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Discipleship Focus: Ambition
- Ambition: We all need a goal to which we can strive. When our ambition comes from God, we find fulfillment in our obedience into that for which we have been equipped because our Out is in proper focus. But when our ambition comes from ourselves, we find ourselves chasing after our own dreams and trying to find fulfillment in accomplishments of our own making.
What is the
downfall of Tyre? They think themselves
invincible. They built a huge network of
trade. They dealt with an incredible
list of nations – read through this passage and see if you can remember all of
the nations that are listed here. Read
through this list and see if you can know where all of these nations are – or in
most cases, were – located. The people
of Tyre worked hard to make a name for themselves. The problem was that they started believing
more in that name and their own power than anything else.
God promises
that they will be brought low. They will
be humbled. They will realize that there
is no great height from which they cannot fall.
They were an
ambitious people. That wasn’t the
problem. There is nothing wrong with
having goals, having dreams, and experiencing success. The problem comes into play when we start
seeing ourselves as invincible and stop being humble before God.
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