“It does not dishonour others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.” 1 Corinthians 13:5
Love does not insist on getting one’s own way.
Remember when Jesus said he was going to suffer and His disciples chose that moment to talk about who was the greatest?
Even Peter, James and John, the closest disciples to Jesus and who had been chosen to go up the mountain of transfiguration were not content to be in that close circle of Jesus, they too wanted to be number 1. They were full of ambition.
Still today even leaders want to be a higher leader, members want to be pastors, Pastors want to be apostles, apostles want to be bishops, bishops want to be archbishops and archbishops want to be Popes. That’s in the church but it is everywhere. Naked, raw ambition, climb the ladder, get to the top, it is better up there. Ambition is a killer of the church.
These 5 key points may help you:
Stop looking in the mirror – Find another visual aid other than yourself.
Have some self-awareness – This might sound strange because it is an inflated self-awareness that leads to desires of greatness. Unless we change where we are sitting and get a different perspective we will miss the point. How do people experience me? This is the question that leads to self-awareness.
Become vulnerable again – Acknowledge you don’t know it all, have it all and can do it all. You need others in your life and you need Him.
Practice lowliness – From a lowly humble position comes lowly thinking, lowly speech and lowly actions.
Look and serve beneath you – The presence and the power of the Lord is always to be found in the unlikeliest of places and not on the stages of this world.
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