Ambition

 What are we Ambitious for?

 We all can be ambitious  
in our lives, but the 
question is what is 
that ambition focused upon? 

Ambition is something that 
some people do have a 
great deal of, whereas 
others have less and 
some appear to have 
almost none. 

People can have both good 
ambitions and also bad, 
sometimes it is not the ambition 
itself that can be wrong but 
the individuals attitudes and  
desires within that ambition. 

Sometimes people can be 
ambitious within their careers. 
They have a great desire to 
succeed at what they do, or 
also to gain that promotion 
they have had their minds 
and hearts set upon. 

There can also be ambition 
within family life; 
to raise a family, to want 
all their family to be 
successful in all they do, 
to be seen to be above others. 

There is so much where we 
can be and are ambitious, 
whether it is in what has been 
mentioned or leisure activities
or anything else.

But we all at one time or another 
within our lives have had 
an ambition that drives us 
forward towards a goal. 

As Christians we need to 
realise that ambition has 
to be checked at times to 
make certain that it is not 
taking us down a path which 
may not necessarily be the
best thing for us or others.

Also we do not or should
not ever allow our ambitions to
damage in anyway whatsoever
our relationship with God,
our service for God and
our love for God.

Within church life, ambition
can be both needed and
also dangerous.

The church needs people to be
ambitious for God, for without
this the church will not
move forwards.

But what the church does
not need is selfish ambition.
This causes division and
many problems within the church.

What the church needs to learn 
is that it needs to guide an
individuals ambition and lead
it into positive action, for them 
and for the whole of the body. 

So let us be ambitious for God,
and let us allow others to 
help guide us in that ambition, 
so that in all things we 
bring glory and honour to God.

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