Wednesday, July 2, 2008

4 am

what's up with my 4 am in the morning?
Some heard my 4 am testimony on Sunday, here I am gonna repeat it again.

Remember my Korean grandma who actually told me to wake up at 4 am to pray; although I didn't think it was necessary cuz we "live" in this luxurious place called America. Now I've realized that is exactly why we need to wake up at 4 am to pray for the nation, because we live in America.

So during the Bread of Life conference in San Jose, I chatted with pastor Andrew Tsai for a bit; at the end he told me that he wakes up at 4 am to pray and I got inspired. I said to the Lord, if pastor Andrew Tsai can do it, I want to do it.
That night I went to sleep around 12:30am thinking that I need to drive back to LA the next morning so I better sleep early. Little did I know, I got waken up around 4:06 or 4:08 am according to the hotel alarm clock; instantly I felt His presence in the room and prompted me to pray. I did pray for a bit and went to the rest room; back on my bed, I prayed a bit more but was gone afterward. I thought if it was Jesus, He would show up at 4 am not 4:06 or 4:08 am; for He is always on time. So I didn't think it was Jesus who woke me up.
Finally I got up around 6:30 am and went to a shower; in the middle of it, a voice told me to check my own watch because Jesus did come at 4 am, not 4:08 or 4:06 am. So I did. My watch was exactly 8 minutes late. The voice told me to check my cell phone again. The clock on my cell phone was exactly 6 minutes late. I was in a "holy" shock! Jesus is faithful. When you ask Him to come at 4 am, He won't come a minute early nor a minute late.

So last night...I prayed to God that I wanted to wake up at 4 am to pray; the whole night I couldn't sleep, instead I was murmuring in prayer. I finally fell into sleep and woke up around 5:30am. I said,"God, You didn't wake me up at 4 am but You kept me awake all night. What's up with that?" I guess I just want to feel His presence again in my room...

I begin to like the 4 am appointment with Jesus.

3 comments:

johnny said...

that's a crazy encounter jack!

shin said...

yes Jesus is always faithful even when we're not

[joy B.] doveseye said...

man! 4AM !!! i need boldness to ask for that...haa~~ i better pray for boldness first~~
go go jack^^
i miss u!!!!