Saturday, August 15, 2009

Alpha Day Away

Alpha Day Away was great! Although there were only two non-CF members, it was awesome to see one of them grow spiritually through the Alpha Course. She's becoming more and more passionate to know God; a bit like how I was when I first accepted Christ. For my other colleague, just praying for the Holy Spirit to convict her heart and open her eyes to see the truth.

It was just really good getting together and knowing each other outside the office. I felt quite relaxed and it seemed almost like a holiday trip (because of the lovely greenery and swimming pool, I suppose). The Holy Spirit was present with us throughout the event and I believe that this is just a start of it.

One thing that struck me was when Steven said that the Holy Spirit should be in the driver's seat, we should be in the passenger's. Recently, I admit that I've been in the driver's seat and placed the Holy Spirit in the back seat. Perhaps that's why I've been so tired and stressed out lately. This was a timely reminder for me to take a step back and just let the Holy Spirit control and guide my life - to obey His will rather than to insist on following mine. It's difficult. But then, why stress and try to control things so much when really all we should be focused on is following God's will and leaving everything to Him.

Written at 11:06 PM