue. They managed to solve the problem.

I'm totally fine. Then only I realized that actually it's not a small

which is quite it's quite a break orp you know. Uh and uh and

yeah, you know, so that happened. Uh and and after that they

said, you know what, sir, because of what happened, now we

have to keep you here overnight for I see you. I'm like, oh

no, I was looking forward to go to the normal because you know,

in IC you're not funnel. No, you have to do everything at the

bit right, go toilet at the bait, everything at the bit. Okay,

I'll tell you a funny story, not so funny now. But the

nurses rare concerned because after the I see, haven't gone to the restroom yet.

A bit hot, la, right, how how do you know?

You're not used to it? No, So I'm like very hot, la,

psychologically very hot. And then the nurses concerned. But eight hours it

you now go And then I'm like, yeah, you know, to get

to They're like, okay, you know what, you know what, give

me fifteen minutes let me try. Okay. So after that, I managed

you. I managed you. Okay. Now I realized I realized very interesting

little of things. I realized that if I have normal bodily function, that

it is a sign of me doing better. Okay, So I'm like,

great, okay, let me that funny, not vanilla. So I was

able to sleep. I was able to rest despite maybe the last night two

t so, I was able to rest. And by the morning, right,

so I've got to tell my wife, you know, she can't resent

me. At the evening, I said, there something happened. By'm okay.

Now they're keeping me here for night. And but don't worry. You

should be okay. Tomorrow we will ask doctor because it's coming tomorrow to see

what was the issue. H And but by next day I felt much better.

I could even sit up, I could even fit myself. You know,

everything was much better. I felt strengthed back to my body. At

about eight pm, they removed it. La okay. Then the day before

okay, so they trying more twe forty five after the drama said, about

eight pm they removed it. No more bleeding, thank god. Uh And

but it hurt. It hurt like mad la okay, no more anesthetic really,

but by the next day at it right, I was doing much better.

Right before this rite this area, there was an indentation inside my arm

like this, this white indentation because of the band when they removed it.

But by the next day it kind of like became quite normal. Ready,

right, and about am, I just took some photos. About eight am,

I was okay, I could eat and I just waited for the doctor,

right. And the prayer the day before was just Lord, please let

me survive tonight. But at the same time this my wife don't know,

but I tell you now, I also felt like, God, you know

what, if really you're gonna take me, Homer, I think I lived

a good life. I know I still got work to do, and I

know my you know now, the prayer is like, please keep me alive

for the sale of my kids. At least I get to help them grow

up. But really, if you are taking me home now, Lord,

I'm at peace, you know. And I started like, is there anyone

you forget? You know? You know? I tell you, guys,

when you're faced with your own mortality in the hospital, are a lot of

your perspective for change, but you know, the saving grace and the peace

I had was because I know Christ was I worried. I was worried,

like a little bit worried. I wasn't like worried, crazy worried. I'm

like, just okay, that happened, seems quite drama. But Lot,

my trust is in you. If you want to take me home, take

me home. If you're want to keep me here, keep me here.

You know. But Lot, you know, I say, Lord work right,

so better keep me here. Lat But I see, it wasn't a

worry. I was at total peace. Can I tell you something this whole

experience, It was a very pleasant experience. I know a lot of people

come and say, oh drama, And honestly, guys, until today,

I'm at all at how chill it was, how at peace it was,

how God provided at the right time, every single thing. He took care

of everything. Let me tell you an art, that's your money. So

the doctor that I went and he was doctor Mohan. Can you can you

go next? Here is the doctor, doctor Mohan, show his face.

He was not el Kenya's doctor. No, So let me tell you something.

Elas doctor was an a doctor. He was a good guy as well,

and passa Kenna also went to this hospital to get his heart check.

Uh, and he also went to the eldest doctor. But you know,

pastor was like okay and not that great experience. So he decided to try

another doctor and he actually saw doctor Mohan and he had such a good experience

to doctor Mohn that he told elther Kenya about it and say doctor was really

good doctor. Of course Elder had a doctor, so he was not going

to change my right. So when Elder heard that, when I asked for

a recommendation, Elders said, oh, I just recommend the doctor that passa

say is Gula right? And I thought to myself, wow, it might

seem like, oh you know why why so? But to give about doctor.

Honestly, guys, I really enjoyed this doctor. It was super chill

the whole way. He explained every single thing right. He was very patient,

right, and he really took time to explain whatever question I have.

He asked sit down for one and a half hours in the room talking,

you know, just talking and finding out. He's a really good doctor.

It is only by God's timing that I have this doctor through different recommendation.

You see, even things that I didn't plan a God planned, so I

see it as really a testimony. Amen. So I was feeling much better.

And when the doctor saw me at nine, so basically what happened right,

the drama that he happened. He basically told me that I went through

this thing called a vessel vagul reaction, right, and it's quite a normal

reaction for people in post of one. When a body goes through like a

major major operation or pain the body, the nervous system will automatically shut down.

That's why the blood pressure dropped. But he said that he was not

worried because after that my blood pressure went up to normal. He was more

concerned if my blood pressure went higher because that would also mean that I had

an internal bleeding inside and that was what they were checking for when they were

around me, making sure that there's no Internet bleeding. But he they say,

don't worry. I when I left, I double check triper check because

when the wire goes inside your veins, it embraces your arterrees. So they

also don't know one all these things. That's why I was in ICU for

observation. Thank god, no internet bleeding, thank god, no issue,

thank god. Next day was fine. It was just a normal reaction,

you know, really thank God, you know. And after that it kind

of gave me a little bit of like, Okay, I think better be

worried a little bit about it, law, and better take care a little

bit about it. La. So he saw me, he was happy with

my progress, and he discharged me from the U straight. He say,

I can go back ready, you know I can. I can distach you

from the ico amen. You know, increases these three eleven says he has

made everything beautiful in his time. He has put eternity in their hearts,

except that no one can find out the work of God that God does from

the beginning to the end. You know. So after that, what happened

was I think it goes the next picture. You know. I had Tim

Quan and doctor Jason came to visit me right on their day itself. I

mean, different ones wanted to visit. But I'm like, I see it

will be hard, okay, you know, I don't want to have too

much commotion because I see different things happening. There were more serious patients around

them, right, and I'm like, well, you're coming her party.

They're not a good look like. But then these people came without asking me,

but the timing was was good because so they came at about two forty

five like that. So doctor came talk to me for then when tim Quan

came in because they took turns, he came in at about three o'clock,

the nurse said, oh, your your discharge favors already. You can't go

ahead get this charge. So they actually helped me. And then because I

mean Jess has been working really hard being my pr person and all that kind

of stuff, I told her, no, you come lad here, they

will send me back. So they sent me home lad. And then after

that Sharon As came to visit, you know, and we just had maccan

and sharing them about what happened. And then of course next day passed.

Knef came, you know to see me, and then I found out about

the doctor mohunting there. I asked, wow, Lord, you took care

even of that. The right doctor, the right timing. It is your

timing, it is not my timing. Whatever that supposedly wasn't there was able

to be addressed, you know. Of course, after that I had rest

much to my own. I have to be active. My wife not happy

my rescue. I didn't really rest. I cleaned the house anyway. Yeah

I should rest more, but yeah so so I had rest falstress and I'm

still resting. Okay, haven't gone fully yet. But the Lord is Goola

and his timing is perfect. As I reflect on this journey, really,

I tell you it's very weird for me to say this. It was a

very pleasant experience. I had a major hot heart procedure done, not even

operation of heart procedure, but it was a very pleasant experience. And it

can't tells me about how faithful God is. You know that even true,

even though you're going to a stormer, you can be a peace or no,

of course I was. Don't get at peace. A lot of people

around me more kanjonga you O care you? Okay? Now you're the funny

thing. I have a lot of friends my age are very concerned. Now

I want to go and to help check. I will tell him please go

and do it. You know, I got one to two friends scared.

I say, please, don't be scared. Rather find out and get it

checked before you know anything, right, you know, always good to check

your heart. I share you four points about trusting God, knowing God,

waiting on him, and hoping in Him. Right. Do you know that

at the end of the day, when we do all of this, it

is for our own benefit. It is for us to grow and mature and

to strengthen our faith and trust in God. When we trust in God,

we have peace because we're not trusting in the situation. We're not trusting in

ourselves. We're not even trusting in our experience. You know, all our

bank account, all this thing can fail. One do you know that God

doesn't fail? And when you're trust in Him, you have peace. I

have peace throughout the whole way because I know God. You got to be

with me. Try this journey. I trust you step by step, I

just follow on me. Do I know what's the next step? Don't know?

Just go, just go. And when you know God how to trust

you? Got to know him? Now? How do I know him?

I mentioned true the word right, know him through the word knowing true my

own experience. I've many experiences we got so it helps me to know him.

You know, when you know him, it helps your mind. Having

knowledge makes it easier to trust him. You'll know that when you got no

knowledge, it's very I have to trust God. No, when you don't

know your bible. It's fair. I have to trust God. No,

that's why we always say, please do your bible. Please. You know

it is easy to say trust God, but if you don't have any substance,

how to trust? Not easy to trust? Why wait on him?

It develops your character. He develops your patience. Waiting on God. It's

not easy waiting on anything. It's not easy, right, but waiting is

not given up. We think it's not doing anything. We thing is to

develop yourself. Okay, right now? You know one of the things that

we're trying to teach our kid now, our son now, is to wait.

He asked for something and we say not yet. Later hold on and

of course it's casey oh no, I want it now. I want to

know, and you'll keep trying. Now, they will keep trying. But

don't you don't you think as people who are maturity? Okay, I trust

your maturity. You're okay, now, you're mature. Don't you think we

think will help develop his character? If I give him immediately everything, what

will happen? They become spot now they'll have an unreasonable expectation. Do you

know that God treats us that way? That way, Why does he with

whole because time not yet. You got to develop character, right, you

got to be able to develop character. So it is for our benefit that

we wait. Why hope in him because of a future. A vision is

a very powerful thing. You know, if there's no hope, right,

no point living really, hope helps you live. Hope tells you that no

matter how bad things are, there is a better tomorrow. He has a

future for you. There is a vision for your life. You might see

your life now as difficult, no plan, but purcelers whatever you might.

You might even fall into the trap of like, oh, white other people

enjoying themselves overseas, they're traveling, they're doing all kind of awesome things.

That's what we see. But do you know that the grass always took greener

on the other side. Just because your overseas and taking nize what those doesn't

mean the life there is great. Now I'm looking at my experience here,

and I'm looking at all that I'm experiencing here. I'm very thankful that I'm

this is in Malaysia because I know that if this is this happened overseas,

oh my goodness, A probably mean that our country not that bad. No,

our country is not that bad. Hope in Him as a future for

you. There is a vision for your life. God has good plans for

us. That's why we hope in Him. You don't holp mean anything else.

Let me give you another secret about hoping. Do you know that if

you hope in yourself and you hope in other things, Like I said,

things can fail. But when you hope in God, knowing that God is

all powerful, the responsibility is on Him, not on you. The responsibility.

See, when you help me yourself, you have a responsibility. You

cannot claim if anything fail you can claim from yourself or not if you help

me in other things around here, things that fail we know fail, who

can you claim? But when you hope in God, any things don't go

on your way, you can claim from Him. You'll catch that. So

hoping, trusting, knowing, waiting, and hoping. These are things that

I think is important as believers to remember and to practice because it helps you

to grow. It helps you to grow and to go Amen. We hope

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