IT Job for ME? – A MIRACLE!
Hi all,
I would like to testify one of the marvelous things that our great LORD has done for me.
First of all; me joining an IT Company is a great miracle! I would like to start off with that. My childhood dream was to become a pilot in the Indian Air Force (IAF). Everyday I dreamt about it and was at the same time praying to the Lord Jesus Christ about it too. December 19th 7:00 a.m., I was supposed to report at Mysore Railway Station, to go to the IAF Academy. So I left the previous day to Mysore, to stay at my aunt’s place. She being a powerful lady for the Lord; prayed over me and finally gave this verse, “If you ask anything in My name, I will do it. John 14:14”. All the more encouraged, I left for the IAF Academy on 19th morning to take up a test called ‘ Pilot Aptitude and Battery Test’ (PABT), the first test to qualify – for becoming a pilot.
At 11:30 a.m. the results were out. My heart stopped for a moment, when they finished reading out the names of those who were selected; as they did not call out my name. Since it is a ‘once in a life time test’ – I can never attempt it again in my life! My heart broke to pieces as though I had lost my life! My dreams were shattered! Being so childish; I fought with my dear Father Lord who was so patient ‘n knew, that it was not the place where I should be. Knowing very well that we shouldn’t ask the question “WHY” to our Lord, still I continued. Not stopping with that I fought with Him asking why he took me there because I had packed a huge ‘n heavy luggage for 5 days – spending lot of money – on all the things that the IAF academy has asked me to bring. However, if I fail the 1st day test, I have to get back home the very same day.
There a Wing Commander saw my eyes filled with tears, called me ‘n asked what my qualification was. Then he asked me whether I am prepared to take up a test to join as a Technical Officer. I said ‘yes’ and I wrote the test for 3 full hours. The officers asked us to stay in the Academy there and kept the suspense of the results till next day morning. That night I prayed, asking God for forgiveness and requesting Him do according to His Will.
The next day, morning at 7 the results were out! They selected only 2 girls out of 10 and I was one among them!! I jumped with joy and so I stayed there for 5 days. Out of 250 girls who came on the first day, only 12 girls remained till the 5th day and I was the only girl from South India. Our Gracious Father in Heaven was so faithful to me even when I was so unfaithful and ungrateful to Him. At the end of the 5th day, they interviewed us and they selected only pilots; but I was rejected. I didn’t bother much! I was very happy that the Lord took me that far, by His grace. Actually, I wanted to become a fighter pilot to fly planes during wars and fight for the nation; but later on I realized that there is no greater honor than to be at Our Lord’s feet!
December 24th 8:00 a.m., I returned to Chennai and was narrating the whole incident to my family. Impulsively, I went out to check my email at 1:00 p.m. and found an email from an IT Company – calling me for a written test on December 24th(the very same day), at 2:00 p.m. I immediately rushed to Adyar; with a small word of prayer. God lead me from there on to get placed into that same IT Company where I am able to proclaim His glorious and His marvelous works!
The following is yet another wonder that the LORD did in my life. I was transferred to the vicinity of Navalur last month from in ‘n around Thoraipakkam. As Navalur is very far from my place, I was really very upset about this transfer. I wanted to get back to being at least near ‘n around Thoraipakkam. Moreover, I also did not want to leave the weekly prayer fellowship taking place near Thoraipakkam. I shared this prayer point with one of the members of our prayer fellowship, who encouraged me by saying that there is a prayer fellowship near Navalur also. After a week or so my Project Leader (PL) told me that the entire project was getting shifted near to Thoraipakkam and that I will have to report for work there, from September 2006. Praise be to God Almighty and His Son the Lord Jesus Christ for His awesome and marvelous works!Even though we are at times so very unfaithful and caught up with our desires, He remains faithful to us. He always loves us with His same never changing love. Probably, if I had been in IAF, I may not have been able to testify about the great things that He has now done in my life.
Glory to God in the Highest!
In Christ,
Revathy
Hairs Of My Head Are Numbered!
Hi
I’m working for an IT company in Chennai. September 2006, and the project I had been working in for a year, had come to an end. I had been working from our office (near Thoraipakkam), for the past two years.
All my team members were getting released to different projects of our office, near Navalur. I was also expecting to be released to that same branch, but God had a different plan. I was released to a five member Team – to an office near Tidel Park. My previous team mates suggested that I ask for a release to some other project, in an around Navalur. However, I did not heed to their suggestion, because deep down I knew that God had a purpose for placing me in this new location, near Tidel Park.
It was also difficult to adjust in the new office environment; after having been at the cozy office environment, near Thoraipakkam, for nearly 2 years. A month passed by and I realized that I had adapted to the new environment. I felt God was shifting me here and there so that I could easily adapt to different environments – since I take a lot of time to adapt to changes. He is still working on me!
Now, I was using the office bus facility for everyday transportation. Towards the end of October, I received an e-mail from the Transport department stating that my bus would no longer ply by the Tidel/Elnet facilities. It would be rerouted via Velachery. I was worried on how I would come to office everyday…but God was in control!
I also came to know that there were discussions going on – for the past six months – to shift our project to the office, near Navalur. My team members said, “Each time the topic of shifting would crop up, nothing would come out of it, as they were never serious about it!” So I thought; ‘If we really do shift this time, it is just the Lord Jesus Christ who is behind it’.
Guess what? The week after the buses were rerouted, our five member team shifted from Tidel to the office, near Thoraipakkam (there were 5 vacant seats in this office)! The rest of the Team members got shifted to the office near Navalur!! Now, I am not facing any transport problem!!!
All Glory be to God who makes all things beautiful in His time! It is the Lord’s doing and it is marvelous in our eyes!!!!
Are not two small birds sold for a very small piece of money? And yet not one of the birds falls to the earth without your Father knowing it. God knows how many hairs you have on your head.
So do not be afraid. You are more important than many small birds.
(Matthew 10:29-31)
Arms of Cushion!
…He who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. (Psalm 121:3, 4)
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people from this time forth and forever.(Psalm 125:2)
Hi all,
Last weekend, we had gone for a two day trip to Kodaikanal. I was accompanied by my sister and the family of my Aunty, from Chennai. Since we did not get train or bus tickets, we had to take our Tata Sumo. We had a great time in the hill station.
On our way back, we met with an accident! We were about 400 kilometers before Chennai. We were traveling at about 90 kilometers per hour; when the Sumo flipped onto one side and hit against a Railway Gate. All of us came out of the vehicle alive and without any injury. All Glory to God! What should have been a major accident turned out to be like a Roller-Coaster ride for all of us.
If we had crashed 1000 times, 999 times at least; one of us should have died! But thank God for His arms of cushion that was around us. He was with us; like how He was with Daniel and his friends in the fiery furnace! Only when I came out and heard people ask me questions like, ‘Did anyone survive?’ and “What God do you serve?” did I realize that it was God and only God who held us together when we crashed!!
So many verses came to my mind, which made a lot of sense to me; like the ones I put on the top – “He never slumbers nor sleeps” and “The Lord surrounds His people like the mountains of Jerusalem”…
I realized that our life here on earth is so fragile and uncertain like what the Holy Bible says “Like a breath” “flower of the field“. I do not know how many of us wake up everyday and are actually grateful for every second that we live, for the 101 times we travel by our vehicles and yet come home safe! ‘Never take life for granted’ is what I learnt and I’m grateful for every breath that He allows me to take.
I also realized that He has put all of us here because we have not yet finished the task He has given us! That is why He did not want me home so soon.
Anyway, all six of us have been given yet another life. I just want to thank God for his amazing love!
There is no place more secure than my Father’s arms…how true….
Love
Subin.
16th November, 2006
H1B Visa – Enemy whispered 'Rejected'- Jesus said 'Approved'
I would like to share my testimony on how God helped me to get my H1B VISA stamped. Yes, it is only because of the mighty presence of the Lord Jesus Christ that my VISA got approved.
By the time I got my appointment – about two weeks back – before the interview date;a voice began to whisper to me the word ‘Rejected’, very often. I had unconsciously got into a mindset that, surely I was going to fail. So, I just knelt down at the feet of the Lord – in prayer; to remove the thought of failure from me. During my prayer time, God gave me His promise from His word saying…
“Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.” (Isaiah 41:10)
This word from God strengthened me through out the whole week, even until the day of my interview. However, on the day of my interview, once again the voicebegan to whisper saying, “Rejected! You are not going to get through”. My appointment time was 3:30 p.m., but by the time I stepped into the main entrance, it was almost 5 p.m. Earlier, as I was standing in the queue outside the American embassy for almost 2 hours; I saw many dejected and disappointed faces coming out! I could hardly see a smiling face. On seeing this, the thought of failure once again took control over my mind. I stood there hopeless. During this time, I just began to claim the promise that GOD had given me. I yelled at the voicethat kept on whispering ‘failure’, the name of JESUS. I kept on saying this till I entered the embassy door, ‘In the name of Jesus I have the victory’. The thought of failure slowly disappeared; as I sat inside the embassy andawaited my turn to proceed for the interview.
It was now almost 6 p.m., when I was taken into a separate counter for the interview. Normally, only 800 people will be given appointments per day by the consulate; but the day I went,about 1700 people were called for the interview. It seemed that the officers were mentally stressed out and were in a frustrated mood, wanting to rush up things, as soon as possible. There werestill almost about 100 more people – including myself – waiting there for our turn. Maybe, we were the last batch of people who were invited for the interview. Tension started to take upper hand as I was moved toward the Interview Counter – before me stood 4 people.
The interviewing Officer seemed to be in a frustrated mood, he approved only 1 visa out of 4; and even the approved visa was only a dependent visa. All the visas he had rejected were working (H1B) visas. In the meantime, as I was standing in the queue; I continued to see many visas getting rejected in the adjacent counter as well. Once again the enemy tried to pour out the thought of failure in my mind; but with the heavenly Armour, in the name of the LORD JESUS CHRIST I rebuked him. Finally, the officer summoned me to the counter; as I began to walk towards the counter, I closed my eyes a second and just prayed – ‘Lord, You speak through me’ – and pleasantly greeted the officer. He asked me a couple of simple questions and the Lord provided me enough wisdom and strength to answer him. He also verified few of my documents and finally said the words, “Your VISA is approved, Sir!” Yes, it was made possible only with the help of our Lord Jesus Christ. Finally, as I bid him goodbye; I said “May God bless you” and he smiled at me.
Yes, my friends, though the enemy tries to show you the sign of failure; let us always remember that GOD has made us mighty warriors. He has given us the weapon to attack him back – which is the Word of God. It is the situation that sometimes makes us to stumble; in that situation if you are not comfortable in using your weapon just call upon the name of “JESUS” – the name above all names! It is such a powerful name that the evil one (satan/lucifer) cannot stand against us. Yes, I got rid of the thought of failure only when I claimed victory in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
May God bless you!!
This testimony is from a Software Engineer, working in a Chennai based MNC.
Job from His hand….
I want to share my testimony with you people, just to tell you how great and awesome is our God.
I was working on a contract basis for a company and my contract got over on Jan 30/07. And from that time on I firmly believed that God would give me another Job.
I attended an Interview and went through all the rounds they said we’ll tell the results but there was none. And months passed by, I spent most of the time with tears and prayer. I claimed my promises given by the most High.
Every day before I start any work on my computer I would open up the CCF website to check out the verse and the thoughts for the day. Many times the verse were encouraging for me to hold on to Jesus Christ.
Days passed by and one fine day I got a call from a MNC stating that there is an opening. I cleared the first round miraculously through prayer. And the following week they had the other round, that was a very critical time for me and I waited on God, for His answer and there were many people who supported me through prayers. And by the end of the day I came home with the offer letter in my hand.
I thank God for all his love and care when I went through the troubled times. There will never be a single person like Jesus who can console you and comfort. Just hold on to him with faith, prayer and supplication.
And I want to lift Jesus High In my life. Praise God….for his mighty deeds!!
