Not My Plan, But God's Plan | Pr Alvin Keng

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

We hope this message will light up your day.

So this message will spun out of a personal testimony. Well,

it's still ongoing, and if you can turn your Bibles

to Isaiah chapter fifty five US and I'm gonna go

scripture first. It says here for my thoughts are not

your thoughts, neither your ways. My ways declares a lot

as the heavens are higher than the earth, and so

are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts

than your thoughts. The title of the message is not

my plan, but God's plan, Okay, And we can see

it's basically a foretot of my house, the better my house. Okay.

So just give you a hopefully I can do this

real quick, a really quick introduction that this year is

the year I started doing some renovations in my house. Okay,

and I've stayed in that place since twenty eleven. You

know I believe that God again letters there. I bought

the house. Uh you know, I got a long, other,

longer storyline, you know, hit at the house. You don't

want to stay there? I want you vid there all

these different Thingskay, got chance I would say over lunch,

then we can talk. But there has been a desire

to renovate for a long time. But again, now you

got desire, need you got no money, but they have

to do things, la right, And I have two kids.

You've got to be wise. Lat So the desire came

to the point where I'm like a lot you happen, happened,

not happen, la right. There was no but again that's

the desire. And and we know me. I like to cook.

I love a nice kitchen, right, I love it, but

I've also accepted that I don't have to have it.

You'll catch me. And if you know my kitchen, let

me give you a picture. My kitchen is about this

big money, this bit from this door like that this

big money, smaller of it, and with the kitchen, and

make sure you know, invict many people at my house

for them. It's very difficult. Okay, guys, it's very difficult.

Small kitchen anyway, But I've really sat time, okay a lot. No,

it's okay. I can live with it. It's fine. You

give you gif, you don't give you going It's fine.

But I don't know why. Suddenly this year there were

different and again I am not serious about it. Can

I be honest? I was serious, you know for a

period of time, maybe about two years back, you know,

because I asked her you can help me or not

in different things. She knows. After that kind of like

died off and like a you know what, just give

up on the planner, okay. And somehow, by one or

two things, the idea came again. And I just lie

on the idea, you know, like just you know, MANI

la lot, how just lie on me Olkila. Ask the

contractor come and see maybe I do do that? Get

someone to draw kila maybe like maybe, And I was

not serious about it, or to be really honest, I'm

not serious. But let me tell you what happened that

got me a bit more serious. Uh. Suddenly I came

into some cash. Long story short, I came into some

cash from my my my family member. It is so

unexpected and again now it is one tenth of what

I needed la not no a lot, just one tenth.

But it came so suddenly that I knew this will

seat money for the renovations. You know, God was in

very interesting ways one and because of that, I'm like, okay, God,

you would sayings already. A, so I have to do

something that you show your hand ready, so I have

to do like? If not, then how I'm like, okay,

you come out already. Then I do long so I

move one step more so I get contracted to do

a quotational Then is this much ten percent of renovations? Like?

Tie like it? And I'm like, God, you you provided that. Okay,

I'll do it. The Lord has given me one or

two other testimonies on a relation which I may not

have time to explain today, But today I just wanted

to share with you a little bit about the experience.

Do you know that it's wise to plan? How many

of you don't like to plan? On? You hate planning?

Nobody there do that? A? You know it's wise to plan.

Do you know that the Bible encourages us to plan?

He does. The Bible does encourages us to plan. It

saves in Proverbs twenty one to five, the plans of

the diligion lead surely to plenty. Okay, if you plan diligion, lea,

you will be rich. Okay, But those of everyone who

is hasty surely to poverty. Hasty means you wait, impassive,

hah shop we say bye bye bye Gona, all the

money gone, right, bye bye bye, literally bye bye bye. Right. No,

it is good to plan, and I'm just gonna read scripture.

Look fourteen, verse twenty eight to thirty. Even Jesus ask

us to plan for which of you intending to build

a tower does not sit down first and counter the

course whether he has enough to finish it less. After

he has laid the foundation and is not able to finish,

all who sees it begin to mock him, saying, these

men begin to build and was not able to finish. Okay,

let's take a few steps back from that scripture. What

is the context of the scripture? Right before that, Jesus

actually say he who does not hate his father, mother,

siblings and all cannot be my disciple. Let me give

you the context. When I was younger, I totally don't

understand that. Basically, what Jesus trying to say. He's trying

to address who are his true disciples, And he's saying

that if any of us here or during it that

he said, and of course here as well, if you

love all these people and things more than him, you

cannot be his disciple. Fair. Fair not saying you must

hit them, but you must he Jesus very extreme month,

so he went the extreme. If you love all these

things more than him, then you cannot be his disciple.

And he follows up saying that if you go and

build a house and you don't count the cost, and

later you cannot finish the house, it's polishers correct. Likewise,

people who want to follow Christ have to count the cost.

Then we can truly say I am your disciple. Why

is this significance for us? Because if Christ and God

asks you to do something difficult and you have not

counted the cost, you are going to say no. Then

can we truly say were his disciple? And he actually

touched things that are close to our heart? Our father,

our mother, got bad relationship parents? I easy, lah, you

know easy because got bad? No, But he's he's addressing everything.

Means that Christ is the center all the time. Are

we counting the cost in our faith or not? Lord?

Why sometimes things don't happen in my life as I

expected it to be. Why sometimes I pray, pray, pray,

but nothing happened. The question is have we put Christ

on the center or is something else there? It's a

question I will ask us this morning. Right, it's a

question I have to ask myself. Right, that's the reality

of life. It's something else. There is my dreams. There,

it's my job, There is my business. There is my family.

It's my son, there, my daughter thirday more important than Christ.

You know, if you're not careful, right, something else can

replace Jesus. One can one very easy on you know,

can on very easy. Something else can replace. Relationships is

such an important thing, especially with people who want to

you don't get married, have kids that can easily replace Christ. Kids, parents,

this your flesh and blurt. No, huh, Jesus have to

be more important than my kid. Yeah, that's what the

Bible says. So it is important to count the cost.

Have we countered the cost of following Christ? That's the question?

Have we forsaken or or are we still standing on

the fence. It is very difficult. Send on friends, friends,

very difficult. Trust me, it's very difficult. You either left

or right. You cannot be standing on the fence and okay,

depending away it goes, then I will go left. It's

very hard. It's very hard. You've got to decide. Even

the Bible says, don't be warm hot or cold. You

either believe don't believe, because it's very difficult to work

with someone who have half. You don't know where the

person will go now, at least, I don't believe you

can convince the one that believe even easier than you're convinced.

Let's just fly right. But those that in the middle,

you do know you're gonna waste a lot of time

trying to figure out. So even God knows people who

are on the fence all the time, who want to

be no, no, no, I'm neutral Switzerland. I'm sorry, Bible say

it cannot be like Switzerland. Right, So have we countered

the costs of following Christ? I know your works that

you're neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were

cold or hot. Soul then, because you're lookewarm and neither

cold nor hot, I will warmit you out of my

mouth because you say I'm rich and have become wealthy

and I mean on nothing and do not know you're wretched, miserable, poor,

blind and naked. The scripture is very quite specific that

if we come to a place of self sufficiency, we

don't need God o cash. Again, I'm not asking everybody, okay,

please sell all that you have. No, I'm not asking

you to do that. I'm just saying that the way

we approach our faith, do we still need God or not?

In this place of course all you say yes lah,

But the way we live do we still need God? Right?

It's very important to think about it. So, friends, why

am I sharing this CEO. At the end of the day,

Your faith is as simple as this. It either works

or it doesn't. You either believe in prayer or you

don't believe in prayer. Right, It's either we follow God's

commandments and it's true, or we follow the world. There's

no in between. Oh, I come to this church, I

listen to some things I take. But then because out

there in the working world it is the dog dot world,

the church is not relevant. I one hundred percent disagree

that a lot of things we study we have relevance

in the world. Or but it doesn't work, well, it

doesn't work the way we think we want to work.

Because what's my title of today's message? I got storted

to that after this, No my plan by God's plan? Right, No,

my plan. But gospland Roman chilth to even the Ible

knows that we are easily influenced by the world. Romans

struct to say is do not be conformed to this world,

but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then

you may prove what is that good and acceptable and

perfect will of God? Can I give you a thought

as a believer for those of us here, for our believers.

You've been a believer for many, many years. Ready, how

have you progressed? Is your mind renewed? Very important question asked.

It is not the church, the people you hang out with,

your homes. It is not the leader and the capability

of whether the leader can give you eschatology you know whatever,

or the funky you know words, biblical words. No, it's

not that. It is never that right. It is us

and what we receive. I don't go to the gym

and blame my coach. If I get fed, cor or

not correct, it's my fault. I don't exercise, I don't

you know. I simply eat whatever I eat. But then

I go to the gym and blame no coach. Albert,

you you know, never train me enough. You never give

me a hard thing enough. You now force me enough.

You never drag me enough. You never invite me enough.

Sound familiar friends, Can I encourage you take the responsibility

of your faith, Take the responsibility of your faith, because

once you do the lot renew your mind? Have we changed?

Have we grown? Have you experienced? Got more? That is

a good question, you know, right, So encouraging to hear

slain us as some money as you're sharing about how

God is moving renewing her mind right, causing us to grow.

God is not over with you yet. Friends. Don't come

to a place where I say I've done it all,

seen it all. No, they are more to do. Son, Yes,

I plan, right, I plan, I plan, I plan, and

I know that God is in control. And I commentate

myself to you. So how well we got to align to

God's plan? What is our compass when we think about it?

My encouragement is God does have a plan for us,

every one of you here in ex Ampang. Whether you

realize it or not, God has a plan for you.

Jeremiah twenty nine eleven says, why I know the thoughts

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

and of evil to give a future and a hope.

So this is the truth. But then you might come

and say, oh, but I mean what do you mean

by God has a plan? I don't know. I've not

seen that plan. Well, can I tell you whether you

see it or not? He does have a plan for you.

He does have a plan, But then what is the

big question? There is a plan, but are we on

his plan? Or am I on my own plan? Are

you some exercising examples, Okay, one year I've been going

to the gym, still going, Thank God, right every time

I go, Jim right, I will tell Albert your plan,

not my plan. Sometimes I will have ideas, which recently

I say maybe I should do and he's like, look

at me, like, but what's your goal. If your goal

is this and you should do this, you shouldn't do that.

I'm like, yeah, I'm like if you're I'm like, you're

not a coach. I'll just listen to you. You know better,

you look like you know better. Every time I don't

know actually say it, but every time after no girls

around that. Okay, after the exercise, he will take off

his shirt because he's sweaty, and when I look at him,

I'm like, I will always follow his life because that's

what I want to. You get me not I don't

go to it I know better, coach, and then you

compare there you look at the body you're like physically,

I can see he knows what he's talking about. Right?

Do we know that God knows what he's talking about?

Are we on God's plan? The problem is not no

plan on the price? Which plan are we on? Are

we using the ways to follow Jesus? Are we relying

on the way, the truth and alive? What is our compass?

Who or what is guiding us? From sixteen three says

commit your works to the Lord, and your thoughts will

be es. Proverbs sixteen nine says a man's heart plans

his way, but the Lord directs his theme. Ps. Twenty

four says, may he grant you according to your heart's desire,

but there's a catch, and fulfill all your purpose. Who

knows what their purpose is? The person that made you

knows your purpose? Right. Proverbs nineteen twenty one says there

are many plans in a man's heart. See, so keep planning, okay,

Please plan, plan, plan right. Many plans. However, God's counselor

will stand. So it's okay to plan. Friends, Don't don't

get me wrong, It's okay to have your own plan.

Please do it. Don't don't have or no I've been saying,

I know, need you a plan. So I'll just you know,

every day pray and seek the Lord and no, no, friends,

please don't do that, Please don't become her. Please follow

wisdom plan. But the moment God speaks, follow his word. Right.

Let me share you where this message came out from. Right,

So start the house renovations. Basically extending my kitchen. Okay,

finally right, uh and uh, well, got provided some funds.

Oh yeah, stick to this picture first and and again.

This used to be my back house. Okay, As you

can see, it's uh the back of my place was soft,

like I used to work, dilapidated. I never touched, never

go and v see you know, sometimes got like little

creppy crawlies there and I just don't bother that. Okay,

And this is basically my internet line. But right now

the house had been extended. If you saw earlier on

that was the back that was stustand the back wall,

but now extend redema. But then this thing is still

there wall how so I have to call the service

provider to remove it la, right, to relocate it to

the outside. Right, So that's why I did, you know,

because if they don't, if they don't cut off that

that this this thing, and if they don't remove it,

I cannot tell this area. And if I cannot tell

this area. For those of you who know renovations, right,

thank god, I really had one or two experiences renovation.

Now I know that timing is very important. Was once

one delay, harllelujah, and I cannot afford delays, right, So

I took leave one day after one week of ding

donging with the service provider, which is supposedly I won't

tell you who, but the most awesome service provider ever

one week just to arrange them to get them to

come and do internal relocation. Okay, that's what the word

they use. They say, supp's coming back now, coming back okay, anyway,

never mine. On the day I managed to finally make

one appointment. And again, now it's year and I have

no not much leave ready right, one to leave left

and then that's it, right, and I was like I

needed it done today and wisdom right, So I make

my own planner so I really know and I may

insul do some research that actually I can do this myself,

meaning hire some technician to do it, but I'll be

more expensive, right, So I rate time myself, like, Okay,

if really this I cannot then I will have no choice.

Take another day, live and go and get it done.

So one way or another is done. So I arrange

two o'clock the guy is supposed to come, right, and

then at twelve the t the expert called me and

I kind of knew I was coming ready ask me

what is this thing? And I'm like, I've really shared

these six times to your people, and you were asking

me what am I doing? Isn't it in the notes?

Don't you already? Hi? Tech? Right? Oh? These are all

like that. I need to come and see first. The

appointment said too, he come me at telfter tea. He

suddenly appeared, Sorry, he came me at twelve. He suddenly

appeared at twelve the tea to come and see. And

then he told me, oh, sir, sorry, cannot be done,

but my friend can help. How funny is that? Right?

I kind of know this was gonna happen. Really after

doing some research, I'm like, you know what, but I

made a first off. I said, we read who you

know I need done today? Right? And I kind of

give you a hard time until he was sook jung

and then in the end long story shot so at

chelfter Tea after he left his say friend help. I

was on the phone with him and I'm like, I

need it done today. I cannot. I ready to live

for this. You are telling me now you cannot do

it right. Get your friend here earlier so they can

see it and get it done right. And he's like, oh.

And I was like, how much is it going to cost?

And he said this much and he was less than

what I got the quote earlier and said, okay, just

get it done, just get it I just need it done.

At chelp the d I was talking to this guy

and I was and friends, I've been stressed out over

this cabler for the past two months a day, right,

my wife don't understand. Guys, you understand, Okay, you've been

stressed out all this for the past two months. No,

not see your face. Cannot sleep. I actually couldn't sleep

because of this, right, that's the mouse stress ahead chefter Tea.

After telling the guy, he said, don't worry. My friend

will come and check. Then we will see whether or

not he can do it or not. And as I

was looking outside my house. My friend, get this is

my bet my house. I was outside talking because inside way,

no is it right? They're doing renovations outside talking lo

and behold, I look at the clouds. You know if

you stay in winning are you know that Cotman is

a beautiful place. It's very sunny, but right now we

have monsoon season. And as I look out of my house,

I saw this on the sky. Okay, you need to

taballecan the imagination right? Because that clear part was above

me and that cloud was in front of me. And

I'm like, oh, Lord, even if the guy comes at

one the tee, how is he going to do the

work because it's outside work. I have to think leave.

And I don't know what came on me. I said, Lord,

please hold the rain, just that one the tee. Suddenly

they appeared, They came, they went behind straight way started

doing well. No, never even tell me. I'm like, hey,

hold on, hold ond on, how much is it? You

didn't quote me properly? Then he like, then try to, like,

you know, convince me. Oh, you know I work on

all the houses. I don't. I don't understand what you're

trying to convince me. I guess when of it done,

and then he told me the price. It was less

than what was quoted. I said, okay, just get it

done immediately, right, So he did it. He got it done.

By two thirty. Everything was done right. And then I realized, hey,

it didn't rain. Friends, if you see the count klow,

confirm rain one. Okay, I stay in got the winning

for very long. If I see the count cloud, I'm like,

confirm rain one. But it didn't rain. It didn't rain

for the whole day. I don't know where the wind

was blown. It didn't rain. And by two thirty everything

was done according to specs and it was finished. And

then God spoke to me. You had a plan, right, Elvin.

My plan, I tell my plan. My plan was there

coming two o'clock. I get it all done, I you know,

roughly me about two three hours. You know, hopefully it's

not too expensive. I I really cleared my my whole

day really not doing anything. That was my plan. My

plan was no more phone call, no more friend help,

all done properly. That was my plan. I was God's plan.

God's plan was it was done earlier. God's plan was

he held the rain. That was God's plan, Okay, you

might think I have pass when you're over reading into Itla,

It's fine, it's fine, it's okay. You know, for people

who are logical, you can. But I really believe God

held the rain, and I've never paid a can't pray

before and I've never seen And if you'll stay in

condect morning for those few days, you'll know it rained

every single day. So to me, it was supernatural. It

was the first time in my life I experienced God

holding rain, and I only realized later. How many of

us have this contestimony. I'm sure some of you have.

Don't take it likely, don't take it lightly, because God

does things to show you that he's around. And then

I realized, Wow, Lord, my stress for two months was

sorted like that according to your plan, not my plan.

It wasn't my plan to get the friend to help,

It wasn't my plan all that thing, But everything was

done according to what I needed. How many of us

right experiences before We have a certain plan, we need

it run a certain way, and then different things happen.

It didn't go according to plan, but you still got

what you wanted. Don't make sense, right, makes perfect sense

because God orchestrates things and it will come to a

place where we can only give him the glory. Amen.

So we got to align. How do we align? I

could have canceled the friend, I could have done a

lot of things, but I aligned. I said, God, please,

I need your helper. You know, you know right, this

whole renovation is not even my idea. No, it's your idea.

I'm just going on the right. They had one or

two testimonies that gave me confirmation to pursue it, because,

to be really honest, I'm not the richest person in

the room. In fact, I can actually one of the confirmation,

well not confirmation, but want The encouragement I had was

passa Ken was sharing a message about praise's power, and

we're sharing about how God provided for his house renovation.

And of course he shared this, you know, and this

is my internal joke. He's like, oh, you know, God

plays a person's name in his heart that will help

fund the renovation. When I had it, I'm like, oh, Lord,

please place the person's name in my heart that will

help the renovation. Until now I don't. I got no name.

But God provides, and he's been providing through different ways. Okay,

but I understand our plan. I will align to God's plan.

But what if we get lost halfway? Or I've been planning,

I've been but howway I got lost? Well, it's very simple.

You need to recalibrala. You know you driveways. You know

how confident we are right now we waste that even

if we make the wrong turn, we will still content

you driving. I remember the days before WESA. The moment

you make wrong thing, you stop the calnel. Now there's

no such thing. You know where he's wrong with Jay?

Come forth? Something wrong somewhere, even if it's thirty minutes.

You're like a ya a yah, and you have no idea?

So much confidence? Friends, can we recalibrate with God? Some

study three eleven says the counsel of the Lord stands

forever the plans of his heart to all generations. God's counsel.

Why do we pray? Why do we trust him? Why

do you know? Church pastors all say, why don't you

listen to God and trust him? Don't listen to any

counsel out there. Listen to God's counselor where else you

get God's counsel In the church, with the people who

are believers, so speak the same lingo, understand the same thing. No, no, no,

I must go listen to some guru out there. Go

and listen. Now, I don't know what counsel. You'll be

getting very dangerous, No, very dangerous. Right, look nineteen nine times,

says Jesus said to him. Today, today's salvation has come

to this house because this man too is the son

of Abraham. Hey, friends, if you're a loss, are you

want to know the cool thing? Because worse stances for

the son of man came to seek and save the loss?

Are you lost today? Jesus's main goal is to look

for people who are lost. Can that be your confidence

that you won't get lost? Because Christ will can't look

for you as long as you keep close to him. Yes,

you may not fully understand what's happening right now. You

may not fully you know, feel you know, like things

are perfect. It's okay, remain abide in him. Jesus never

promises that it will be, you know, rainbows and sunshines

every time. No, he didn't promise that. No, but he

promised that I'll be with you always. What are we

looking for? Right? You're gotta trust in God's plan. That's

where the confidence come. How come I got confident after

that to say, oh, this is definitely God's thing because

I've experienced him many times. How do you get confidence

in something because you experience Him many times? Do you

know that if I've never experienced God provide in different things,

If I never experience God provide for the renovations, I

will not have the confidence. But because I experienced him myself,

you can come and say coincidence. I can tell you

that's why you want believe up to you. I believe

it's God, and I've seen how it is not coincidence.

Every single step He guides. We got to have the confidence. Friends.

The only way we have the confidence is to continue

to believe in God and walk in Him and experience him.

No other way of friends. Let me give you something

that I've learned recently. You know why Jesus didn't say, hey,

you want to be a believer. You come, you join

a church, you join a community, you listen to a

passerpreation on Sunday, and that's it. Do you know why

the commandment is go and make disciples, because when your

disciples you have to walk together. It is one thing

to do theory. It is another thing to have practical.

This is something I've learned. People who walk in faith

understand because they walk in faith. It is very hard

to learn faith from here on the pulpit. You don't

experience it, you will know. But those who walk in

faith and experience it, they understand. There's some of you

here when I'm sharing down this testimon you understand because

you wentry before, because you walked in it. It's not

just theory to you, is practical through the small and

the God will give you the big because as you're

faithful over the little things, He'll make you ruler over

many other things. You can share it not it's on

scriptural right. Ephesians one eleven says in him also we

obtain an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of

Him who works all things according to the counsel of

his will. Romans eight twenty eight three says, and we

know that all things work together. Please remember this scripture.

We know that all things work together for good to

those who love God. Do you love God this morning?

All things will work together for you if you love God.

It is not about how perfect you are, not about

how frequently you come for homes. No, you love God,

it will happen to you because right people who love

God will come to homes regularly. It's not about that.

Asa You'll see how I shifted around. It's true. You

love got your come service. Nobody's going to force you. You

love God yourself. It is not about hitting a target. Friends,

don't be misled. Don't be misled. Know that all things

work together for good, right to those who love God,

to those who are called according to His purpose. All

of you are called according to his purpose. But are

we aligning to his purpose? That's the question. Philippin's one

say says, being confident of this very thing, that he

who has begun a good work in you will complete

it until the day of Jesus Christ. That's why it's

a continuous work. No no different ones here. Some of

you are new believers, some of you are believable for

a long time. Hey, the work has not ended. Now

still continue You know all the way, You're not perfect.

That's why we grow together. That's why it's a disciple

ship process. Right. I don't think Slena, imagine her that

she one day lead exampunk, but she's been doing how

many years city. Five years yesterday are very interesting. I

was on the way to someone's wedding and one of

the feels so omen one of the one of the

campus student asked me faster. Have you ever always want

to be a faster I'm like, wow, that's such a

loaded question. Man. I had to like no, no, and

I wear capful of course whatever I say. And then

after that I believe that like oh no, living a

person around friends. I never imagine a lot of things

I'm doing right now. But let me share if you

one thing that I think Lena also agree. The only

thing I did was continue walking record, continue being faithful,

continuing saying yes to him. It's tough lot by by

I know it's you continue submitting to my leaders and

submitting to my discipler. That is the continuous thing. Everything

else came later on, right, and that's my encouragement to you.

Let me end with this. Let me share a testimony.

This guy called Edison Wilson. Some of you know him

as Jesus because he was Jesus in our Easter play.

I think two years back. He's right now in Canada.

He is a refugee. Okay, And I end with this

he's a refugee that came to Malaysia I think six

years ago, right, just different things from that happening in

Pakistan and then he came all the way here with

his family and he's been with us for six years.

He was in Malaysia, he went through a very difficult time,

hated the country, went through depression. We all wanted to

I think wanted himself a few times. And he was

working as a security guard and true different things that happened.

He actually relocated to Suban. That's how we found out

about him. And I remember this one experience where passes

Sanny called me, asked me to go to the office

and say, Elvin, we've got someone who's a refugee, you know,

rather than just helping, you know, we're thinking maybe you

can offer the person job. And see a person does media, right, then,

why don't you fly fish take him up? Friends? Can

I be very honest you I'm super honest. Okay, I'm like, huh,

I really so busy? You're gonna pass me a foreigner

to take care of as busy as I am? Friends?

These two years ago and I'm like, but no choice,

A bossy do doula? But I'm not happier. Yeah, let

me were honest, right, So two weeks take him and

do you know our friends, I've been taking care of

interns and I've been running a verbumb for Where long

are you when someone come and say that they're very

good at what they do, you don't know it at

true or not? Another thing? Hey Pakistani, No, I don't

know Uru. No, I don't know how. I don't know

how well he knows English, you know, and I have

to basically crack my head to figure out something for

him to do in the office. It's much easier to

hire someone who knows what they're doing. It is more

work to get someone who don't know anything. Two weeks came,

I said, okay, try fast forward three years later. Right

Edison has become a key member in our organization. Righte know,

right fully trust him to handle you know, all the

emptygs that you hear on a weekly basis. He edits

everything and one of the testimonies he tells me is

that his transformative processor. Because recently we were able to

interview him, he said, every time he listens to emptyga,

God is speaking to him, and because of that, his

mind changed a lot of things change. He went from

a person who's fearful to a person who's like, if

I'm going to be a refuge in Lasia, then I

better do things right. He went for three years. He

never pursued any paperwork, he never pursued anything. They all

live in fear all the time. But after being with us,

disciple shape no choice man every day see it. They

definitely have two disciples on ma right every day? See

it confirmed le top one. Right. That's the wonderful thing

about Christians, you know, or I will say, ay, you

hang out with us, not enough you become like one

of us. That's how Nicole got safe as right. He

will know that. Right. Isn't that a powerful culture? So

no choice? Are And if I see him about family,

about his wife, about everything, and he's grown so much. Right.

So the testimony is this guy from someone who I'm like,

you don't know how came to someone that's close to me.

He's now in Canada. Right. If you understand refugee, you

know that a lot of them stay in Latia for

very long. I want to get relicated, right heart. His

process was three years. I'm not saying we did anything.

Now I'm saying God did a lot of things. God

did a lot of things like restart his family. He

saw his life. Then recently he just shed He said

he used to smoke, stress, smoke all. You know, how

he quits smoking. He became Jesus in the play He's Small.

Apparently he smoked for one year and none of us

knew about it. Okay, right, he smoked and then we

don't know. And then he told me recently he told

me know, I'm like, I didn't know this. Ever, he said,

you know, I decided to quit smoking because I was

gonna play Jesus. And he never really understood baptism and

church and he said no extras to rechanged his life.

He's a Christian for many many years. I think his

dad is social, a minister and all these different things are.

But he came here, he saw the culture, he saw

different things are. He changed his life. So let me

tell you the testimony of how he quit smoking. He

he was gonna be cast as Jesus, and why we

cast him because he looks like the middle. It's not okay,

So that's why. And then what happened was like he's like, hey,

I think I need to go for baptism because I

cannot do this and still be dirty. I need to

cleanse myself. He went, He got baptized. Immediately he quit

smoking because he said he cannot be a Jesus at smoking.

Until today he elshie. In fact, after that, right he

started his fitness journey or so you know, I'm very

thankful for him. So because ever since I started going

to the gym every day, he remind me going to

gymnast doing gymna every day. So partially my decip worship

for Jim is because of him. God gave him a child.

The day he found out his wife was pregnant was

also the day he got a call for relocation. Friends,

it was not his plan to come to Blasia, and

it was not his plan to come to He was

not his plan to work here. It was not his plan.

He came to a point, now, where can I be

honest with you? Before relocation, He's like, you know what

a lot there'd be one thing to have a child

for bair long, but they decided they because of fear

and all, like, oh, I don't know after you affect

the process. But he came to the point and said, okay, God,

if you caught me here. I will stay. I know

it's tough. Bye, okay, because you've changed my life, You've

changed and we will try anyway. So they were open

to have a kid after that. But godhead other plans me.

This brother has a desire to maybe plan a church.

Then I mean, we're going to see how whatether it

works ex Canada. I'm telling you so that you can

pray and see what happens. We're not sure. We're not sure.

Some you got hard for Canada. Let me know. We'll

see how. Not just that, he also recently come and said,

you know what, since I want to go there and

I don't want to be far apart. I want to

be discipled. So he recently also said, hey, pass because

we're talking a lot, can you disciple? I'm like, okay,

let's see how they goes long distant relationship, very difficult,

Let's see how. But he's doing very well then, right,

He's not just going alone. He has six other five members.

It's fully reliable, all still in their one challenge from problem.

But he is transform Did I know that God will

give me a team member that I will actually miss? No,

I thought it was a burden, but go ahead the plans.

So what is it that he's in your plan that

you're not committing to the law? Friends? Can I encourage you?

You know when you follow Jesus and it's very exciting,

it's very exciting, good and bad kind of exciting. One

so away and I heard everything. So what do I

do now? Well? And he got one encreagement for you

Second Corinthians five seven before we walk by faith and

not by sign. So what do you do? Well? Just

keep walking.

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