Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Fear not
I have now been working in Shanghai for over a week. As I reflect on what I see, I can’t but notice that God had walked ahead to prepare for my stay here. The little details, the acute timing, the persons I were supposed to meet, all were carefully knitted by a Divine benevolent force to make this move happen. It can only be His hands that made it possible for me to be back in China, not as a worker but as an investor and medical professional. It was as sudden as accidentally walking into a manhole.
We all know how hard it is to get into the China market. Lots of money is needed and it takes time to set up a business here. I have been down that road before. But this time it was all set up and I just walked in. Never in my wildest dreams I saw that I could have a clinic set up for me in a hospital located at the Bund, yes right at the Bund. The products that I dare not dream of are now at my disposal. Products that I wrote about, taught about in my courses, but never dreamt will be in the clinics that God just plucked me out of the air and placed me there. Items like Gene therapy, totipotent stem cells, Peptides for weight loss, exosomes, detox. Whitening, NAD+, plasmapheresis, hyperbaric medicine,.eecp.etc.. All just in an instant. Literally!
Internally, unknown to me, but God was preparing me the past few years to take on this new challenge. I was asked to write courses for a university course on Stem cells, wellness, etc which prepared me for the task in Shanghai. It prepared me knowledge wise, image wise and I am working out how to conduct these courses in China.
The road ahead won’t be a bed of roses. There are always fear and uncertainty. But God is moved by our faith, not our abilities or fears. People do not reach their full potential that God has for them not because of lack of ability, but for fear of stepping out of their comfort zone.. They box themselves in. They make decisions out of fear.
As I navigate myself in this new role, in a new environment I realised there is still so much more for me to learn. What I know is so miniscule that it is humbling. Doubts do creep in. I fear that my Chinese language skills are inadequate. Am I really equipped for this? In the end, I believe via God’s leading I am a fertile and ready ground to birth new skills and repertoire into my career. I have to see myself as a glass half-filled, not half empty. God had opened this door for me to be more complete and all-rounded in my field of work. Everyday I wake up, I muster the courage for another day not to look stupid as there is so much I don’t know and am still learning. I have always been a pure medical marketeer, not a clinician.
It’s the same coin. Just whether I choose to see which side. One side paralyses me with fear. Fear that my skills are inadequate. The other side fuels my ambition to enlarge my tent as how Isaiah puts it (Isaiah54:2) and to elevate and upgrade myself gradually in social standing, financially and business wise. The only way is forward and not look back. I cannot let myself down. I cannot let God down.
Sunday, December 08, 2024
God always has another plan
Life is full of twists and turns that makes it unpredictable and sometimes very painful. I had a business in Malaysia and Guangzhou taken away from me. God is gradually restoring me, and with products of much higher technologies than previous. I now have a clinic in KL and one in Shanghai which I am thankful to God for.
I had a relationship but it just vanished into thin air. Peoples’ hearts can change, only the Lord is steadfast and doesn’t change.
The truth is prioritize your life on Jesus and not material things or a person. People will disappoint you. God wont. Therefore set your minds on heavenly things rather than earthly things.
Esther in the Bible
We all know about the story of Queen Esther, a young Jewish woman living in the Persian diaspora who finds favour with the king, who becomes queen, and risks her life to save the Jewish people from destruction. Esther was not a choice to become queen. If Vasthi was obedient there would be no space for Esther to become queen.
In the biblical Book of Esther, Vashti appears only briefly. The first wife of King Ahasuerus, she refuses her husband’s summons to parade before his friends at a party and — after the king and his advisors hold an emergency consultation about her shocking insubordination — is banished from the king. This paves the way for the story of Esther becoming Queen.
The essence is that God always has a Plan B, and often Plan B may be better.
King David
Saul was chosen by God to be the first king of Israel. However, God rejected Saul because Saul rejected God. More specifically, Saul rejected God's word delivered by Samuel.
The Israelites wanted a king to lead them. Saul disappointed them but God had a Plan B. Because of the disappointment, God gave them a better man, David, a man after God’s heart. Even before God rejected Saul, He had been preparing David to take over from Saul.
As Samuel turned to leave, Saul caught hold of the hem of his robe, and it tore. Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to one of your neighbours—to one better than you. 29 He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie or change his mind; for he is not a human being, that he should change his mind.” (1 Samuel 15:27-28) NIV.
New King James Version reads, “and the LORD has done for Himself as He spoke by me. For the LORD has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbour, David.” God literally took the throne away from Saul and gave it to David. God said to “the one better than Saul”.
God’s Plan B
God’s hand is upon me as I know, worship and enjoy Him.
Thank you Lord for restoring my career. When men says it is over, that is when God takes over. Likewise, God will prepare a kingdom spouse better than the initial for me. Someone to do God's end-time work together; and be elevated financially, business-wise, socially and prosper together. I can’t do it alone. God says two are better than one.
Two are better than one,
because they have a good return for their labor:
10 If either of them falls down,
one can help the other up.
But pity anyone who falls
and has no one to help them up.
11 Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.
But how can one keep warm alone?
12 Though one may be overpowered,
two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken (Ecclesiastes 4:9-12)
God always has a Plan B, and Plan B is often better to "make up" for the hurts and disappointments. That's why God ensures Plan B is always better. That is how much He loves me!
Praise God! Amen.
