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Ambition
lareli:
--- Quote from: Dennis Vogel on June 28, 2017, 02:26:45 PM ---Ambitious to creative is one thing and ambitious to be wealthy is another.
It's easy to get caught up in the world and let your ego/vanity get the best of you. Just keep in mind where all blessings come from.
--- End quote ---
Dennis what about not having ambition at all? Dave quoted Philippians where it says that "everywhere and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry.."
I had never read that translation using the words "full" and "hungry". It has me wondering if we are instructed to be content but also have a measure of ambition as well... in the chapter before in Philippians 3 we read Paul saying he forgets what is behind and presses forward..
Take, passing up a job promotion because I'm afraid of change for example. Staying in the same place and not growing because I'm comfortable and safe where I've been. I've always thought of myself as being content with my job but if I'm being honest and transparent then I have to acknowledge that yes, I may be content, but there's also some fear and lack of ambition that's keeping me where I've been also.
Another scripture that comes to mind is in a isaiah where he says to "enlarge the place of your tent"
Dennis Vogel:
As long as you have enough don't worry about the promotion, IMO. Else:
Pro 6:9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Pro 6:10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Pro 6:11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
John from Kentucky:
God has blessed me financially. I have no material wants. My family find it impossible to give me gifts because there is nothing I want.
Everything I have, or am, or will be, has come from God. Nothing. I mean nothing has come from me or my efforts.
The precise date of my birth and my death and everything in between was decided by God before creation.
God's greatest gift to me was allowing me to walk with Him. My Peace is from Him. Nothing depends on me. Jesus is my Savior and the Savior of All. Nothing can oppose His Sovereign Will. All Praise and Thanksgiving and Glory to the Great God.
Musterseed:
Amen to that John, I am nothing without Him.
lareli:
I agree with everything I've read on this thread in regards to the financial aspect of being content or ambitious.. but like Paul said "everywhere and in all things I am instructed Both to be full and to be hungry.." not just in regards to physical needs but in all things.
Dennis you mentioned being ambitious to be creative.. can that apply to ones job? Let's say the financial aspect of the job is not a promotion. But the knowledge, skill set and experience gained from the new position is the promotion.
Sometimes I feel that learning the truth about free will has made me more lazy. I'm prone to the thoughts that "if God wanted something to be different in my life than He would make it so..". It's as if once I found out that God is working all, I stopped working at all (in some regards). But not necessarily in a good way.
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