Matthew 17:20 says this "...if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."
Just how God answers prayers! I'm stil reeling from the excitement that I finally got the Offer from Acceptance for the NTU Computer Science course.
Looking back, I realised how God answers prayers in unique ways. My A-Level results weren't that fantastic to start with. With my results, I was barely able to make the cut-off for the unpopular university courses, let alone try apply the hotly-contested courses. Since I'm interested in computing and software programming, I decided to give it a try.
To be honest, I have never really placed total trust in God, even with my university application. I tried to take things in my own hands, attending university Open Houses with my parents, even skipping church on one of the saturdays (this is not encouraged, though). As I asked the university staff of my prospects of entering the Computer Science course, their common answer was "Chances are rather low, but no harm trying.". I was certainly discouraged, bearing in mind that Computer Science had the lowest cut-off amongst the courses I applied for. Still, I went ahead and applied. I even went to the point of submitting for Discretionary Criteria (by which universities admit up to 10% of their intake that failed to meet the cut-off), getting my secondary school teacher to submit an Appraisal Evaluation on my behalf.
As the days ticked by, I would check my email daily in hope of any signs of reply from NTU. With each passing day, I was getting more discouraged as other fellow A-level in my workplace and my JC classmates had already recieved Offers of Acceptance, yet I was still without reply from NTU. I resigned to my fate and could only pray for God to provide the place in university. As working fatigue overtook me, the university application became more distant in my mind, and it was only after a few days ago that I suddenly remembered about it. Still, I thought that I would certainly be one of those who would have to depend on luck to be admitted via the Dicretionary Criteria. It was just an hour ago that my mum received a letter from NTU in my mailbox, and there was the Offer of Acceptance! Just can't express how overjoyed I was to have God answer my prayer in such a way.
Even as I write this testimony, I am convicted by the Holy Spirit of my lack of trust in God during this journey in university application. If only I could trust God with the university application from the start! So I encourage you, as I remind myself, to put your trust in God. It may be the most doubtful thing to go though, a certain failure, but if only you put that little trust you have left in God, as Jesus promised, faith as small as a mustard seed moves mountains. That little perservence could well make the difference - you never know. Because our God is unpredictable - He answers prayers in His own unique ways.
Ernest
