What kinds of ambitions are harmful? - Ambition - TouchPoints

Matthew 4:8-10“I will give it all to you,” he [Satan] said, “if you will kneel down and worship me.” “Get out of here, Satan,” Jesus told him. “For the Scriptures say, ‘You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’”

Matthew 16:24Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me.”

Ambitions are harmful when they cause us to sacrifice our faithfulness and devotion to God.

Habakkuk 2:9, 12What sorrow awaits you who build big houses with money gained dishonestly! . . . What sorrow awaits you who build cities with money gained through murder and corruption!

Ambitions are harmful when they work for wealth at the expense of other people’s welfare.

James 4:2You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them.

Ambitions are harmful when they are fueled by discontent and a desire for more. Such ambitions always result in harming others and dishonoring God with our life’s work. This never brings lasting satisfaction.