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A Man of Holy Ambition
Summarize Person/Life of Paul (Eulogy): Man of Holy Ambition
Credited w/ starting or involved in 14 church plants throughout the area of Greece and Asia Minor.
His letters make up about half of the NT
9 letters (epistles) instructing early NT churches
4 pastoral letters (1 and 2 Tim, Philemon, Titus)
Most likely the book of Hebrews
3 Missionary journeys covering modern Italy, Greece, Croatia, Turkey and Syria
Suffered Sickness, Beaten, Robbed, Shipwrecked, Imprisoned....continued to preach the gospel
After Conversion, 30 years spent on mission in the known world; until imprisoned and beheaded by Nero
Some people become synonomous with their passions
They have drive, dedication, “in their element”
Jordan or Lebron in basketball
Ali or Tyson in boxing
In missions and evangelism…we think of Paul
Paul’s ambition - see the goodness of God revealed through Jesus proclaimed to the farthest reaches of the world.
What is our Ambition?
What is our Ambition?
We all have ambition
Even as adults we still pursue what will bring us joy, significance and satisfaction.
We go through stages/phases of working toward “joy”
Middle School - If I could just get my license
High School - If I could just graduate
College - If I could just start my career
Working - If I could just Climb the ladder
Single - If I could just find “the one”
Married - If we could just have a nice family
Or we turn to Stuff - Big House, Fast Car, Exciting Hobby, Extravagant Vacation, fat 401k
We are bombarded with ads and voices telling us “this” is what will bring us joy, “this” is what it means to live “the good life”
We pour our time, energy, money, focus…our ambition into the pursuit of what promises to guarantee our joy.
There is nothing wrong with desiring or having nice things, all of these can be great blessings from God.
I’m thankful I can drive a car, don’t have to walk everywhere
I’m grateful for my wife and family; the love and joy that they bring.
I’m blessed to have a roof over my head (especially in all this rain, and air conditioning in the soon coming heat)
Even grateful for google, for an iphone - the ability to learn, to look up information quickly.
The ability to carry a bookshelf in my pocket.
But Holy Ambition is different
What makes Holy Ambition different?
The problem is not that we work towards any of this; education, career, marriage, hobbies...
The problem is when we make any of these things ultimate.
When we believe that those things will bring us the most joy, the greatest comfort or lasting significance.
The secular world preaches that these things alone, in themselves can bring us satisfaction, but the Bible says “not so fast”.
Psalm 127:2
When we seek satisfaction, joy, significance apart from God
Day after day working in futility: frustrated, tired in pursuit
We eat, but we aren’t satisfied…still hungry, still wanting
We are anxious, what’s next, where is my joy, end of my rope..next!
Not just about bread, an exhausting cycle of attempting to find answers in the temporary, in the finite.
We live in a culture that is continually seeking..
Newer, the bigger, the better…this at last, will bring joy
Enormous debt, High rates of divorce, addiction, depression…but maybe next time it will be different
So we fill our lives with “stuff” that becomes next years yard sale, next months trade in, next weeks garbage.
The Bible has a whole book (Ecclesiastes) that deals with the grand experiment of the pursuit of joy in the finite.
You think your parties were big?
Solomon had a party with 20,000 people
Provisions for one day...
200 liters of flour
400 liters of corn meal
10 oxen
20 cows
200 deer, 100 sheep, over 100 birds
You think relationships are the answer?
Sex?
I had 700 wives and 300 concubines.
You think your house was big…I had a palace, I built mansions for my wives.
I planted vineyards and forests and dug pools to water them.
In the End, it was ALL.....meaningless.
Ecc 2:10-11
But, later Solomon found his answer…his purpose and joy Ecc 12:13
In the end, what gives us purpose, significance, joy… is standing in awe at the glory of our Creator.
The Church should be counter-cultural, preaching a different gospel
There is lasting joy, peace, purpose
But not found in bank accounts, trinkets, or relationships with imperfect people
They are found in an infinite perfect God who has revealed Himself in scripture as the only source of lasting joy.
So Holy Ambition is the passionate pursuit of God and His glory, and a desire to share our source of joy with all who would hear.
Do we have this Holy Ambition?
Does we desire that those who have not seen or heard see and hear the gospel?
Are we compelled by what God has revealed in Scripture
Are we motivated by our own experiences of God’s goodness?
Do we seek opportunity to: Go, Send or Spend on Missions?
(My prayer is that we would be)
Go - God raise up missionaries (Short/Long/ Life)
Send - Partner in prayer for protection, for reception
Spend - Not just cooperative program, but financially assist those we send out from our midst.
Not all called to go out of the country, God might just be calling you to get out of your chair.
Matthew 13:15
You don’t have to leave the country/state/county to be on mission
All around us, ears that hearing have not heard.;
eyes that seeing have not seen, the goodness of God.
Oh that God would move in His people in a way that compels us to proclaim His greatness.
Woman at the well - COME SEE
A Man who knew my need, my longing for love, acceptance, meaning, joy
A Man that despite my sin/failure, pursued me.
He spoke to me, He came to me....the Savior
Think about your own life…has God brought
Joy where there was grief
Peace where there was turmoil
Forgiveness where there was guilt
Freedom where there were chains
Oh that our ambition would be to make known the riches and the fullness of the mercy and grace of God.
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