1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:06,040 There is nothing I've done in this world that's more satisfying than serving God. 2 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:11,640 It brings peace to you, a joy that is not explainable. I cannot even explain it. 3 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:22,360 My name is Nathan and I live in Birmingham, here in the UK. 4 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:27,280 So after graduating with a Masters in Engineering, 5 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:30,880 I finished my university during the time of COVID. 6 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:34,640 And during that time, I started looking for a job and it was difficult 7 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:37,440 but I thought it was because of COVID. 8 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:43,440 So an opportunity came to work as a level three technician and I jumped at it, 9 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:47,240 hoping that since it was in engineering, I would have career progression. 10 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:52,400 But to my surprise, it didn’t happen as I thought and it wasn’t easy as I thought. 11 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:53,920 And when I started working at that place, 12 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:56,640 I remember walking from one office to another 13 00:00:56,640 --> 00:01:02,080 trying to explain my skills, what I can offer to the company - but to no avail. 14 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:04,640 They just did not have room for me. 15 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:08,840 I didn't feel appreciated for the kind of qualifications I had, 16 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:13,040 since I had actually qualified as a level six technician. 17 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:17,400 This led to me moving from one job to another. 18 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:20,720 In a space of three years, I had five job roles. 19 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:27,560 And all this was from a place where I was trying to have a better career, 20 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:30,280 hoping for career progression with better opportunities. 21 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:37,760 Because in every job I'd been at, I didn't feel as if I was contributing as much as I could 22 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:40,880 since I was level six; I knew there was still more in me. 23 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:44,600 The job that I had didn’t really meet my skill sets. 24 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:47,640 So at that time, it was so frustrating. 25 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:51,120 I was jumping from one interview to another - to no avail. 26 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:56,600 Even having changed multiple jobs, on my CV, it didn’t really look good. 27 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:58,560 It started being suspicious to recruiters. 28 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:01,160 Even when I used to call recruiters, they would be questioning me - 29 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:04,120 how come you are changing jobs so much? 30 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:06,800 So, there was so much frustration in me; I was unhappy in my heart. 31 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:09,680 As much as I was grateful that I still had a job, 32 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:13,760 but deep down in my heart, I was very, very unhappy. 33 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:18,760 And also at that point, I was planning to get married. 34 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:23,680 I couldn’t really plan much because I was not settled enough - not in one place. 35 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:28,280 I was moving from one city to another and I did a lot of travelling as well. 36 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:32,840 But then it happened in June/ July 2023, 37 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:36,320 God put it in my heart to volunteer with God’s Heart TV. 38 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:40,680 At this point, I had been following God’s Heart TV on social media, on YouTube. 39 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:43,120 I had been watching Brother Chris, listening to the messages. 40 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:48,160 And I just thought, ‘I want to give back to God as He had been great to me in so many ways.’ 41 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:51,440 Although I didn't have much breakthrough in my career at that time, 42 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:54,920 I was still grateful to God for what He had been doing in my life. 43 00:02:54,920 --> 00:03:00,280 So at that point, I went on the God’s Heart TV website. 44 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:05,880 There was a volunteer form which I filled in and by God’s grace, the team got back to me. 45 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:10,240 And I remember they said, ‘We are happy for you to join the team.’ 46 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:14,040 I remember speaking to Brother Chris. He said to me, 47 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:16,480 ‘You joining us is not going to be a transaction. 48 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:19,880 You should not join because you want God to do something for you. 49 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:23,160 Let it come from your heart and you will be surprised what God will do for you.’ 50 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:28,560 I had this in my heart and when I joined, I met the wonderful team. 51 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:31,360 It was beautiful. I was so pleased to be part of the team. 52 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:35,600 It was a miracle itself to be part of the God’s Heart TV Team. 53 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:41,040 And at that time, I was working in London, which was far from home. 54 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:44,280 It was far also from the God’s Heart TV Studio in North Wales. 55 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:50,840 Being part of the team, I was so eager; I wanted to be more available for God’s work, 56 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:54,640 to serve every service, and I wanted to be there whenever I was required. 57 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:56,920 And I had it in my heart, 58 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:01,600 ‘God, if only I could have a job I could work Monday to Friday and free up my weekends. 59 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,280 If only I could have a job that's closer to home.’ 60 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:07,360 But as much as this was all in my heart, I was so grateful 61 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:09,480 that I still had this job I was travelling to. 62 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:12,160 And this job where I was working also used overlapping weekends, 63 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:15,200 so most of my weekends were not free. 64 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:18,960 Then it so happened that four months after volunteering, 65 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:22,400 an agency that I had not contacted in a long time... 66 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:27,600 I had given up on looking for jobs. I had given up even asking for career progression. 67 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:34,680 I was just trying to be satisfied where I was but I didn’t have peace of heart. 68 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:38,800 And they contacted me from ‘nowhere’. They rang me and said, 69 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:42,880 ‘We have a job opportunity for you close to Birmingham where you live.’ 70 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:46,560 And they were offering me more money as well. 71 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:51,120 At that point, I actually declined them - ‘I don't think I'm interested.’ 72 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:54,440 Because that money was not satisfying and it was still a level three. 73 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:57,480 I thought I’d just be jumping from one job to another again. 74 00:04:57,480 --> 00:04:58,760 Then they came back again. 75 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:03,840 They convinced me to go for the interview and see what it would be like. 76 00:05:03,840 --> 00:05:07,280 And to my surprise, I saw the hand of God in that interview. 77 00:05:07,280 --> 00:05:11,200 I remember in the interview, instead of me convincing the managers 78 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:12,800 that were interviewing me - 79 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:17,400 ‘Please, take me on with the company; this is the skill set I’m coming with’ - 80 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:22,400 they were trying to convince me to join that company. 81 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:26,280 It was so amazing to see when they had my CV in front of them, 82 00:05:26,280 --> 00:05:30,960 how much they were appreciating me - something I had never seen. 83 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:33,520 I had never felt that way before. 84 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:36,720 In that sense, I said, ‘I'm ready to jump at the opportunity.’ 85 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:42,640 They even invited me to come down to see the company, the site where they were working. 86 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:46,600 And I remember when I was in the office there and they give me a tour around, 87 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:49,240 they were still trying to convince me to join them, 88 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:51,760 telling me where they were going as a company, 89 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:53,960 and how they would carry me along as well. 90 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:58,560 I said, ‘Wow! This is a surprise.’ And with all that, I jumped at the opportunity. 91 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:03,840 I started the job last year, January 2024. 92 00:06:03,840 --> 00:06:08,480 And as I was working there, since they had promised me this career progression, 93 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:10,440 it took longer than I expected. 94 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:14,920 And as a human, I was tempted to think, ‘Maybe they have forgotten about me. 95 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:19,760 Maybe it’s like what I used to do in the past, jumping from one job to another.’ 96 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:22,840 But by God’s grace, I stayed with them. 97 00:06:22,840 --> 00:06:25,400 And after a year, the Director came to me and said, 98 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:30,600 ‘Nathan, we apologise that it has taken this long for us to promote you. 99 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:35,080 But here is a job opportunity to lead the team you are working with’ - 100 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:40,800 although I'm the youngest in the team and some people have more experience than me. 101 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:46,880 They saw something in me that even I myself don’t understand. 102 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:51,880 And they said, ‘Here’s an opportunity for you to be Production Lead.’ 103 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:55,320 I just saw the hand of God there as I took the opportunity. 104 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:57,360 And now I'm actually working as a Production Lead. 105 00:06:57,360 --> 00:07:00,920 And what surprised me - the Director actually apologised 106 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:02,840 for taking long to give me that promotion. 107 00:07:02,840 --> 00:07:07,680 But looking back and with all the lessons I've learned from God’s Heart TV, 108 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:09,280 God’s time is really the best. 109 00:07:09,280 --> 00:07:14,240 Looking back, I understand that God was really trying to make me understand more 110 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:20,720 about the role I was going to take, the company and the team I was going to lead. 111 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:24,360 And now, by God’s grace, all glory to God - we are here. 112 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:26,840 Right now, I’m quite settled. 113 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:31,520 Even when the company plans, they carry me along about where they are going. 114 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:35,480 So that has led me to planning on getting married; I even got engaged. 115 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:42,280 I'm actually in the middle of planning a wedding because my future is more certain. 116 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:45,320 And I’m also more available for God’s Heart TV which is good. 117 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:48,640 To be able to serve God is so satisfying. 118 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:53,680 Usually I’m in the Technical Team, which is mostly behind the cameras. 119 00:07:53,680 --> 00:08:01,120 My advice, mostly to the young adults - get involved in the things of God. 120 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:06,560 There is nothing I've done in this world that's more satisfying than serving God. 121 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:12,160 It brings peace to you, a joy that is not explainable. I cannot even explain it. 122 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:17,080 And to parents, I really encourage you to please carry your children along 123 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:18,400 with the things of God. 124 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:20,800 If it’s going to church, please go with them. 125 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:23,360 If it’s reading the Bible, please do it with them. 126 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:26,840 Let them know God because we live in a world that is very distracting, 127 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:28,280 especially to the youth. 128 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:31,600 We live in a world where there’s so much going on. 129 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:37,040 But if we focus only on Jesus, He’s the way - and we will not lose our focus then.