19 Bible Verses about Ambition, positive aspects of

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for being and doing right, for they will be completely satisfied.

Brothers, I do not think that I have captured it yet, but here is my one aspiration, so forgetting what is behind me and reaching out for what is ahead of me, I am pressing onward toward the goal, to win the prize to which God through Jesus Christ is calling us upward.

Yes, I long to come to know Him; that is, the power of His resurrection and so to share with Him his sufferings as to be continuously transformed by His death,

"You must struggle on to get in through the narrow door, for I tell you, many will try to get in, but will not succeed,

For this I am toiling and struggling by His active energy which is mightily working in me.

also keep up your ambition to live quietly, to practice attending to your own business and to work with your own hands, as we directed you,

Do your best to present yourself to God an approved workman who has nothing to be ashamed of, who properly presents the message of truth.

Therefore, as we have so vast a crowd of spectators in the grandstands, let us throw off every impediment and the sin that easily entangles our feet, and run with endurance the race for which we are entered,

and like new-born babies thirst for pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to final salvation,

Therefore, dearly beloved, since you are expecting this, be in earnest to be found by Him without a blot, without reproach, and at peace.

So, as you are ambitious for spiritual gifts, you must keep trying to excel for the upbuilding of the church.

But you must earnestly continue to cultivate your higher spiritual gifts. And yet I will show you a way that is better by far:

This is a saying to be trusted: "Whoever aspires to the office of pastor desires an excellent work."

In this matter it has ever been my ambition to tell the good news where Christ's name had never been mentioned, so as not to build upon foundations laid by other men,

For if I do preach the good news, I have no ground for boasting of it, for I cannot help doing it. Yes, indeed, I am accursed if I do not preach the good news.

Some, indeed, are actually preaching Christ because they are moved by jealousy and partisanship, but others are doing so from the motive of good will; the latter, indeed, are doing so from love to me, for they know that I am providentially put here to defend the good news; the former are preaching Christ from the motive of rivalry, not in sincerity, supposing that this is making it harder for me to bear my imprisonment.read more.
What difference then does it make? In one way or another, whether in pretense or in sincerity, Christ is being preached, and that is the thing that makes me glad; yes, more too, I will continue to be glad of it,

Do you not know that in a race the runners all run, but only one can get the prize? You must run in such a way that you can get the prize. Any man who enters an athletic contest practices rigid self-control in training, only to win a wreath that withers, but we are in to win a wreath that never withers. So that is the way I run, with no uncertainty as to winning. That is the way I box, not like one that punches the air.read more.
But I keep on beating and bruising my body and making it my slave, so that I, after I have summoned others to the race, may not myself become unfit to run.

Now the crown for doing right awaits me, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award me on that day, and not only me but also all who have loved His appearing.

So you must never give up your confident courage, for it holds a rich reward for you. Indeed, to carry out the will of God and to receive the blessing He has promised, you need endurance, for: