making decisions like a godly student

The typical local (Singapore) university offers its students an array of activities, from musical groups to sports groups to clusters of students being intellectually challenged every other moment while on campus. There are opportunities to lead a team, start a project, come up with new initiatives. Even as a Christian on campus, one will definitely get exposed and be encouraged to be involved with one, or more, campus Christian ministries. The list goes on and on and on. The activities are definitely attractive, because each of those posters pasted around uni are targeted at a specific group of students with a particular interest in the related field, and the appeal is real, so is the distraction.  

One can't possibly join all activities that appeal to his palate. In this half of the semester alone, if without restrictions of time, I would have been involved in more than ten co-curricular activities, or more commonly known as CCA. I have to be thankful that there's a definite limiting factor that's holding me back from wanting to push myself over the threshold of stress and work-life management. Learning to plan my time around God has definitely been helpful in sorting out what I have to be responsible for and which activities I should be choosing in such a way that I won't displace God from his rightful place. The danger still remains when we think that we can rely on our own strength and think that we can do more all the time. 

I met with some helpful speed bump recently. A good wake up call as some may call it. Missing an important test a week back gave me a stern reminder that I'm starting to mess things up, and it's screaming at me to get back on track. My bible readings have gone off track, I couldn't focus on my work and I'm getting very involved in my CCA. As a student, I should be performing my roles and responsibilities. They include attending lectures, going for the assessments, integrity and honesty, doing my tutorials, etc. The motivation, however, is likely to be different for a Christian who is a student too. Mine is so that I could honor God, by fulfilling my responsibilities in the role that he has given me. 

Sometimes, it is helpful to have a structure to life. Structures can help us focus better at times. Of course, the focus and motivation of having such structures should be set right in the first place. I have recently began to think of how I can plan my time such that I can spend more time reading the bible and meeting people, while at the same time meeting the deadlines and contributing to team projects. 

I did not plan much for this semester and was carried away by too many distractions. In more than one way I am thankful for the recess week. I have time to re-focus myself on God's word, and be ready for the fight ahead. 

Strive on in God's strength as His prayer warrior.