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“What Is Your Ambition?” by Kirk Hunt
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. (Mark 10:37 KJV)
Mark 10:37 KJV
Please read Mark 10:35-40
They were up front and personal with their request. “Make us your chief guys.” Straight. To the point. There were determined to fulfill their own ambitions.
Neither James or John asked what Jesus wanted. Scripture does not record their explanation or discussion about how they wanted to serve the coming Kingdom. All they appeared to want was important positions.
Ambition leads men and women to take steps. That may include accomplishing a particular task or goal. It could be gaining a specific ally. Perhaps it involves removing a particular hindrance.
What is your ambition? Why is that your ambition? What will you do to achieve your ambition?
I pray you have ambitions. To serve His Kingdom. To minister to the hurting. To save the lost.
Ambition is all too easily a negative. History and current events are full of examples of self-seeking, sometimes ruthless, ambition. James and John are exposed in this example from the Gospels.
Life-saving discoveries have come into the world through ambition. Ambition has been the source of violence and chaos across the globe. What kind of ambition do you have?
Think: Is my ambition Godly, or something else?
Pray: “Lord, give me ambition to build Your Kingdom, for You.”
Copyright © September 2012, Kirk Hunt
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