My name is Yee Meng Wah. I was born in Penang in 1956. My house was opposite a Catholic church (I believe this has some religious influence on me). I was enrolled in St. Xavier's Institution, a Catholic school. EARLY YEARS WITH THE CATHOLICS From the time I was in Standard One, I was fascinated by a group of Catholic boys and I used to mix with them and I joined them in the catechesim classes. I used to go to the chapel in the school to pray to Mary, Joseph and Jesus reciting Hail Mary, Our Father in Heaven, Angel of God, my guardian dear. I also joined them on and off in going to the catholic churches for special communion services. INVOLVEMENT WITH THE PLAIN TRUTH In Form 5, I was introduced by a friend to the Plain Truth magazine and was much involved in the teachings of the magazine in adhering to the Sabbath. However, there was no emphasis given to believing and receiving Jesus as Lord and Savior. RECEIVING JESUS AS LORD AND SAVIOR Sometime in Form 6, I was fascinated by a childhood friend who in his conversation always says "Praise The Lord, Praise the Lord" and I was curious to go to the church he attends. The church he attended is the Penang First Assembly, Macalister Road, Penang. It was at an evening service that I was brought face to face to a relationship with the Lord Jesus where I was told that I need to accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior. During that service, I accepted the Lord Jesus as my Lord and Savior. ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT WITH THE PENANG FIRST ASSEMBLY Since then, I became actively involved in church activities, started witnessing, passing out tracts and became very active and involved in church and in school. Every week, I will spend at least a few days attending various meetings in church. I sat under the anointed ministries of Pastor Johny Yeoh and Rev. Margaret Seaward. During this time I would have days of sliding away from God momentarily but would still come to church and be active in church/christian activities. THE PRODIGAL SON However, due to my active involvement both in church and in school and my other school curriculum activities coupled with my under-estimation of the difficulty level of the Pre-University Examination, I failed my Form 6(Pre-University) Examination. In a moment of despair and uncertainty, I became totally disillusioned with God as I have never came face to face with such a situation of uncertainty in my life. I wrongfully blamed God for my failure and turned away from God. I vowed never to come back to God until I "made it" in the world. I retook my Pre-University Examination but since my grades were still not good enough to enter into University, I joined the teaching profession. I was totally rebellious while undergoing training as a teacher at a teachers training college in Ipoh. However, my room-mate was a committed Christian and sometimes, I joined him in his cell-gatherings. After teaching for a year, I retook the Pre-University Examination while serving as a teacher in Kelantan. I managed to obtain the grade that enabled me to gain entrance to the University of Malaya. I graduated sometime in 1983, rejoined the teaching profession and served as a teacher in Penang. Next, I applied for a cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police post in the Royal Malaysia Police in 1984 and succeeded. I attended 9 months of police officer training. To obtain the opportunity to go out of camp, I had followed a fellow christian cadet to his church to worship on Sunday. Of course, I never really paid attention to what was being preached as my real intention was for the opportunity to be away from the training camp. However, I believe this is God's diving providence to bring me back to his fold. After passing out from training, I served as a police officer in Penang in 1985 and then in 1986, I was transferred to the Royal Malaysia Police Headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. While serving as a criminal investigation officer in Penang, I lived a life of sinfulness and recklessness. RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON Sometime in 1987 while on a work trip in Ipoh, it began to dawn on me that life without God is not as rosy, successful or happy as I would have thought. Rather, I have lived a sinful and reckless life causing pain and worry on the part of my family(I had since married). Over the years, my disappointment and anger towards God had abated. I have realised that I had wrongfully blamed God for my failure in the Pre-University Exam. As I had chosen not to indulge in the examination, I had only reaped what I sowed. Outside a Glad Sounds Christian Bookstore in Ipoh, I was led to go into the christian bookstore and I began to brouse the Christian books in the store. I was particularly led to a book on faith by Rev. Kenneth Hagin and I was captivated by the writings on faith in the book in particular the verse Faith comes by Hearing and Hearing by the Word of God. I began to earnestly read the contents of the book in the store itself and subsequently bought a bible and started to read the bible because I needed to revive the faith in my heart which had gone cold for so long. I began to ask myself as to why having being so involved in christian reading and activities in my church in Penang, I so easily fell in time of trial i.e failing my Pre-University Examination. LESSON LEARNED - THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORD OF GOD The lesson that I learned is that while being active and involved in my Christian service and Christian reading, I had not placed major emphasis i.e top priority on reading and meditating the word of God directly from the bible daily. I have read a lot of Christian books, magazines and articles but have slighted on the most important source of Faith i.e the Word of God. After I returned to Kuala Lumpur from Ipoh, I joined a church. Since then, I had paid particular attention to reading chapters of the word of God daily without fail. I was also much encouraged on reading works by Smith Wigglesworth who also placed great emphasis on reading the word of God. Since then, by the Grace of God, my faith in God has been fairly consistent and strong even in the midst of storms because of the strong anchor in the Word of God and on the Lord Jesus, the Living Word and Savior of my soul. I would like to encourage everyone who reads this testimony to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and to remain strong in the faith through daily reading of large portions of the Word of God. TO GOD BE THE GLORY |
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