Just one thing
I came away from the camp with one main thing. This doesn't usually happen sometimes I feel like I have so much stuff floating in my brain. But this time, one thing really struck me, and stuck.
It was about studying the Bible.
Oh, not just doing devotions or quiet time, but studying the Bible in depth. Not just being able to quote isolated verses, but to know them in the context of the passages and even the book.
For instance, the speaker (Dr Goh Chee Leong) asked, "Can you summarize the book of Habakkuk? What is it all about?" Err... Habakkuk? All I know is that he was one of the minor prophets... *oops!*
Dr Goh pointed out that as graduates, we've proven that we have the intellectual ability to think & understand. We study so many books in order to obtain our degree, yet we don't study the Bible, which we call the most important book in the world!
Moreover, sometimes we complain that we can't understand the Bible, yet we have studied far more complicated things like advanced math, computer programming, engineering and so on. To quote Dr Goh: "God has blessed us with a mind. Are we using it?" *ouch*
I felt totally convicted, especially when he emphasised that we will be held accountable for the way we use the intellectual gifts/ability that we have been given. What am I doing with mine? Wasting it on romance novels??! *wince*
Studying the Bible is something I've wanted to do for a long time; I've even gotten Bible dictionaries and books about customs/the way of life in Bible times, but all these resources have been simply sitting on my shelf. Lots of good intentions, but no action. Why does that sometimes feel like the story of my life? *rolls eyes*
I guess this hit me even harder because, knowing that I have the gift of teaching how can I teach others anything if I do not first study the Bible myself? I want to be faithful to do that which God has called me to do.
So it's time to get off my butt and get going... :D Did you know that my key word for this year is discipline? Man, oh man...