Summit Ministries

"And He said to him, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and your mind.'" (Matthew 22:36). I am sure many of you have heard this verse at least once in your life, but have you ever thought about what this command in action looks like? This verse tells us as Christians to love God in all areas of our life. Before Summit I never really paid attention to the third part of this verse - the mind. Do I study in my college courses keeping my focus on God? Do I broaden my knowledge to be a better vessel for the God of truth to fill? Dr. Noebel shared another verse in I Chronicles 12:32 which stated that "Of the sons of Issachar, men who understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their kinsmen were at their command." "Kinsmen" in this passage were around 340 thousand, yet the small group of men "who knew the times" were able to wisely lead the army. At Summit I've learned about the times in which we live and what I can do to impact this generation. Summit can be best summed up not as a "prep course" for the trials of the secular world, but rather as a place where we worship God: heart, soul, and mind. He is the one from which knowledge flows.