Does God Still Speak to Us? A Testimony of Divine Guidance

Does God Still Speak to Us? A Testimony of Divine Guidance

Trip to Singapore

My wife and I spent a few days in Singapore with two of my sons working there. We went there on 25th March 2016 (Friday) by coach and returned home on 28th March 2016 (Monday). Although we had planned our trip much earlier, I had asked the Lord what would He want me to do there.

The posture is significant: not merely planning a family visit but seeking divine purpose, not merely enjoying leisure but asking for assignment. The question "what would He want me to do" reveals a life oriented toward service, a heart that recognizes every journey as potential ministry, every encounter as divine appointment. This is the difference between a tourist and a pilgrim, between a vacationer and a servant. The tourist asks what he wants to see; the servant asks what God wants him to do.

We had a pleasant journey up to Singapore and way back home. It is nice to have reliable friends or family members who would come alongside to help us with the transport from home to the coach station before departure and vice versa. We can really count on them!

We stayed with our sons during the period in Singapore. We enjoyed their company and hospitality. We thank God for giving us such wonderful children. They took care of us and made sure that we were comfortable in our stay. They took us to nice food centers despite the fact that they were on office call.

The ordinary blessings are acknowledged with gratitude. Reliable friends, wonderful children, comfortable stay, pleasant food—these are not distractions from spiritual purpose but the gracious provision that sustains it. The sons' sacrifice of office time to care for their parents reflects the family values that support ministry. Thanksgiving is the appropriate response, recognizing that every good gift comes from above.

Does God Still Speak to Us?

As I was seeking the Lord and mindful of what He would want me to do, the Lord had impressed upon my heart to do 3 simple things:

The seeking was answered with specificity. Not a vague sense of divine presence but three clear assignments, each distinct, each requiring different action, each demanding faith and courage. The simplicity of the tasks—pray for a man, get a contact, release a word—belies their significance. God often speaks in simplicity, directing our steps one at a time, giving grace for the immediate rather than overwhelming us with the entire journey.

Prayer for a Renowned Man

We attended the Resurrection Sunday Service in Acts Church Singapore on 27th March 2016. This is the church where both of my sons are serving. We have attended a few times, each time when we have the opportunity to visit my sons.

The speaker was none other than Reverend Khoo Hin Hiong, the founder of International Christian Missions (ICM) in Singapore on the church planting God movement in Asia. A seasoned and renowned man of God together with his wife, Marguerite Khoo, who have toiled the years of their lives for God's Kingdom and are still going on strong. Praise the Lord for such servants of God!

Reverend Khoo delivered a simple and logical message on the power of resurrection during the Sunday Service. It is enlightening to know what has been installed for every believer on the resurrection power. As I was sitting, listening and enjoying the message, I sensed that the Lord telling me, "Go, pray for the man." At the moment I knew that I was given the prayer assignment.

The assignment came in the midst of worship, not in the silence of private devotion but in the context of corporate gathering. The message on resurrection power was the content; the instruction to pray was the application. The renowned man, the seasoned servant, the founder of a movement—he too needed prayer, needed the touch of God, needed the encouragement that comes from prophetic intercession. No one is beyond the need for prayer; no ministry is so established that it cannot be strengthened by the fresh word of the Lord.

Just after the whole Sunday Service was over, as my wife and I were going downstairs for fellowship, I approached Reverend Khoo and asked him whether I could pray for him. Immediately he acceded to my request and allowed me to pray for him. Then, the Lord filled my mouth with His words for him.

The obedience was immediate and specific. The approach was humble, the request respectful, the response gracious. And the result was divine enablement: "the Lord filled my mouth with His words." This is the pattern of prophetic ministry—not human eloquence but Spirit-given utterance, not prepared speech but fresh revelation, not the speaker's wisdom but the Lord's word. The renowned man received from the unknown visitor what God knew he needed, and the visitor discovered that God speaks through those who are willing to obey.

Get Personal Contact Reference

Prior to this trip, I had an opportunity to release a word of personal prophecy to a bright, intelligent young man in Singapore. It happened during one of the home cells hosted in December 2015.

Prior to the Resurrection Sunday Service, my thought kept going back to this young man and I sensed that I should ask him for his personal contact reference. Thank God that I had the opportunity to see him on Resurrection Sunday Service and managed to get his personal contact reference. In fact, I do not know why I should do this but I am sure that the Lord is up to something in His sleeve! All I told him was to connect with me should he has anything that he would like to inquire about.

The persistence of thought was the prompt, the repeated impression the signal. The previous word in December had established connection; the present instruction deepened it. The purpose was unclear—"I do not know why I should do this"—but the obedience was certain. God often asks us to act without full understanding, to collect the contact, to make the connection, to sow the seed without knowing the harvest. "The Lord is up to something in His sleeve" is the confidence of faith, the trust that God's purposes exceed our comprehension, that He weaves threads we cannot see into a pattern we will one day behold.

Release a Prophetic Word

My wife and I left Singapore on 28th March 2016 (Monday) at 2:45 pm in a coach. There were not many passengers (less than 10) on board. There was nothing expected of me to do in the coach at the time but to sit and enjoy the journey back home. This is something that I always noticed: whenever I am least expected for anything, the Lord will come up with something new for me.

The principle is worth noting. The least expected moments are often the most spiritually significant. When we have planned, prepared, and positioned ourselves for ministry, God may or may not speak. But when we have relaxed, released our agenda, and settled into ordinary routine, He often breaks in with the extraordinary. This is His way of demonstrating that ministry is not our achievement but His gift, not our initiative but His grace.

There was an elderly Chinese lady in the coach and she somehow knew my wife. Immediately they got connected and shared their story of acquaintances way back in Lahat Datu, Sabah. At 4:25 pm, I sensed that the Lord telling me to give a prophetic word for this elderly lady. But, I kept putting off this thought of giving her the prophetic word. Instead, the prophetic word kept ringing again and again in my mind. Finally, I decided to put the prophetic word in my hand phone.

The resistance was human, the persistence divine. The putting off was natural reluctance, the fear of awkwardness, the hesitation to intrude. But the word would not be silenced; it kept ringing, demanding attention, refusing to be dismissed. The compromise—recording it in the phone rather than speaking it directly—was partial obedience, a step toward full compliance. God accepts our halting steps, our imperfect responses, our gradual surrender. The phone became the bridge between reluctance and release.

When the coach made a pit stop, I went out of the coach first and then waited for the elderly lady to come out from the coach. Then I asked her for her phone number so that I could send the prophetic word captured in my hand phone to her. She received the word in her hand phone and she exclaimed, "Oh, this is a good surprise!" I found out that she is working and providing ministry support for a church.

The execution was creative, the method adapted to circumstance. The pit stop provided the opportunity, the phone number the means of delivery, the text message the vehicle of prophecy. The response was gratifying: "a good surprise," the delight of unexpected blessing, the joy of being seen and known by God. The discovery that she was involved in church ministry confirmed the appropriateness of the word, the relevance of the message, the precision of divine direction. God speaks to His servants through His servants, encouraging the encouragers, strengthening those who strengthen others.

Who Says, God Doesn't Speak?

If you are sensitive enough in your walk with the Lord and make yourself readily available, the Lord will speak to you. Definitely He wills!

The condition is twofold: sensitivity and availability. Sensitivity comes from walking with the Lord, the daily companionship that tunes the ear to His voice, that trains the heart to recognize His promptings, that develops the spiritual reflexes necessary for immediate response. Availability is the posture of readiness, the willingness to be interrupted, the openness to be directed, the surrender of one's own agenda for His. The promise is absolute: "Definitely He wills!" God desires to speak more than we desire to hear; He is more willing to reveal than we are to receive. The limitation is not on His side but on ours.

Isaiah 30:21: "Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, 'This is the way, walk in it,' whenever you turn to the right hand or whenever you turn to the left."

The guidance is personal and directional. The word comes from behind, the Shepherd's voice guiding the sheep, the Teacher's instruction directing the student. "This is the way"—not merely information but direction, not merely comfort but command. The guidance is timely: whenever you turn, at the moment of decision, at the point of potential deviation. Right or left, the word comes, keeping the walker on the path, preventing the wandering that leads to destruction. This is the promise for those who are sensitive and available: constant guidance, timely direction, personal word that keeps us in God's way.

But, remember, you are just a sower, sowing seed only but God is the one who will cause it to grow. You need to sow a seed, otherwise you get nothing. As the Lord directs you, you sow and leave everything to Him. He will bring it to pass.

The humility is essential. The sower is not the source of growth; God is. The human role is limited but necessary: sow the seed, speak the word, make the contact, pray the prayer. Without sowing, there is no harvest; but sowing does not guarantee harvest—God gives the increase. The leaving of everything to Him is the release of control, the acknowledgment that results are His domain, the trust that He who speaks also fulfills. The seed sown in Singapore—the prayer for the renowned man, the contact for the young man, the word for the elderly lady—each is entrusted to God for growth, for fruit, for the accomplishment of His purpose in His time.

Isaiah 55:10-11: "For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and do not return there, but water the earth, and make it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it."

The analogy is agricultural and certain. Rain and snow do not return empty; they water, they nourish, they produce. So God's word, once spoken, is irrevocably effective. It shall not return void; it shall accomplish what He pleases; it shall prosper in its purpose. The seed sown, the word spoken, the prayer offered—none of these are wasted, none are forgotten, none fail to achieve their divinely intended effect. The sower may not see the harvest; the speaker may not witness the fruit; the pray-er may not observe the answer. But the word has gone forth, and God guarantees its success.

Numbers 23:19: "God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?"

The final assurance is absolute. God's character is the guarantee of His word. He does not lie; He does not change His mind; He does not promise and fail to perform. What He has said, He will do; what He has spoken, He will make good. The question is rhetorical, the answer obvious: God is faithful, His word is sure, His promises are certain. Does God still speak? He speaks, He guides, He directs, He assigns, He fills mouths with His words, He prompts actions beyond our understanding, He surprises us with encounters we did not plan. And what He speaks, He accomplishes. Trust Him. Listen for Him. Obey Him. And discover that He is still speaking, still guiding, still working through those who are sensitive enough to hear and available enough to respond.