In 2018, I was driving my new car through a cross junction when suddenly, I felt a strong prompting to look to the right.

A car was coming straight at me at high speed.

People often say that when you’re under threat, your life flashes before your eyes. At that moment, I only had one thought: “Okay, I think I’m going to die young, at 40 years old.”

“Surprisingly, I wasn’t thinking about my wife, my children (pictured in December 2024) or my music ministry,” said Ps Andrew as the other car hurtled towards him. Photos courtesy of Andrew Yeo and from @mynameisandrewyeo Instagram.

I simply thought: “If I go, I go.”

There was no panic. No hysterical screaming. Instead, Jesus’ supernatural peace filled my heart.

So I just closed my eyes and gripped the steering wheel and whispered: “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.”

At the third “Jesus”, the other car slammed into mine, right near the driver’s door.

My car spun twice. The airbags exploded hard in my face and my spectacles flew off.

When everything stopped, my car was a total wreck.

But I was alive.

“You should have died”

Smoke was billowing from my car as two young men ran over, convinced they were about to pull out a dead driver. Then they saw that I was conscious. They forced the door open and pulled me out.

Only then did I realise the full impact of the crash.

“My car (pictured) was a Toyota. The other vehicle was a Volvo.”

Looking at what was left of my car, I couldn’t understand how I had survived.

There was no blood, no broken bones, no whiplash. I was shocked.

Soon, a fire engine and two ambulances arrived. The collision had been so loud that numerous bystanders must have called emergency services.

From the grass patch where I was sitting, I saw a paramedic run straight to my crushed car, thinking the driver was still trapped inside.

When he found the driver’s seat empty, he started shouting, “Where’s the driver? Where’s the driver?”

I stood up and waved.

He ran to me and asked repeatedly, “Sir, are you okay?”

“I think I am,” I replied.

He looked at me in disbelief and said: “This is a very serious accident. You should have died.”

Later, I posted about the crash on social media to testify of the goodness of God and to say, “Thank You, Jesus, for saving my life.”

Ps Andrew’s Instagram post about the crash.

One of my friends – a Pastor who served in the SCDF (Singapore Civil Defence Force) for almost 15 years – said: “If I was on duty that day and I saw your car in that condition, I would have called two other vehicles to come: The red one (emergency response vehicle, the Red Rhino) to saw the car open. The black one (hazmat vehicle) to take away the dead body.

“God preserved your life. I have seen so many people die in such a crash.”

“Got anybody die in this car?”

The day after the accident, I flew to Dallas, Texas, to lead worship at Gateway Church, one of the biggest churches in America.

My wife went to the car workshop. The mechanic’s first question was: “Got anybody die in this car?”

After the crash, Pastor Andrew (left) flew to the US to join other worship leaders (pictured), each singing in their native language. They included Hebrew, Spanish and Afrikaans.

Later in 2023, Pastor Andrew sang the Bahasa parts of the Revelation Song at a subsequent Gateway event. Screenshot from a recording by Gateway Worship.

In Hokkien, the mechanic described it as si beh jia lat (“very terrible”).

The guy was shocked to hear that I had walked away without a single injury.

The next miracle? The car could actually be repaired.

When I got back to Singapore to collect my car, the mechanic said: “So you are the owner. 你拜什么神?” (“What God do you worship?”)

When I told him I was a Pastor, he added: “Pastor, your God is very powerful. Not only did He save your life, He also saved your car.”

He showed me that although the impact had destroyed much of the vehicle, the engine was untouched.

“It’s like something protected your engine,” he said.

To me, that wasn’t just protection. It was also God’s provision. Had the engine been destroyed, the financial loss would have been far greater.

Again and again, God has preserved my life

You ask if I think it’s spiritual warfare. To be honest, I don’t fully know.

The crash happened just before I was due to minister in one of the biggest churches in America. Sometimes I wonder if the enemy wanted to take me out.

But what I can say for sure is this: Again and again, throughout my life, God has preserved me.

Pastor Andrew driving his twins, now teenagers, to youth service.

I don’t understand why some people go through tragedies while others are spared. I don’t have the answers.

But through trials, my faith has become stronger.

I simply cannot deny that Jesus is real, that He has saved me, and that His hand has been upon my life.

“God, You must have a purpose for me”

Even today, I know it is only by God’s grace that I am alive.

Whenever I hear about someone surviving a serious accident, it hits me deeply.

I remember seeing photos of the car wreckage after a lorry crashed into a young man’s car in Malaysia. I had previously ministered to him in his youth. His accident was worse than mine, yet both he and his wife survived.

When I see others going through something similar and coming out alive, I cannot help but think: “God, You must have a purpose for them, just like You had a purpose for me.”

Moments like these remind me that our lives are not our own.

My story of God’s faithfulness extends beyond the car crash.

Andrew’s open letter to “the man who longs to be a father” on Instagram.

Over the years, I have faced serious medical challenges, including infertility (my wife and I were eventually blessed with three children) and a medical emergency that nearly left me blind in one eye (my vision was completely restored after a month).

I do question why God has given me these miracles and yet, why He hasn’t healed my diabetes, kidney complications and heart issues?

Do I have doubts? Do I have questions? Sure I have.

When you read the Bible, you see people like Elijah, Job, David also questioning God. They struggled, they cried out, they didn’t always understand what God was doing.

But at the end of the day, they still chose to praise the Lord. They still believed that God is sovereign.

It’s the same for me. In my own story, all these trials have actually made my faith stronger. They’ve brought me to a point where I really cannot deny that Christ has saved my life.

Maybe God has allowed me to have these experiences so that I can share with others that He is real.

Pastor Andrew Yeo is Worship Pastor at Cornerstone Community Church. He is also Executive Director of FOPx, is the youth arm of the Festival of Praise Fellowship, a major inter-denominational Christian movement in Singapore.