Heaven Rules When We Obey | Dr Jill Ling

You're listening to a message to go from X Church. We hope this message

will light up your day. What do you see on the screen? Keys?

Okay, very good? How many of you carry keys with you in

this modern day and age? No, okay, you still do? Uh?

Okay, all right, all right? So nowadays, you know,

some of you still have these old fashioned keys, some have newer fashion keys.

But whatever it is, we still need keys in our lives. Right.

Keys keep us safe. Yeah, we can knock the door so that

danger doesn't come near us. Keys also provides for us because we can open

the door into you know, just a space of provision for us. Right,

okay, So, how many of you remember the theme for X Church

this year that God has gave us heaven, Heaven, Heaven. Amen,

And that's just half of it. Amen to the finishing line. That's right.

So for those of you who are new with us here in the next

Church this year, the theme that God has given us is called Heaven Rules.

Towards the finishing line, all right, And so today I'm going to

continue speaking in line with the theme Heaven Rules. Now, previously I had

actually shared different messages that are like different keys to unlocking the rule of Heaven

in our lives. So I spoke about humility as one of the keys.

Remember my lame joke. What was Moses's favorite tea to drink? Humility because

he was the humblest man on earth? Yeah? Okay. I also spoke

about worship as another key to unlock the rule of heaven in our lives.

Right. I remember I show you the Hebrew word of make a joyful noise.

It's like a man that's opening up his mouth and arms towards Heaven.

And when we do that, the spirit of God opens over us as well.

Right, And so today I'm going to share with us another key towards

unlocking the rule of Heaven in our lives. Now, irregardless of what we

do, Heaven still rules, you get me. Heaven still rules because Heaven

is still God is still almighty. But we want to invite his presence and

power and promises and purposes into our lives personally. We want Heaven even in

our personal lives, and that's what we want to unlock, all right,

But irregardless whatever happens, Heaven will still rule. Amen. Okay. So

another key that I'm going to be talking about today is the key of obedience.

All right, And so today the title of God's word for us is

Heaven rules when we obey. Right, I want you to turn to your

neighbor and say, Heaven rules when we obey. Okay, all right,

let's unpack this together now. When God first made heaven and earth, when

God first made all the animals, and finally us we are we are away

beyond animals are by the way. Okay, when God first made the universe

and the world as we know it to be, Heaven ruled on Earth.

Did you know that? Did you know that actually once before, Heaven actually

ruled on earth. It's not just a nice fancy saying Heaven on earth,

but Heaven actually ruled on Earth before. Okay. Let's go back to the

book of Genesis. All right, So when God created the world, there

were at least four ways that heaven't ruled on Earth. I'm going to show

you four points, okay. The first point was when God created the world,

Heaven ruled on Earth because men lived in or with God's presence closely.

So when God first made the earth and he made Adam and Eve, God

actually walked in the Garden of Eden together with them. That's heaven on earth

when there is no separation between God's presence and us. All right, And

how do we know that. Let's look at Genesis chapter three, verse eight,

the first part. So the Word of God says, and they heard

the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the

day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord

God among the trees of the garden. So this verse tells us that initially

God walked together with men. All right. So that's an evidence of Heaven

on earth. Okay. Now, the second point on how Heaven wrote on

earth at the beginning of creation was man had continuous provision of his day alien

needs from the garden. Wow. It's almost like having your fridge always full

with groceries. How many of you would like that? Wow? You don't

need to go, you know, and buy groceries. Whenever you open your

fridge, right, it's always fully groceries, and not just fully groceries,

is full with your favorite groceries. It's a self replenishing fridge. Wow.

Every time you open right, Wow, it's full. Not only full,

but it can read your mind or read your stomach. What do you feel

like eating today? And sally, Wow, that food will just magically appeared

in your fridge. Yeah. Better still, that food is already cooked.

You just have to heat it them in a microwave. Ah. Best.

I also wanted that kind of ridge, doctor Sheila new fridger. Yeah,

because doctor Sheila and yourhan just got a new fridge. Yeah, but that

not that kind of fridge. Lah, not yet, not yet lah.

Yeah, whoever who stumbles across that kind of fridge tell me I also wanted

to buy. Okay, but imagine that. You know, Adam and Eve

had a fridge that you know, he was self replenishing with their favorite food,

and he was just ready to be heated up and eaten. That was

the garden of Eden. You know. Yes, God told him to take

care, but you know they didn't need too much effort to take care.

They didn't have the toil and to strive in taking care of the garden.

Yeah. And so let's look at Genesis chapter two, verse sixteen, and

the Lord God commanded the man, saying, of every tree of the garden

you may freely eat. Wow. So they were living in continuous, almost

quite effortless provision of their daily needs. That's heaven on earth. When you

get to heaven, you don't need to work for your provision. It's eternally

provided already. That's heaven on earth. Right. Hey, let's see now,

when God first made the world, Heaven ruled on earth because man did

not know pain. Pain is probably the worst faur letter word that we can

ever know, whether it's physical or emotional pain. But love is the greatest

four letter word that we can ever know. That countess and heals and restores

the worst four letter word pain. Love is the antidote to pain. And

so at the beginning, man did not know pain. How do we know?

Let's look at Genesis chapter three, verse sixteen to seventeen. Now,

this verse happened after Adam and Eve sinned, after they didn't listen to God.

So this tells us what happened after they disobeyed, But it also tells

us what happened before they disobeyed. Okay, so after they disobeyed, God

says to the woman Eve in pain, you shall bring forth children, and

I will greatly multiply your sorrow. So after the fall of Man, humans

started to experience physical pain, humans started to experience emotional pain. Which tells

us before the fall, there was no pain. There was no physical pain,

there was no emotional pain. Okay, Then we look at the next

verse, and to the men Adam, God said, in toil, you

shall eat of it curses the ground for your sake. So that's suffering,

the striving without the guarantee of success. And so we see from these two

verses that at the beginning, when God made the world, man did not

know pain. But after man disobeyed, then that's where pain started to come

into our lives. Okay, all right, Now let's look at the next

point. So when God created the world, heaven rode on earth, because

point before, man was healthy and could live forever. Hey, let's look

at Janessis chapter three, verse twenty two. Then the Lord God said,

behold, the man has become like one of us to know good and evil.

And now lest he put his hand and take also of the tree of

life and eat and live forever. So actually, in the garden of Eden,

remember God saying you can eat of every tree except that one tree which

will come to in a wild, the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

But it means that actually Adam and Eve could have also eaten of the

Tree of life, and when they eat of the Tree of life, they

will live forever. So actually, man was meant to live forever. Man

was not meant to fall sick and die. Man was actually meant to be

healthy and live forever with God here on Earth. So can you see from

just even these four points at least that when God first made the earth,

heaven't rolled on earth. When God first made the world, man lived closely

with God. Can even take evening walk together in the garden with God?

How many of you here love evening walks? Yeah? Yeah, I like

it too. Imagine if you could take evening walks around your thumb and with

God. Wow, super cool. Right, that's what happened at the beginning.

And then man had continuous provision of his daily needs. Think of that

self replenishing fridge in your kitchen. Man did not know pain. There was

no physical pain, no emotional pain to begin with, and man was healthy

and could live forever. These are evidences that haven't rolled on earth at the

beginning. When God first made the world. Okay, and you know what,

there was only one condition for Heaven to continue rolling on Earth. What

was that condition? It's found in Genesis chapter two, verse sixteen seventeen.

Sorry, Yes, this was the one condition to keep Heaven ruling on earth

and for men to enjoy all the benefits that I mentioned just now. It's

found in Genesis chapter two, verse sixteen to seventeen, and the Lord God

commanded the man, saying, of every tree of the garden you may freely

eat, But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil you shall not

eat, for in the day that you eat of it, you shall surely

die. And this death is not just a physical death, but it's a

spiritual death where there's separation from God. Yeah. So this was the only

condition for Heaven to continue to rule on earth, that man should obey God's

command. Easy or difficult? This condition? I mean, when we look

back, we say maybe easy, lah, right, Yeah, you know,

why did Adam and Eve have to disobey such an easy thing? Also

cannot do. But maybe if we were in that situation, maybe it's not

so easy. Yeah. Yeah. I remember a minister came to church before

and during our marriage and Richmond session called Tea for two. He was telling

couples, do not judge yesterday's decision based on today's wisdom. Do not judge

the choices that you make in the past based on your maturity today. It's

easy when we look back, oh, you know, to blame ourselves,

to blame others. Hey, why couldn't you have known better or done better?

But truth is, when you were in that situation, probably wasn't so

easy. There are a lot of factors to consider. Okay, So looking

back yeah easy? I mean even myself, are you Sometimes right, I

get really frustrated with life and I start blaming Adam and Eve. I know

why you did a million summers ago? Why did you have to do it?

You know? But honestly, if we were in that situation, maybe

we could have done the same or worse. Okay, So now mind enough

of the blame game. Stop looking back, look forward. Okay, blame

game is done. Blame game is the enemy's game. Okay. God's game

is forgiveness, grace and mercy. Move forward, right? Yeah? So

that okay? So this was God's command and we know in Genesis chapter three,

verse one to seven. I probably won't read true the whole chapter,

all right, but just a paraphrase, the enemy came and deceived Adam and

Eve, and in the end day ate the fruit of the tree that they're

not supposed to eat, and that's where sin entered the world. Sin is

actually not just doing something wrong. You know, growing up we always think,

oh, sin means we do something wrong, we lie, we still,

we kill. You know, the world define sin as doing something wrong

or being evil. But sin is so much more than just doing something wrong

or being evil. Sin is basically disobeying God. When we obey God,

it is righteousness, the right thing to do, and when we disobey God,

it is sin, the wrong thing to do. Right, Okay,

So next line, Yeah, so what happened when men disobey God in the

garden of Eden? Men became separated from the presence of God. Man no

longer had that magic freat Man had to work and toil and strive for his

daily provision. Men started to experience pain physically emotionally. Men became sick and

would definitely die one day. Can you see that because of man's disobedience,

Heaven stopped ruling on Earth, and that's why we experience what we know as

life today. All right, now, let's move on to the next light.

So while this obedience stopped Heaven's rule on Earth, christ obedience unlocked Heaven's

rule on earth again, while Adam and Eve's decision close the door to Heaven's

rule on earth. Christ's obedience to the point of death open Heaven's rule on

earth again. And when we believe in Jesus Christ and follow him, we

also share in the open door as well. But we need to believe,

and not just believe believing. It's not just enough. We need to follow.

We need to follow Christ. Many people can believe from a distance,

but lesser follow closely. And what Jesus is after is not after believer us.

He's after disciples follow us. Another word for disciples is fall lowers.

In Matthew twenty eight, Jesus' final words, the Great Commission says, go

and make disciples, Go and make followers of all the nations. Jesus didn't

say go and make converts. Jesus didn't say go and make believers. Jesuss

make followers. Right. And so when we believe and we follow closely,

we also get to share in the open door that Christ has gained for us

for Heaven's rule in our life. Amen. Now let's look at Romans chapter

five, verse nineteen. This verse sums it up perfectly, Paul writes.

For as by one man's disobedience, that's Adam, many were made sinners.

So also by one man's obedience Jesus Christ, also known as the Second Adam,

many will be made righteous. So Adam closed the door to Heaven's rule

on earth. But Jesus opened that door again and keeps it open for all

who are willing to believe and follow him. All right, Okay, now

we move on to the next point. So to experience Heaven's rule over our

lives, we first need to live in obedience to God's word. But before

we can obey, we have to first know what is the word of God

true or not. I mean, like, if I ask you today to

go to Timbakto, you may say yes, but you first need to know

how to get to Timbakto. So you can take out your phone and your

GPS and starch searching Timbakto. Okay, how to get there by land,

by sea, by air. You need direction before you can go somewhere,

before you can follow. Same thing. Now, okay, we know that

to see heaven rule in our life, we got to obey God. But

how can we obey if we don't even know what to obey, right,

So we first got to know the direction, which is God's word. And

God's word can come in two forms, all right. His word can come

in the written word, which is our Bibles. That's why it's so important

to do our quiet time, to come to church, to go for extra

teaching trainings, do extra reading. You've got to know the written word of

God before you can obey. You can't be obeying, you know, like

blank air or blindly. You've got to know the word of God what to

obey. The word of God is your direction, your compass. Okay,

And I believe at the recent homes. That's why we spoke about quiet time.

Yeah, how many of you are blessed by the recent homes? Yeah?

Quiet time? All right? So here in acts church, besides meeting

on Sundays, we also have small groups that happened during the week days and

we call them homes. And homes is basically a smaller family where you get

to you know, know each other better and also to know God better,

do life together, grow your faith. And so if you're new here and

you want to, you know, find out more about homes, you can

speak to me or any one of our leaders with a brooch with the tag

yeah tie, or even our hosts, and will help you to get connected

to a small group called homes because that's really the heartbeat of church. Only

so much can be done by coming together in a big group, but where

real life happens is in the smaller groups. Just like our human bodies.

You see me, oh, my whole bodies like functioning very well, but

it's actually the cells that make my body function well. So homes, it's

like the cells in God's body. That's where real life happens. That's where

you really get to know each other at a closer level. You know,

you are there with each other in the up and down days, and that's

where you get to know God better together as well. Okay, all right

now. So besides, so God's word can come in two forms, his

written word and also he spoken word. So he spoken word is the leading

of the Holy Spirit in our lives, and that's something that we want to

continue to practice listening as well. When we become saved, God speaks to

us not just through his written word the Bible, but he speaks to us

through his voice, the leading of the Holy Spirit. And I think not

so many people hear the audible voice of God like a loud, deep,

audible voice of God. Some people have heard, but from from from my

life experience, more people tend to hear the voice of God as all small

voice or prompting in your heart. It's that you sense something many times that's

God's speaking. You send something like even if like I'm speaking now, and

you send something in your heart which you can't quite explain, that could be

God's speaking. So practice practice identifying God's voice in your life. How God

speaks to us is very different from person to person. All right, Some

people God speaks to them like how I mentioned that prompting that sense in your

heart that you can't quite explain and put a finger around, but it's like

nothing you've ever known could be God. Some people God speaks true words like

suddenly you just in your mind you see a word or a phrase dropped in

you don't know from where. That could be God. Some people he speaks

true a MAJORI. Yeah. You suddenly get a vision of you know,

like a river flowing and you're like wondering, where did it come from?

It could be God? Yeah, And sometimes God use different ways to speak

to you at different points of your life. Yeah, and so what's important

is to recognize God's spoken word in your life. How does God speak to

you? Like I remember, um, I think maybe two months ago,

one or two months ago. It was a very hectic season for my life.

And funnily like, when I went to the Tuman the park near my

house is the KK Lake Park with my family, Suddenly when I look up

to the sky, I see an eagle flying. And then I'm not asking

my family did you see that? Like was that an eagle? Was it

a crow? You know? So? And yeah, because my area got

a lot of cross law, right, but eagle very hard to find,

right, And so secretly in my heart I was like, oh God,

if only I could look at that bird again and see whether there was really

an eagle or a crow. Right. And then God made the bird fly

back to us and this circle around us, and I caught it on video

for sure It's an eagle for sure, not a crow. Okay. So

then after that, and then after that, like just like a week later,

in my workplace, as I look out of the window, I sunly

see an eagle flying outside again, I'm like, Okay, that's weird the

second time, I'm saying an eagle in just a short span of time.

And I remember another day as I was walking, also in my workplace,

but a different part of the building, I looked out and I saw an

eagle. So three times at least an eagle appeared in my sight, and

I just felt God speaking to me that he will renew my strength like an

eagle, but I need to continue to seek him and wait upon him.

And the eagle also represents God who will take care of us as it's young.

So that was one way that God spoke to me true nature to the

appearance of eagles, which is quite rare in our country. I don't know,

maybe does your area have a lot of eagles your country? Does he

have a lot of eagles. I mean, it's quite rare enough to see

an eagle. So each time I see an eagle, I believe definitely is

a God thing. Cross are normal, all right, Yes, my area

got like one thousand crows and maybe one eagle. Okay, so to see

the cross is a normal everyday thing. But to see an eagle, Wow,

I think it's really God. And so just pay attention, you know,

don't be so busy on your phones. Oh oh, look at the

world around I'm not pointed to anyone here. Please continue to use your phone.

I saw saw you put your phone down, and I said that.

No, no, no, no no, I'm saying when you go to

life, don't be so busy on your phone. Sometimes you need to just

look around at the world around you, because God is trying to catch your

attention and speak to you. And he's not a boring god. He will

use all of creativity to catch your attention, like he did for me.

If I was busy on my phone, I probably wouldn't have caught the eagle

in the park or at my workplace or at my workplace. But somehow,

by God's grace, I was just able to look around and that caught my

eye. Okay, So God is always speaking. God is always trying to

catch our attention, not in boring ways, but in creative fresh race.

So keep a lookout, friends, keep a lookout. Okay, All right,

now, let's move forward. Okay. Obedience is a constant choice simply

because we have free will. Some days, I wish God, why can't

it be automatic for me to just obey you? I wish, I wish

it was automatic easier. Yo. I feel every single day of life it's

a fresh choice all over again to choose God. And sometimes I get frustrated

because I'm like, God, I really known you for so many years.

Can't it feel a bit easier today to choose you? Why does it still

feel tough to choose you? But that's because we have a free will.

So every day it's a fresh journey and a fresh battle to choose God.

But it's worth it. It's worth it, okay. And you know we

can't do it alone. We need the Holy Spirit. There is no way

that we can ever choose to follow God in our own strength. We will

fail and fall short, fall no way. We need the Holy Spirit.

And thank God He's given us the Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit is the power

of God in our lives. Holy Spirit, the Greek work of Holy Spirit

is douna miss dona miss power of God. And so thank God that He's

given us his grace, his power to obey. So every day ask the

Holy Spirit, give me fresh strength, give me fresh power to obey God.

Honestly it's tough, but Holy Spirit, every day, give me fresh

power to obey God. Can one can be done? Okay, on our

own cannot with Holy Spirit can? All right? Now? Okay, let's

so. In John chapter nine, verse one to seven, Okay, it

talks about a blind man who was blind from birth. How many of you

here have experienced blindness at some point in your life? Anyone? Anyone?

No? Like sometimes temporary blindness. Yeah. I have experienced sort of like

temporary partial blindness in one of my eyes before. I remember it was the

week before my wedding, and I went for facial as advised by you know,

different ones. No Love did not blind me. Okay, no,

no, no, no, no, Love did not blind me. Love

opened my eyes. Okay. So I remember one week before my wedding,

Hu, I went for facial and then as part of facial we had to

do scrubs. I mean the lady would do like a facial scrub for my

face to get rid of the dead skin cells. Then after that put a

mask and put whatever at the lotion, massage, massage and so on.

That day, somehow the grain from my fracial scrub fell into one of my

eyes. And so after the facial session, I kept kept feeling, why

is there something in one of my eyes? I can't even remember which I

was. And I lived a few days with that something in my eyes.

I just had a constant feeling that there was something foreign in my eyes.

And I tried to rap, I tried to wash. I thought it was

an eyelash, but it just wouldn't come out. Yeah, And I thought,

maybe, you know, I'm just imagining things. So I lived with

that something in my eye, the grain from the scrub in my eye,

for a few days. I went through life right, And then after a

few days, my eyes started to become watery and rate and swollen and painful.

Yeah. So I had one bad rate eye here. And this was

just a few days from my wedding, Okay, So I couldn't take it

anymore. I went to see an eye doctor and then he opened my eye

with some special equipment and chemicals, and he really dug deep and searched,

and he really found that one little grain from the facial scrub embedded in my

eye. It was quite deep in yeah, and it was between my eyeball

and eye socket, so it was quite deep in here. To put in

an instrument and take out that one grain. But after that, oh man,

I tell you, it's like heaven on earth. I felt. I

never felt so good. Okay, having the grain out of my eye.

Yeah, But because he did that procedure right, my one of my eye

was almost partially blinded temporarily because of the medication that he put in to dilate

my pupils. The doctor c w no for the next few days. The

medication needed time to wear off. So when I was walking down the aisle

on my wedding day, I was actually one eye blind. I kid you

not, I'm serious. Good thing I didn't go to the best man.

I went to the hub my husband. Really. So we got married in

cyber View Lodge, which is, you know, a nearby resort, and

I was wearing my heels and I remember I was walking down it was a

garden wedding, you know, you had to choose a garden wedding some more

goodness me And it was quite a walk from where I was to faster Jack

And so one eye is like blur, I really cannot see that. When

I saw, my sense of perception and balance was off. Yeah. So

I really when I was doing my bridal walk, I was really struggling on

the inside, like, oh man, I can't really see I hope I

don't dream and fall, you know, I hope I don't go to the

wrong man. Yeah, but then God, by God's grace, the whole

is really let me to the right man. Yeah, yes, yes,

and so yeah, and thank God. By the time it was honeymoon time.

Then my eyesight came back. Lad, so I could see clearly because

my husband clearly. But it's real. It's horrible to be partially blinded,

even temporarily. So this man was blind from his birth, both eyes.

Okay, all right, And so just to paraphrase the story, Yeah,

Jesus passed by this blind man. This blind man was seated outside the temple

of God. All right, Okay, now we just read the story very

quickly, are okay. So it says, now, as Jesus passed by,

he saw a man who was blind from birth, and his disciples asked

him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned this man or his parents that he

was born blind. Next, Jesus answered, neither this man nor his parents

sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him. Sometimes

we may be going through sickness or suffering in our lives. Sometimes is maybe

because of sin in our lives or the lives of others. Sometimes it's not

either. Israelly that God has a purpose to reveal his works in and tri

our lives. Yeah. Verse four, Jesus said, I must work the

works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming

when no one can work. So friends, while we are still alive,

we got to do what God calls us to do, because there will come

a time where we won't be able to do what his callers to do anymore.

Okay, we got to leave and seize the moment. Verse five,

Jesus says, as long as I'm in the world, I am the light

of the world. Verse six. When he had said these things, he

spat on the ground mud. Jesus took mud in his hands and spat his

sliver into that mud and made clay with the sliver, and he anointed the

eyes of the blind man with the clay. Imagine if you go and see

a doctor now for your eye infection, and your doctor says Weder, goes

to the back of his clinic, take some mud from the roadside, come

back into the consultation room, waiter were spit on the mud at some sweat

and put it on your eyes. How many of you will go back to

that doctor in modern day if he literally took mud and spit and put on

your eyes. So you are called the doctor blind. Right, you are

called the doctor blind. You will already become keyboard warrior on social media.

You'll probably engaged Valerie to suthe the doctor. Ah, all this will happen

in modern day if a doctor did that, my goodness, take mud,

spit, put on the patient's eye, infection become much worse. But that's

what Jesus did. It's as ridiculous as dead, but Jesus makes no mistakes.

It was very significant in what he did. Taking mud signified that he

is the creator, because remember how did he make Adam? It was for

mud the earth. And by picking up mud or earth again, he is

reminding us I made you once, I can make you again. I can

give you a new pair of eyes. It's nothing too difficult for me.

So as ridiculous as Jesus's methods seem, there is always a significance behind every

single thing that he says and does. All right, so take comfort.

Maybe God is asking you to do something very silly in your life. It

seems ridiculous, but you got to trust him. He's God, he knows

what he's doing. It's not ridiculous to him. In time, you will

discover the meaning behind why he asked you to do something in a certain way.

Okay, not only that, then verse seven, Jesus said to the

blind man, go wash in the pool of siloam, which is translated as

scent. So he went and washed and came back seeing again. Back to

the same modern day doctor. Already, take the mad spit put on your

eyes. After that asks you to go out of the clinic, go to

the Putrajaya lake and wash and come back and see him. After that?

Would you want the cold doctor? And at least that kind of doctor had

a dr in front. Jesus didn't have a dr in front. I think

it was even tougher for the man to trust him, true or not,

but he did it. You want to know how far was the pool of

siloam from the area outside the temple. Let me show you a picture.

Sorry it's a bit blur, but let me try. So. This is

where the temple was. Okay, this area is the temple mount and the

pool of siloam is here. So it's actually about six hundred and forty meters

away. How many steps is then maybe one meter takes two steps, so

there's about thousand and two steps to take blind with mud on your eyes.

Some more. I mean, a blind man walking around blind is already bad

enough for people might ridicule you. But a blind man walking with mud,

it's like ladies going out of the house with your facial masks on, right,

freaky right, lucky people would catch out him. The amount of faith

and trouble that he had to go through to get his healing ridiculous, right,

And you know what, there was actually a pool just outside the temple,

the pool of buddest Protesta. So logically, which pull should Jesus has

asked him to go the nearby pool, right, which is just a couple

of steps away? Why make him thousand over steps to get his healing?

But you know, the pool of Siloam had fresh water, and the pool

of Siloam was used by the Jews in the olden days for cleansing or purification

rituals. So where God calls us to there is fresh water. God will

not send us to a place of stale water. He is the living water.

Where he sendses is for freshness to happen in our lives. Where he

sendses is for purification to happen in our lives. So are any one of

us like the blind men? We feel my word? God, why are

you spitting onto mud and putting it on my eyes? It's ridiculous. Trust

God, He is making something new in your life. He is making something

new in your life. Are you wondering, God, why are you send

me to the pool of Siloum so far? Send me a load to the

pool of Adesta nearer. But God is sending you to a place where there

is fresh, living water. God is sending you to a place of purification

and refinement. Trust him. Everything seems ridiculous, but trust him. He's

got meaning behind every single thing that he asks you to do, no matter

how ridiculous it seems. Our part is to obey, all right, So

I want to end with this final point. Radical obedience produces radical outcome.

Radical obedience produces radical outcome. In Inglactions, Chapter six, verse seven to

eight, God says that he is not mocked what a man souls, he

will reap. We saw radical obedience, we will read radical outcome. God

is a god of investment. You saw what you saw, You read what

you read. God is a just God, right, And so as I

look back at my own life, there have been times that I have not

always obeyed God. To be honest, how many of you can identify with

me? Yeah? Okay, but I thank God by his grace and mercy.

There have also been times where I have obeyed God mixer life up and

down, okay, and I thank God that out of the times that I've

obeyed God, there were some radical obedience moments. And so today I'm just

going to share maybe two very quick stories with you before we end. So

the first, as I was asking God, you know, God, what

story should I share with your people here today to just illustrate how radical obedience

produces radical outcome in our lives, I said, God, bring to my

mind, bring to memory out of all the things that have happened in my

life. So he brought two remembrances to me, and the first one was

to do with my life partner. Okay, maybe some of you have heard

this story, but I'm just gonna say it again. Yeah, to give

God glory. So pass Jack was not my first boyfriend. He was my

second boyfriend. He is my second boyfriend and will ever be my second boyfriend?

Okay, yeah, because he stops there after that his husband already no

more boyfriends. Yeah. So I had a first boyfriend that I started a

relationship with at fifteen, sixteen years old. Yeah, if I look back,

there would be something that I would want to change. I wouldn't want

to get into a relationship so early. Yeah, and then we didn't have

guidance as well from our church leaders or our parents. You know, we

just had to explore an experiment. You know, how it is to have

a BGR at a young age. So if there's something I could tell to

my younger self, I would say, Jill, no rush, no rush

to get into a BGR, you know, as a teenager, because really,

maturity is not there, not ready. Okay, never mind. So

I was together with my first boyfriend for about six years, and we really

thought that we would get married. Our families thought we would get married,

you know, really, the whole thought we would get married. Yes,

and and and so what happened was in our sixth year, I was already

in UNI medical school in Malaysia. I am you and my boyfriend then did

a training program, so he was studying in k l as well, but

he went overseas to Australia to study the second part of his studies. And

so because we were so close, right, and then we thought that we

will definitely marry each other for sure. So he was saying, Jill,

why don't you come over to Australia and finish your studies, graduate, find

a job, Let's get married here, Let's settle down, have kids and

live our lives here in Australia. And so that was the the request or

the offer that was made known to me. And it felt like, Okayla,

sounds legit, right. I mean, I've already been so close with

his boyfriend, just you know, go all the way with him. Right

in Australia is a good place. You know, many people are trying to

migrate to Australia, even up to now. I know of friends who are

trying hard to migrate to Australia. Right, I want usk here who wants

to migrate to Australia. Okay, too sensitive to us, but you get

what I mean. We're always seeking for greener pastures for ourselves, for our

families. Yeah, and so it really seemed like the right, the natural

thing to do. Just go to Australia and get married to this boyfriend that

you've been, you know, together with for so long and everyone thinks you're

going to marry him. Yeah, and you're going to a better place Australia.

Why not. But so it seemed like it was the right thing to

do, the natural thing to do. But I remember very clearly one day

in my apartment in Balil opposite my medical school, the Holy Spirit spoke to

me and said, Jill, I don't want you in Australia. I want

you in Malaysia. Very clear that when I was preparing this message, when

I thought bad about that, that instance, right, it felt like it

just happened yesterday. For sure, that's God. You know, when God

speaks to us, no matter how long time has passed, and you recall

that situation, you will remember it crystal clear because it's God who has spoken.

And so I remember it like it just happened yesterday. Is so clear.

God told me I don't want you in Australia. I want you in

Malaysia. I've got a purpose for you in Malaysia. That was all God

said. He didn't say break up, he didn't say whatever. He just

told me. He had a purpose for me in Malaysia. So sometimes when

God speaks to us, he doesn't tell us atoz, but he gives us

enough for us to make a decision, right, and so so I had

to make a decision do I continue with the relationship do I go over?

So, to cut the long story shot, I did not continue with that

relationship. It was very tough, a lot of heartache, a lot of

tears shared. Really wasn't easy my whole Yeah, it's like our wolves came

crashing down because we thought this would be the person would marry. We thought

this would be our future. But it just you know, came crashing down

overnight. Yeah. And so but then God really led me to something new.

And so as I was a part of ex church, he led me

to pass a jack, Yes at the well. At the well the Church

of God is like a well, yes of living water. And so,

to cut the long story shot, you know, he gave me He brought

me to the right person that I was supposed to marry, which is past

a jack Yeah, and the best person to marry. If I could choose

all over again, I will still choose him. I will not choose anyone

else. Yeah, husband, wife, pick up lines off for your spouse.

Okay. If I were to choose to get married all over again,

I will still choose you. It's true. It's true. I really mean

it. Not just because I'm here on stage. I really mean it,

really pass a Jack. As I grow on in marriage, I discover more

and more what a perfect fit we are for each other. When I first

got married to him, I didn't know him so much. But as we

go to life together, I begin to discover more and more about him,

And I can only say, God, only you would know how a perfect

fit we are. You know how his strength compliments my weakness, how my

strength compliments his weakness, how we can move together in the same direction being

different, but where one as well. So only God would know. God

is the master matchmaker, all right, Trust God. Listen to God.

All of you who are looking for life partners. You may think you know

everything about the guy or the girl, but you don't until you start doing

life together. And you will only discover more and more each other as you

go through life. So the world will say after marriage romance comes down.

But in God's kingdom, after marriage, romance can go up because you keep

discovering more and more about each other as you do life together. Yeah.

In God, yeah, he can turn water into wine. Amen, all

right, So that and so yeah, So that radical obedience to let go

of my first relationship and to stay back in Malaysia brought about a radical outcome

to have the best husband ever. Yeah, and not just have a you

know, the best husband, but to be able to you know, serve

God's purposes for his church and for Malaysia together with my husband. And if

God didn't lead me and give me the strength to make that decision to let

go of that first relationship, I wouldn't be here. It'd be someone else

here today. Yeah. And so that's one example. And another example was,

so those of you who know, I used to run Clinic a Cheria

and which is a community clinic. The extra started to help the poor,

the refugees, and so I ran it for eight years and in twenty twenty,

when the pandemic hit, we had to let go of the clinic because

it just wasn't sustainable to keep running the clinic in the midst of the pandemic.

I remember when the whole shopping mall was closed. It was dark during

the MCO. Our clinic, which is on the first floor at the corner,

was the only place that had light and life, and so we were

running that way like everything was dark and quiet, and then we were there

running in the old ladies some more meat and the nurses. So after a

while we realized it's not safe to continue running in a dark and quiet space

or ladies, so we had to close the clinic for a while during the

MCO and the MCO you know, kept dragging on and dragging on and dragging

on, and so you know, God just showed us it's time to let

go of the clinic. And you know, God is good. When he

calls us to let go of something, he never leaves us. And often,

you know, when God calls you to let go or something, he's

got something better in store for you. So don't be afraid to let go,

you know, like I let go my first boyfriend, right I found

my best husband. When God gives you the letter is always greater than the

former. And so um yeah. And so when when we release the clinic,

I had an option of either to stay on to work with X Church

and a YA, or to go out and work in a marketplace and um,

fun So God spoke to me and he said that not I mean,

it wasn't funny that God spoke, but I didn't mean that. But okay.

So God spoke to me very clearly that I was to stay back and

to continue to work with X Church and a Ya. And he spoke to

me in many ways. Yeah, in my own quiet time. He also

spoke to me on Sunday. It is true the messages. It's like every

Sunday, it's like I felt like the preacher knew what I was going through,

and every word that came out was just affirming me of what I needed

to do. Have you felt that way, Like everywhere you turn, everywhere

you go, the same word is coming at you. God could be speaking

to you, all right. And so it was very clear for me that

I was to remain faithful to X Church and a Ya, to continue to

work and to serve with X Church and a Ya. But at that time

I had no idea what was ahead of me. And so over time God

showed me that I was to focus on mental health and suicide prevention. You

know, all my life as a as a doctor, I've always wanted to

help sick people feel better I've always wanted to help save lives and that that

was what I did for the first part of my career. I worked in

the government hospital, I worked in the clinic. You know, I helped

people get better. I helped save lives through CPR and things like that.

But God was bringing me into a new season where he was going to use

me to help sick people or people who may be dying mentally and save them

and so but I didn't know at that time, but only God knows,

Yeah, and so he he caused me to focus so much more on Linnette's

which is our suicide prevention society that extra started a few years ago, very

targeted, very focused on efforts surrounding suicide prevention, creating awareness, equipping people,

providing tools that they need to get help if they are struggling with life.

And so God has just brought me deeper and deeper into this. Honestly,

if you ask me, as a medical student, psychology or psychiatry was

my least favorite boasting as medical students, we have to round all the different

disciplines. Psychiatry mental health was something that I will run far far away from

really, But it's funny, like Jonah the very thing that you run away

from is the very thing that God calls you to. So I'm speaking to

someone here, don't run away. Just go with God's flow, okay,

because the more you try and run away, the closer you're gonna get to

what God wants you to do. And yeah, just flow with him that

you'll be a more comfortable journey because either way, you're still going to end

up where he wants you to be. So you want to choose a more

comfortable path, just let go and follow him, or you want to keep

fighting with him and striving. Okay. So I don't know what I'm speaking

too, but someone here, don't run away from what or who God is

calling you too. Okay, could be a who as well, right Okay,

Um, I didn't plan that was not in my notes. But anyway,

when God speaks, he speaks, and so um yeah, and and

honestly, I have not been as fulfilled as I am right now doing what

I'm doing. I'm still I'm still practicing as a doctor. I still help

the refugees in their physical sicknesses, but now God has expanded my capacity to

help people who are struggling with sickness and with death, not just in their

physical bodies, but in their soul. God has expanded my capacity and I

and I have never felt as fulfilled as I am now. Again, if

I were to choose all over again, what would happen? I would choose

still choose the same route, the same path, the same journey, because

this is the life, the best life that I could live in God and

for God. And okay, now I can say funnily, Okay, funnily,

now it's the right time to say it. So, you know,

when I was at a cross road at the beginning, asking God, God,

should I stay with X church and a ya or should I go out

and work in a marketplace? And I told God this, God, you

know, if you want me to work in the marketplace, then you open

doors for me. But if you want me to stay in X church and

a Ya, you close all the doors. Let this be a sign for

me. And so at that time, out of the human nature, I

send out my applications for jobs in the marketplace and the doors were all close,

and I was like, cannot be. I think I'm not too bad,

you know, cannot be the doors are closed. But I could hear

the Holy Spirit saying you ask for this fleece, right, I'm giving it

to you. So finally, down the road, as I continue to serve

with Lynnett's, suddenly very lucrative job, offers come hunting for me. So

I'm no longer looking to work in a marketplace, but suddenly people are looking

for me. I was offered to be a partner of a very successful clinic

near my area. Yeah. I was hit hunted by a leading hospital to

work with them, and it was part of like my dream hospital to work

with, Like, oh, one day, quite nice to work with.

This hospital is currently like the leading hospital in Malaysia. Yeah. So along

the way, finally and as I was not looking, they came looking for

me, and I was tempted. I was tempted, like, oh,

you know, maybe my time is up with Linnettes. Maybe I should go

and work out in a marketplace. You know, this offered to be a

partner of the clinic doesn't come every day, you know, Yeah, Or

this offered to work with a leading hospital in the country doesn't come every day,

And I could be earning five figure salary every month. Oh, they'd

be great. You know, my children want to travel very much, but

it's not cheap to travel. Oh maybe then I can bring my children for

holidays. I can so so much more into the house of God. No,

many times there are different needs that come up, and I feel so

much I want to give, but I'm limited in my finances. Right.

But then very clearly, God reminds me, no, I want you to

continue to sew into linnets and so but God knew that, you know,

this would sort of like affirm me as well, to know that I am

still wanted even in a marketplace. And so as I say, finally,

where you're looking, God closed the door because he doesn't want you to be

distracted. But when you're not looking, it comes to you just to tell

you, hey, you know you still got it and more. And that's

our God. He protects us where we need to be protected, but he

also affirms us where we need to be affirmed. Okay, So that's another

story of how radical obedience to stay back and serve the church versus working in

the marketplace. That's what miya. More of you are called to the marketplace.

We need more people in the marketplace. Okay, and that's good.

That's God's calling for you. But this is for me, This is for

me. Yeah, so radical obedience to stay back and to work for a

lesser pay, much more hard work, because it's pioneering work. We are

really one of the few suicide prevention societies in Malaysia. They are less than

five in Malaysia. We are one of the few in the country. Yeah,

so it's a lot of pioneering, plowing work. Yeah, but God

has called me to stay back for lesser pay, more work by a bigger

purpose, greater fulfillment, Amen, versus going out to the marketplace. I

may be earning so much more. But like what past met says, if

we are not doing what God has called us to do, that is failure.

Success is doing what God wants us to do. That is success.

So I believe in God's eyes I am successful now because I'm doing what He's

called me to do. If I would, if I chose gather out of

accepting all the offers in the eyes of the world, I could be successful.

But when I face God, I'm a failure. So friends, let's

not seek to be successful in God's in sorry, in the world's eyes,

but seek to be successful in God's eyes. Amen, and obedience. Obedience

is doing what God wants us to do succeeding as how He sees us to

succeed. All right, Amen, and as we obey. Okay, all

right, thank you. My husband reminded me gently. We love. Yes,

I am not earning to bed right now as well. It's true.

No, God is good. God is good, all right. He takes

care of his people who work for his house. You see my life.

I am blessed. We have enough. We're comfortable. Yeah, so I

am not earning that little as well. Serving God Okay doesn't mean that.

Yeah, full time workers earn you know nothing. We do earn a decent,

comfortable salary, but it may not be as much as out in the

marketplace. That's what I'm trying to say. Okay, so you get me,

Yah, thank you dear. Yeah. All right, So friends,

you know, let's really desire to obey God and see Heaven rule in our

life. And even if it takes radical obedience, because you will experience a

radical outcome. Amen. We hope you've been blessed by this message. For

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