WEBVTT 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:06.040 There is nothing I've done in this world that's more satisfying than serving God. 00:00:06.040 --> 00:00:11.640 It brings peace to you, a joy that is not explainable. I cannot even explain it. 00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:22.360 My name is Nathan and I live in Birmingham, here in the UK. 00:00:22.360 --> 00:00:27.280 So after graduating with a Masters in Engineering, 00:00:27.280 --> 00:00:30.880 I finished my university during the time of COVID. 00:00:30.880 --> 00:00:34.640 And during that time, I started looking for a job and it was difficult 00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:37.440 but I thought it was because of COVID. 00:00:37.440 --> 00:00:43.440 So an opportunity came to work as a level three technician and I jumped at it, 00:00:43.440 --> 00:00:47.240 hoping that since it was in engineering, I would have career progression. 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. 00:00:52.400 --> 00:00:53.920 And when I started working at that place, 00:00:53.920 --> 00:00:56.640 I remember walking from one office to another 00:00:56.640 --> 00:01:02.080 trying to explain my skills, what I can offer to the company - but to no avail. 00:01:02.080 --> 00:01:04.640 They just did not have room for me. 00:01:04.640 --> 00:01:08.840 I didn't feel appreciated for the kind of qualifications I had, 00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:13.040 since I had actually qualified as a level six technician. 00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:17.400 This led to me moving from one job to another. 00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:20.720 In a space of three years, I had five job roles. 00:01:20.720 --> 00:01:27.560 And all this was from a place where I was trying to have a better career, 00:01:27.560 --> 00:01:30.280 hoping for career progression with better opportunities. 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 00:01:37.760 --> 00:01:40.880 since I was level six; I knew there was still more in me. 00:01:40.880 --> 00:01:44.600 The job that I had didn’t really meet my skill sets. 00:01:44.600 --> 00:01:47.640 So at that time, it was so frustrating. 00:01:47.640 --> 00:01:51.120 I was jumping from one interview to another - to no avail. 00:01:51.120 --> 00:01:56.600 Even having changed multiple jobs, on my CV, it didn’t really look good. 00:01:56.600 --> 00:01:58.560 It started being suspicious to recruiters. 00:01:58.560 --> 00:02:01.160 Even when I used to call recruiters, they would be questioning me - 00:02:01.160 --> 00:02:04.120 how come you are changing jobs so much? 00:02:04.120 --> 00:02:06.800 So, there was so much frustration in me; I was unhappy in my heart. 00:02:06.800 --> 00:02:09.680 As much as I was grateful that I still had a job, 00:02:09.680 --> 00:02:13.760 but deep down in my heart, I was very, very unhappy. 00:02:13.760 --> 00:02:18.760 And also at that point, I was planning to get married. 00:02:18.760 --> 00:02:23.680 I couldn’t really plan much because I was not settled enough - not in one place. 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. 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:32.840 But then it happened in June/ July 2023, 00:02:32.840 --> 00:02:36.320 God put it in my heart to volunteer with God’s Heart TV. 00:02:36.320 --> 00:02:40.680 At this point, I had been following God’s Heart TV on social media, on YouTube. 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:43.120 I had been watching Brother Chris, listening to the messages. 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.’ 00:02:48.160 --> 00:02:51.440 Although I didn't have much breakthrough in my career at that time, 00:02:51.440 --> 00:02:54.920 I was still grateful to God for what He had been doing in my life. 00:02:54.920 --> 00:03:00.280 So at that point, I went on the God’s Heart TV website. 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. 00:03:05.880 --> 00:03:10.240 And I remember they said, ‘We are happy for you to join the team.’ 00:03:10.240 --> 00:03:14.040 I remember speaking to Brother Chris. He said to me, 00:03:14.040 --> 00:03:16.480 ‘You joining us is not going to be a transaction. 00:03:16.480 --> 00:03:19.880 You should not join because you want God to do something for you. 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.’ 00:03:23.160 --> 00:03:28.560 I had this in my heart and when I joined, I met the wonderful team. 00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:31.360 It was beautiful. I was so pleased to be part of the team. 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:35.600 It was a miracle itself to be part of the God’s Heart TV Team. 00:03:35.600 --> 00:03:41.040 And at that time, I was working in London, which was far from home. 00:03:41.040 --> 00:03:44.280 It was far also from the God’s Heart TV Studio in North Wales. 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, 00:03:50.840 --> 00:03:54.640 to serve every service, and I wanted to be there whenever I was required. 00:03:54.640 --> 00:03:56.920 And I had it in my heart, 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. 00:04:01.600 --> 00:04:04.280 If only I could have a job that's closer to home.’ 00:04:04.280 --> 00:04:07.360 But as much as this was all in my heart, I was so grateful 00:04:07.360 --> 00:04:09.480 that I still had this job I was travelling to. 00:04:09.480 --> 00:04:12.160 And this job where I was working also used overlapping weekends, 00:04:12.160 --> 00:04:15.200 so most of my weekends were not free. 00:04:15.200 --> 00:04:18.960 Then it so happened that four months after volunteering, 00:04:18.960 --> 00:04:22.400 an agency that I had not contacted in a long time... 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. 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. 00:04:34.680 --> 00:04:38.800 And they contacted me from ‘nowhere’. They rang me and said, 00:04:38.800 --> 00:04:42.880 ‘We have a job opportunity for you close to Birmingham where you live.’ 00:04:42.880 --> 00:04:46.560 And they were offering me more money as well. 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:51.120 At that point, I actually declined them - ‘I don't think I'm interested.’ 00:04:51.120 --> 00:04:54.440 Because that money was not satisfying and it was still a level three. 00:04:54.440 --> 00:04:57.480 I thought I’d just be jumping from one job to another again. 00:04:57.480 --> 00:04:58.760 Then they came back again. 00:04:58.760 --> 00:05:03.840 They convinced me to go for the interview and see what it would be like. 00:05:03.840 --> 00:05:07.280 And to my surprise, I saw the hand of God in that interview. 00:05:07.280 --> 00:05:11.200 I remember in the interview, instead of me convincing the managers 00:05:11.200 --> 00:05:12.800 that were interviewing me - 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:17.400 ‘Please, take me on with the company; this is the skill set I’m coming with’ - 00:05:17.400 --> 00:05:22.400 they were trying to convince me to join that company. 00:05:22.400 --> 00:05:26.280 It was so amazing to see when they had my CV in front of them, 00:05:26.280 --> 00:05:30.960 how much they were appreciating me - something I had never seen. 00:05:30.960 --> 00:05:33.520 I had never felt that way before. 00:05:33.520 --> 00:05:36.720 In that sense, I said, ‘I'm ready to jump at the opportunity.’ 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. 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, 00:05:46.600 --> 00:05:49.240 they were still trying to convince me to join them, 00:05:49.240 --> 00:05:51.760 telling me where they were going as a company, 00:05:51.760 --> 00:05:53.960 and how they would carry me along as well. 00:05:53.960 --> 00:05:58.560 I said, ‘Wow! This is a surprise.’ And with all that, I jumped at the opportunity. 00:05:58.560 --> 00:06:03.840 I started the job last year, January 2024. 00:06:03.840 --> 00:06:08.480 And as I was working there, since they had promised me this career progression, 00:06:08.480 --> 00:06:10.440 it took longer than I expected. 00:06:10.440 --> 00:06:14.920 And as a human, I was tempted to think, ‘Maybe they have forgotten about me. 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.’ 00:06:19.760 --> 00:06:22.840 But by God’s grace, I stayed with them. 00:06:22.840 --> 00:06:25.400 And after a year, the Director came to me and said, 00:06:25.400 --> 00:06:30.600 ‘Nathan, we apologise that it has taken this long for us to promote you. 00:06:30.600 --> 00:06:35.080 But here is a job opportunity to lead the team you are working with’ - 00:06:35.080 --> 00:06:40.800 although I'm the youngest in the team and some people have more experience than me. 00:06:40.800 --> 00:06:46.880 They saw something in me that even I myself don’t understand. 00:06:46.880 --> 00:06:51.880 And they said, ‘Here’s an opportunity for you to be Production Lead.’ 00:06:51.880 --> 00:06:55.320 I just saw the hand of God there as I took the opportunity. 00:06:55.320 --> 00:06:57.360 And now I'm actually working as a Production Lead. 00:06:57.360 --> 00:07:00.920 And what surprised me - the Director actually apologised 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:02.840 for taking long to give me that promotion. 00:07:02.840 --> 00:07:07.680 But looking back and with all the lessons I've learned from God’s Heart TV, 00:07:07.680 --> 00:07:09.280 God’s time is really the best. 00:07:09.280 --> 00:07:14.240 Looking back, I understand that God was really trying to make me understand more 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. 00:07:20.720 --> 00:07:24.360 And now, by God’s grace, all glory to God - we are here. 00:07:24.360 --> 00:07:26.840 Right now, I’m quite settled. 00:07:26.840 --> 00:07:31.520 Even when the company plans, they carry me along about where they are going. 00:07:31.520 --> 00:07:35.480 So that has led me to planning on getting married; I even got engaged. 00:07:35.480 --> 00:07:42.280 I'm actually in the middle of planning a wedding because my future is more certain. 00:07:42.280 --> 00:07:45.320 And I’m also more available for God’s Heart TV which is good. 00:07:45.320 --> 00:07:48.640 To be able to serve God is so satisfying. 00:07:48.640 --> 00:07:53.680 Usually I’m in the Technical Team, which is mostly behind the cameras. 00:07:53.680 --> 00:08:01.120 My advice, mostly to the young adults - get involved in the things of God. 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:06.560 There is nothing I've done in this world that's more satisfying than serving God. 00:08:06.560 --> 00:08:12.160 It brings peace to you, a joy that is not explainable. I cannot even explain it. 00:08:12.160 --> 00:08:17.080 And to parents, I really encourage you to please carry your children along 00:08:17.080 --> 00:08:18.400 with the things of God. 00:08:18.400 --> 00:08:20.800 If it’s going to church, please go with them. 00:08:20.800 --> 00:08:23.360 If it’s reading the Bible, please do it with them. 00:08:23.360 --> 00:08:26.840 Let them know God because we live in a world that is very distracting, 00:08:26.840 --> 00:08:28.280 especially to the youth. 00:08:28.280 --> 00:08:31.600 We live in a world where there’s so much going on. 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.