About one
and a half year ago when I came to Curtin as my first year, I did not think of
taking any extra class. With the new environment of a university life I would
not want to add another “subject” to my study list, but with the encouragement
of the brothers, sisters and pastor plus with a long consideration and prayer,
I took the first step and decided to give it a try for the growth of my spiritual
life. At first it was really difficult as the disciple class requires all the
students to read a few chapters of the Bible every day and every weekend we
need to spend at least two and a half hours in class to discuss, watch a shot
video and further examine on the word of God.
In this disciple 1 course, it consists of 34 chapters;
each chapter was designed to let the reader walk through the whole Bible after
completing it. In each chapter it has a theme words which will be the subject
and direction of the lessons for the day. It is a very well organize Bible
study materials as it have a focus on our human condition related to the theme
which were related to the Bible with today’s world. Beside that it also have
the part of “The Bible Teaching” which it further explain with map, diagram or
timeline on the passage read from the Bible, along with some question related
to our current world’s situation.
Walking through the Bible with this disciple
course was not an easy task, but with God’s grace and the encouragement of all
my classmates I would say that it have come to an end of this part. With this
mind set of additional “subject” have slowly turned to a spiritual need for me;
by reading and understanding of the word of God daily it have made me more rely
on His words, His commandments and His teaching. Other than this due to the
time I needed to allocate to spend time on reading and doing the task, it helps
me in a way to manage my time more efficient.
During the first day of class there were 13 of
us, but one has left the group due to transfer of university. In this group
each has a different experience and understanding of God’s words. As the days
goes by our relationship with each other grew better as we started to care for
each other, in prayer, and also during our class we do share of our little
secret and our life journey on how God has lead and guide us. At the end of the
first year we went for a mission trip to Sebauh long house. Over there we have
the chance to share the knowledge we learn in class to the people in Sebauh
area, and most important we have the chance to bring the good news to the
people over there. Through this 34 chapter I have learn a lot and gain more
understanding, I will continue to grow and partake other courses available in
future time.
Decision, choices and opportunity are always
there for us, that is the point which will either we choose to take a step
forward and to make a life changing experience or to keep staying at the same point
and let nothing happened to our life. I have challenged myself to take this
step and I felt the changes God made in me and I have a new experience, the
experience only I can have and remember. A question for you, are you still on
the same point you were yesterday? Challenge yourself, and let God work
miracles and wonders in your life…
