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The Beauty of Ambition
You may not be able to go higher in life except you are ambitious. To climb any ladder of success in life, ambition is required. No one became a doctor, engineer, teacher, politician, lawyer, president, governor and so on without ambition. Even when you are suddenly called into the ministry, you have to build a desire to work for God; otherwise, you will end up a failure in such ministry. May you never fail in your ministry in Jesus name.
"Ambition is what prepares you in the place of aspiration for a position you are yet to acquire".
From our studies so far, it is crystal clear, ambition can be appropriate and as well can be inordinate. It depends on the motives behind it.
WHAT APPROPRIATE AMBITION WILL DO FOR YOU
1. Ambition will give you a push to become inquisitive about your goal. Mark 10:35-37, "And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire. 36, And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you? 37, They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory".
2. Ambition will give you a push to do whatever it takes to realize your dream. Proverbs 18:1 Through desire, a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
· It was ambition that helped Zacchaeus to do what he did that qualified him for divine recognition that led to his spectacular salvation. Luke 19:2-5, "And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. 3, And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature. 4, And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way. 5, And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for today I must abide at thy house".
· It was ambition that brought the thief by the right hand of Jesus to receive forgiveness even at the point of death and at the last minutes of his life. Luke 23:32-43
3. Ambition will avail you of the opportunity to know the right way of achieving your goal.
- It was ambition that made Jesus tell John and James with the rest of the Apostles how to achieve their goal. Mark 10:42-45, "But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. 43, But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: 44, And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be a servant of all. 45, For even the Son of Man, came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many".
- Being conscious of his little stature, it was ambition that made Zacchaeus prepared ahead of time before the arrival of Jesus Christ in Jericho by climbing the Sycamore tree to see Jesus which brought him spectacular salvation that we are talking about today. Luke 19:1-10
5. Ambition will hand over to you the secret to the realization of your dream. Mark 10:43, "But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: 44, "And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be a servant of all".
HOW TO REALIZE YOUR AMBITION
1. Let it be in line with God's purpose for this earth. Genesis 1:27-28, "So God created man in his image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28, And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth".
2. Never attach a selfish or self-centred glory to your goal. Do it all for God!
3. Do not try to achieve your goal alone, always go hand in hand with God, be prayerful! (Remember the tower of Babel)
4. Be a servant to your subjects. (Remember what Jesus told the disciples)
In conclusion, inordinate ambition is the starting point of menace that is ravaging our society today. Ambition in the right perspective will help us to savage the damage that has been done already. Nevertheless, Jesus has revealed the greatest secret to realizing our ambition, dream and purpose in life, all we have to do, is, to make sure our ambition is service-oriented and thereby serve.
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