Zion Baptist Church

Fighting my selfish ambition will need me to control my selfish desires. This will imply discipline in my life. The impact of if I am disciplined or not will be reflected in my speech, my tongue. If I can not control my tongue I am lacking discipline. Being ambitious in this world is applauded in some circles. However in this text to be ambitious in this text is not the case. Ambition is defined as one who is self-seeking for a political office by unfair means. This word "ambition" is used as a human vice and not as a virtue in the Bible. For that reason we see Paul instruct in Philippians 2:3, “Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves;” (Phil 2:3 NAS95). This instruction is good to follow today as it was then.