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.
