As I was thinking about what my main ambitions in life are, of course, they all centered around Christ. Below are three of my biggest ambitions in life.
To glorify God and enjoy Him forever
My highest ambition in life is to always spend my waking hours thinking and working with all my heart to bring glory to the Lord. Jesus is such a wonderful God that He alone is worthy to be exalted and praised through my thoughts and actions – all the time. I believe we were created to worship God and to enjoy our relationship with Him. I can think of nothing more wonderful than to show the world how awesome a God we serve.
To hear the Lord say to me: “Well done, good and faithful servant…Enter into the joy of your lord.”
If you are familiar with the parable of the talents in (Matthew 25) then you probably realize that God wants us to use our time, talents, and treasury to glorify Him and build up His kingdom. And when we do this we should get excited to hear the Lord say to us: “…Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.” (Matthew 25:23). Oh, how I long to hear my Lord say to me: “enter into the joy of your Lord.”
To be on the devil’s most wanted list
I love what Leonard Ravenhill shared when he said: “My main ambition in life is to be on the devil’s most wanted list.”1 Satan knows when Christians are passionate about worshipping God and spending time in serious prayer that he is in major trouble. And while he will do everything in his power to get us to stop worshipping God and praying, he knows that a holy Christian is wholly sold out to Jesus and that his kingdom is in serious trouble. If only more Christians would desire to be on the devil’s most wanted list we would usher in the greatest revival since the book of Acts.
Seeking God, knowing Him, and sharing Jesus are my greatest desires in life – I hope they are yours too!
1 Notable Christians: Leonard Ravenhill – CultureWatch (billmuehlenberg.com)