A few years ago, I wrote the book Resgatando a Ambiçao [Editora Fiel] and asked for ransom. He wanted to deflect ambition from many bad motivations and put it into action for the glory of God. I wanted Christians to understand that to understand Our ambition, we must understand that we are seeking glory. And where we find the glory determines the success of our research. Since I wrote this book, many have suggested that I address God’s plan of ambition in the workplace and in the so-called daily. is the second part of a multi-part series on how to rescue ambition in the workplace. You can read Part 1 here.
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- Dave is a man from our church who owns a successful construction business.
- He has built the company since its founding.
- Increasing its revenue every year.
- He built houses.
- Redeveloped businesses.
- And employed increasing numbers of people.
- The families have been supported by the works.
- Offered by this company.
- Now clients have housing.
- Lawn care services now have new developments.
- And of course a lot of taxes are being paid right now? all because Dave’s company exists.
But commercial success – glorifying God as much as possible – this is not what defines Dave. What defines Dave is his heart for the gospel and how he applies his ambitions to God. In recent years, Dave has traveled to Uganda with Covenant Mercies (a gospel-based ministry of mercy based on our church) to build homes and schools for orphans in Nagongera, Uganda. In addition, it freed several employees for a period of two weeks to carry out the same projects. Dave’s simultaneous ambitions are to glorify God in his affairs and to see God’s mercy manifested through God’s people; and uses his gifts to make both things happen.
It’s a divine ambition
It’s going to sound crazy, but I’m serious, okay?Ambition must be saved from misunderstanding and the application of humility. I know this may seem positively non-spiritual at first, but I think bad humility undermines the commercial ambition of some Christians even before they leave the starting line. opinion on that.
In Philippians 2, Christ’s humility manifests itself in his action: “He has stripped himself of himself”. Taking the form of a servant. ” He humiliated himself, becoming obedient. “We are ordered to “have the same feeling in us,” which means that we must follow an example of action, intent, and initiative (v. 5). humility did not restrict his course of action; defined it.
Shouldn’t humility soften our aspirations, mitigate, soften and neutralize our dreams to the point where we are too modest to achieve something. I had a surprising view of GKChesterton talking directly on this subject. He realized this in his time and called him “Humility in the Wrong Place. “Chesterton asked for a return to “old humility,” saying:
Ancient humility was a sting that prevented a man from stopping; not a nail in his boot that prevented him from continuing, for old humility made a man doubt his efforts, which could make him work harder, yet the new humility causes man to doubt his goals, which will cause him to stop working completely. [1]
When we become too humble to aspire, we cease to be humble
Humility should never be an excuse for inactivity. Should she control, but you never stop?Humility opens the way for our aspirations, ensuring that they remain on God’s path, advancing towards their glory. Talking about our dreams about how we want to spend our lives for God is not a pride; it’s essential.
Can ego-oriented ambitions be completely modest? However, God-oriented ambitions to be worthy should never be modest. There is something inherently inappropriate about having small ambitions for God. How can we be glad that he gains a little more honor on No. We have become ambitious in extending their kingdom and justice everywhere. [ 2]
Do you understand that? The stimulus of divine ambition is far from irrelevant; without it, discovery dies, research stops, industry stagnates, causes failure, civilizations collapse, the gospel stops. For those who create a business, divine ambition is the impulse that allows us to continue. when the contract does not arrive, when our best producer joins a competitor or when we realize that success is to keep things clear in a turbulent economy, we cannot harness ambition in the name of humility, if our ambitions are worthy of God’s glory, they will never be modest. The faithful servant in the small is faithful precisely because he points to the majority.
We must save ambition from the daunting effects of wrong humility. Encouraging this passivity hampers the growth of ambition. We will save ambition and return it to the attentive care of true humility. There, ambition will grow in grace and create new ways to glorify God.
(This is part 2 [you can read part 1 here] from a 5-part series of “Saving Ambition in the Workplace. “Look for the third part next week!)
Appointment No. 1.