Tuesday, August 23, 2016

BREAKTHROUGH FOR HENG!

I just want to give thanks to God for His great favour and grace upon Heng's career. It has been a very tough and challenging time for him since the beginning of this year. He also started applying for other jobs but did not see any open doors. We were wondering if it was time for Heng to move on from this company. Initially I felt there might be an inheritance or spoils or possessions for him to possess in this company but after seeing how Heng's health was affected by the work stress, I couldn't be sure.

Afterall, my utmost concern was his health and his soul prosperity. If he was constantly feeling frustrated and unhappy in his workplace, then I didn't think it was God's will for his life. So when he told me he wanted to resign without a job, I didn't hesitate to support this decision. Of course it wasn't easy for him as the sole breadwinner but I trust that God will provide for us. Thank God that open doors started manifesting in end June, after a half-year wait. Heng started receiving calls from head hunters and went for a few interviews.

But in early July, it still didn't seem like he was going to get a job offer soon. Yet he strongly felt that he should throw in his resignation before landing a job. After all, he had to serve a six month notice so he had ample time to look for another job. Still it wasn't easy. We both prayed about it and sensed that it was a necessary step of faith to take before the Red Sea opened up. After he put up his letter on 7 July, things didn't change immediately. But at least Heng was feeling more relieved about making that decision and committed the issue to God. He also felt emboldened to speak up against the injustices and the wrongdoings in his company.

Thank God for favour and courage to do the right thing! He was able to speak his mind because he was set on leaving so it didn't matter if that amounted to career suicide. He just did what he had to do, to put things right. After all that, it was amazing his bosses persuaded him to stay and contribute as part of the core team. He thought by doing that, he would be crossed out completely. But God turned it around for him.

Before that turnaround came, Heng had to let go of all the bitterness, the negativity and the injustice before the new thing can come. He realised that his soul had to be prosperous first before he could be prosperous on the outside. Once he did that, I found that he became much happier. Even though things hadn't changed on the outside, I thank God that at least Heng was happy after a long while of being stressed.

Last Sunday he had to give an answer regarding the retracting of his resignation. We both prayed about it and felt that it was reasonable to ask for a market adjustment to his pay. Afterall there was no increment or adjustment this year and research showed that his pay was way below the market average for his skills and years of experience. And we knew that an increase was God's will for us in this season. Ask and you will receive, so he went ahead and asked. Initially Heng thought the process would take months to be approved as there were cases like this in his company. He wasn't even sure if they would give him the amount he asked for as it was 33% more than his current pay.

Yet to our great surprise, the bosses just agreed to his request immediately, less than 24 hours after he sent the email. Except for a few conditions to be fulfilled, the approval was as good as given. His pay will be adjusted in Jan 2017, if he chose to stay on. Heng was so happy that he found such favour with his bosses. He knew it was the hand of God accelerating the breakthrough. For the first time in this year, we experienced God's word about acceleration and abundance in action! All glory to Jesus!

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