A testimony from His blessed daughter,
Victoria Chng (Singapore)
Throughout these weeks, God has appeared to me in different forms. He is Jehoveh Jireh, He is my peace and comforter. He certainly is my strength. My heart is full of praise and joy for Him. I'm excited about the plans He has for me and I'm so happy I'm part of His perfect plan.
There was an altar call that Sunday after 20th Aug, just after my father preached. A call to be a harvester for Christ. As I was being ministered to, I went forward to the altar and as the church and I was praying, I was ministered to so greatly. Then, I said out these words to the Lord without even realising it till after I said them.. "Lord, I will go out and be a harvester for You. I promise that I will do well in my school and after 2 years when I graduate, I will head to full time ministry for You, to harvest souls." I didn't know what made me say them, but I knew I made a covenant with God that day, and there was a distinct impression that I was called into full-time ministry. I was puzzled that day and resigned to pray and meditate upon the Lord for clear directions and confirmation.
The next day, I had dinner with one of my church sister and she was telling me about how we should start praying for this girl whom I had brought to church but she has not been coming for a very long time. Coincidentally, I've been thinking a lot about her too and so both of us agreed to pray for her. Two weeks after that, she came to Youth Service and I was so surprised. I knew it instantly it was an answered prayer and I was wondering to myself who was the angel who informed her about the timing for our Youth Service and all. So out of curiosity, I asked her on MSN and actually found out that she came out of her own accord and she had this feeling that told her she just had to come to church that Saturday. I was greatly encouraged as I begin seeing her returning to church. God was answering my prayers and this was the first sign shown by Him to me.
Following that, my birthday was just last week (2 Sep) and my school mates celebrated with me on Friday (1st Sep). When I opened up their present, it was a mug (something that I needed, and got.. but that's not all.) On this mug was a mural of a Cross and the verse Psalm 37:4 - Delight in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Shockingly, this verse seemed to jump right up at me and I just knew it was speaking to me. Still, I went back home and meditated upon this verse as I prayed for God to reveal to me His plans as I was getting distracted. On Sat, my youth leaders (Michelle and Jon) passed me a present and when I opened it up, it was a graphic tee shirt, with BIG words - DELIGHT, DESIRE and below it was Psalm 37:4. It was a major confirmation and I knew this was definitely no coincidence. Excitement came over me and I feel so blessed and encouraged. I went home, meditating upon that verse. It's amazing how God can use such instruments to minister to His servant.
The answer pertaining to Psalm 37:4 was delivered to me last Sunday (10 Sep) when our guest speaker, Pastor Steven Teo preached on the pulpit. After His sermon, there was ministry time and initially, I accompanied a friend up to be prayed for. I ended up helping out (becoming the tissue bearer, water girl and blanket carrier) and praying for the people who were at the altar. I was standing beside Pastor Steven while he prayed and was also praying along with Him. It was really fun and then it occurred to me that this is a small step in the start of my ministry. Apart from ministering to other in this manner, I was too ministered to even though I wasn't up for prayer. The Holy Spirit's anointing during that altar call was simply overwhelming. Anyway, so after ministry time, I decided to let Pastor Steven pray for me because he has the gift of prophecy and the last time he did during church camp, he prophesied over me and I was greatly encouraged.
When he laid hands on me, I could feel the Holy Spirit's anointing immediately running through my body. And as he prayed for me, he began to prophesy on me saying - "Vicky, you have a very Big heart. A heart that is reaching out for the poor and the down and out, the very discouraged. Your heart beats compassion for them and you will reach out to them. During times of crisis, you will be there to help them. I picture myself sitting at home, drinking a cup of coffee, switching on the tv and then a major crisis occurs and I see you, a NGO on tv helping out in the crisis. God will bring you to places even your parents fear for you to step into but because of this big heart and your compassion for these people, you'll be there. You've got a great plan and purpose for you life Vicky and you're going to catch that vision. Remember this verse 'I can do all things through Christ who strengthen me.' Open your bible, take a highlighter, highlight the word "all" Remember this verse and hold it close to you."
How emotions flooded the whole of me after that. I was crying, excited, fearful but most of all thankful. For He has revealed to me His great plan and purpose in my life. Pastor Steven was spot on in what he prophesied on me having a big heart. To be honest, my ambition was to be a social worker because I know I have a heart to help others and I love to help other people, encourage them and all. So when Pastor Steven prophesied, I was shocked. No one has really known about my ambition as a social worker. I've spoken to Rachael Guna about it once before when we first met. Suddenly I remembered the verse Psalm 37:4 and how true, how real it is now to me. When we delight ourselves in the Lord, He will grant us the desire of our hearts. Desires we dare not even dream of possessing.
God is an awesome God. He's forever faithful, all knowing and His wisdom beyond our own comprehension. I am so blessed by Him and I'm thankful that He's molding me slowly into His plans. It is indeed true that as we grow closer to Him, our will, will be aligned to His. I'm glad that we are all part of God's great plan.
