Summit Ministries

This morning came too fast, but I was more than excited to rise for another day of learning. When I first arrived at Summit I was anything but thrilled. My mother had thought this would be a "quality educational experience" for me since I had spent the past year or so drifting away from my faith. Now it has become very evident to me that God's hand brought me here for a purpose.
I loved Jeff Meyer's lecture this morning about leadership. I have always considered myself a leader and found myself listening, surprisingly, very attentively. I think it is important for us as YOUNG christian leaders in today's society to take our job very seriously especially since our hearts are constantly at spiritual warfare. I think what hit home the most for me was when Meyers spoke about discovering our calling. Let me mention, when I first came here I was fretting over "passion". I was trying to find something I was passionate about and to pursue in my life. During a different lecture last week it hit me, God is our passion; Jesus Christ is the one thing we should be most passionate about. I need not worry any longer about finding passion because through Jesus Christ my life will have more purpose than I could ever imagine, or even hope for.
Besides that I think the second most important thing I pulled out of Meyers' lecture was the word leadership, which is "rising to the bottom" as he called it. It is being a servant of man and having a servants heart. And I realized that as I have chosen Jesus Christ to be my Savior I must also live my life as he called, in ALL areas. People assume that our lives should look like this: God, family, friends, work, school, etc...but oh, how wrong. Our lives should look more like this: God, family, God, friends, God, work, God, school...
I am terrified to return home and assume a leadership role FOR CHRIST. In every aspect of my life I must resemble Christ. And yes, it is mighty difficult to change our ways to the likes of Christ. But as the Bible reads, "why do you call me Lord, Lord and do not do as I say?"
So tonight, after Doc's lecture and the Feminar, I will pray. I will pray that God will grant me grace and willingness to pursue him more passionately than anything ever before, that I will be able see his plan in my life very clearly and never question it, and that when I return home to the world I will be able to be that living Bible...the only one that some may see. Not just in my life, but in the life of every young person with a passion for our Lord that we may become a generation of servants with God's heart.