A Holy Ambition in Life Everybody has ambitions in life and that ambition dictates the overall personality of a person. In our spiritual walk with God, do we live with the same ambition that God has for us? Something to be pondered upon! Or are we living with the ambition of a common man. The ambition that is gripping Christians today is the predominance of worldly desires and its accomplishments. The one common sin that drifts away the spiritual ambition in our life is Spiritual Prideness. The following are the comments of a spiritually pride individual: 1. I know everything… 2. I am experienced & I am very strong in God as I spend more time in prayer… 3. Only I have the anointing (power) from God… 4. Only I can use the gifts of God more effectively & efficiently… “For when pride comes, then comes disgrace” (Pro 11:2a) and “a man’s pride brings him low” (Pro 29:23a) and “pride goes before destruction” (Pro 16:18a). In Romans 15:1 Paul says, “We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.” The word “strong” refers to the strong Christians whose personal convictions allow them more freedom than the weak. So here Paul instructs us not to overlook the scruples (concerns) of the weak, but to uphold them lovingly. The Word of God never instructs the people who are “strong” to sit on the throne of pride and lookdown upon everybody for everything, but to have the attitude of Christ and imitate Him, Who, being in the very nature God, did not consider equality with God, something to be grasped (Phil.2: 5&6) and the Word of God continues to state that we should be like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose and by doing nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility considering others better than ourselves without looking at our own interests, but also to the interests of others. (Phil.2:2-4) “For each of us will give an account of himself to God” (Rom.14:12), “for in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measures you use, it will be measured to you” (Matt.7:2). Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification (Rom.14:19) and each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. For even Christ did not please himself. (Rom.15:2&3a) and live out a life with a ambition to serve (please/obey) Him wholeheartedly.
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 03:09:06 +0000
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