Can someone look at ambition in a positive sense? The word evokes behavior that displays pride, vanity, and disunity. Where it is mentioned in the Bible, it comes across in reference to sin. But in Luke 14: 10, Jesus in one parable tells his followers, " Friend, go up higher." The author shows how God desires and encourages a positive ambition which counteracts the negative earthly influence and concerns. These can crowd out a much greater and glorious life of service to others and to God....

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Can ambition be a good thing?This word often evokes behavior that displays pride, vanity, and disunity.Author Thomas Joachim invites us to a holy ambition based in the Scriptures and the writings of the Saints: an ambition not for worldly honors, but the glory of God.He summarizes like this: “We must reverse the usual perspective of our life. We can no longer seek to fulfill our ambitions; we must seek to welcome...