On a few occasions recently I have said to people…
“I have no ambition”
I have passed it off as a joke but, the conversations were about work, business and money so I am not joking because in regard to these things, “I have no ambition.”
I am a bit lazy to be honest but, if I wanted to impress you all I would say that this embodies my ambition…
“….. and now, O Israel, what does the Lord God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to observe the Lord’s commands….”
Does it? To some extent, maybe?
As I prepared for our small group this week I was smacked between the eyes by those words. This was Moses laying out the facts before he died, telling the people what really matters….
Does anything else matter?
What about your ambition?
How does it look?
I often feel drained at times and lose motivation to do most things.
I have noticed that if my motives are to work because I want to stay ahead I get drained quickly, but when I work for the reasons of creating and sharing I feel energized and filled up.
I think my motivation to do is tied to the motivation of who I am doing it for
I guess thats why I said I am lazy because sometimes my lack of ambition is about laziness…….even in my faith/walk with God i get lazy….
at other times its just about the world and all its glitter and gold looking very worthless and a pointless thing to pursue….
but yep
thanks for commenting Kyle
Funny, I was reading Philipains 3 this morning, a passage entitled ‘The Goal of Life’ in my NASB bible.
I highlighted this particular verse, I think I ties in with what you’re saying:
“More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.”
Quite simply, as the song says, ‘take it all and give me Jesus.’
I long to get to a place where that is the cry of my heart ALL the time, rather than just now and again.
Yea it does Jason – thanks for the reminder of that verse…….