王盈方醫師瘋狂之旅 Dr Yvonne Wang's Blabberings

As Christians, we communicate with God through prayers and reading the bible. There are countless numbers of times where I simply know God was speaking to me – therefore I never doubted God’s existence.
Here are some examples:
1) Often there might be an issue on my mind and when I go to church the sermon just happened to address that issue! This has happened so many times it simply is no coincidence! It’s one of the main reasons why I became a Christian.
2) Lately I have been stressed in my work in ED, eg. One day I got yelled by a radiographer – and when I flipped opened the book “Stream in the Desert” and it said “不要冒火,心懷不平” (Psalm 37:1), and my intense anger just died down quickly! Haha
3) Lately I have been researching on various options to expand my income. Today, the church sermon talked about that story of the rich man who thinks he did everything right but couldn’t follow Jesus when asked to give up all his riches – the pastor urged us to think about where God is in our priority (Mark 10:17-23, yes I’ve heard it all before… but it’s really about the “timing” – the sermon acts as a reminder in the right time). Then I got home and read a newspaper which happened to have a section talking about “Top 5 managed funds”. Then I opened my email and got an email from “Charles Stanley’s Daily Devotionals” saying:

Dividends, interest earned, an interest-bearing account, money market, diversified funds, and IRA's?all describe some aspect of financial investing.
However, Levi the tax collector was not thinking of worldly investments the day he made the decision to follow Jesus Christ. Until that point he was a hated man mainly because he extracted taxes from the Jews and was paid handsomely by the Roman government.
However, no financial gain compared to the awesome provision that was his in Christ. Luke 5:28 says that after Jesus said to Levi, "Follow Me," the tax collector "left everything behind, and got up and began to follow Him."
Jesus changed Levi's name to Matthew, which means gift of God. It was at this point that Matthew realized the value of true wealth. Material or financial gains were not the answer to the problems he faced. Eternal life and unconditional love were the answers to His deepest needs, and these could only be found in the person of Jesus Christ.
When it comes to finances, many advisers say, "keep a long-term perspective." Matthew certainly understood this principle. His decision was not only the wisest long-term investment, it also yielded the greatest return.

The way God speaks to us through these sorts of things, I just find so cute and funny! haha