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00:00Ambition. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.
00:06Philippians 2 verse 3 Lacks drive and ambition. Trust me,
00:11that's not something you want to have written on your end-of-term report at school.
00:15It's not a great thing for your parents to read. We need to have some drive in our lives.
00:22If we don't want to get things done, we won't. But drive and ambition have a dark side we should
00:27be aware of. It can easily become selfish ambition. Philippians 2 verse 3 Which is all
00:35about doing things to make our own lives better at any cost, even if others get hurt along the way.
00:42This was the case with many of the kings of Israel, including the first one.
00:47Saul started out with humility, but he came to think of his role of king as something that
00:52belonged to him. He forgot that it was a gift from God. He was meant to lead God's people in
00:58a way that would show them, and the other nations around them, the way to God. When God decided to
01:05take the role of king away from him, Saul's only thoughts were for himself. 1 Samuel 15 verse 30
01:13In a world where ambition often means pushing others out of the way to get what we want,
01:17God wants us to live differently. We are to do nothing out of selfish ambition and to put away
01:24anything that makes us live in that way. Hebrews 12 verse 1 Instead, our ambition
01:30should be to love and follow God, serving Him and the people we meet with everything we've got.
01:36Mark 12 verse 30 By Julie Ackerman Link
01:41To pray about, Lord I want you to be the ultimate passion in my life.
01:46Everything I do, I do it for your glory. Amen.
01:51Selfish ambition or God-centered ambition. Which describes you best?