UNDERSTANDING THE POWER OF VISION AND AMBITION - PART 1
God created man and put in him the ability to subdue and dominate the earth. This is what is termed the spirit of leadership i.e. there is a spirit of leadership in every man. At creation, God placed in man the ability to lead; to impart and also make impacts. There is always this part in us finding a way to be significant on the earth, because this is what we are called into. But the devil came to deceive man and the man obeyed him; and as such, he fell and the fruit of leadership in man was corrupted. The communion between God and man was disrupted. Man could no longer access God's intent for him, hence purpose was defeated.
God never gave us the spirit of leadership to dominate ourselves but the earth. When man fell and the spirit of leadership became; man then resorted into envy covetiousness, strife, pride all seeking ways to dominate other men like themselves. Leadership became a survival of the fittest. It became a do or die affair. This is against the purpose of God from which man derailed. Then, man began to have ambitions; self less and selfish ones just in order to seek ways to ensure this leadership.
Furthermore, when man fell, he became open to choices; this is what birthed ambition and vision. God’s initial desire was not for us to fulfill our will but his will only. After man fell, he was now given the privilege of choice. God originally was man's sole authority; to decide for man and to also choose an inheritance for man. Man lost this at the fall and power of choice was bestowed upon him. In all these, God still has power over his life.
What is Vision?
The word "Vision" has been defined in many ways but we will take a few as regards this context. Vision is the discovery of purpose for which one is created. Vision is going back to your creator in prayer and asking him what he would have you do on earth. It is the unfolding of Divine plan for man's existence.
We must understand that our humanly qualification is the disqualification of our vision while our humanly disqualification is the qualification of our vision. In other words, what you may need to fulfill your vision is what you are yet to discover which is your hidden potential - your certification, eloquence. This is the reason you have to pay 100% attention to God in order for him to draw out the potentials in you.
What is Ambition?
Ambition can be defined as a strong desire to achieve a particular end or a set goal. According to the Oxford dictionary, "Ambition can also be said to mean an inordinate desire for some objects that confer distinction as preferment, honor , superiority and desire to distinguish one’s self from other people". When man fell, the Adamic nature took control of man (the ability to rebel against God will. This gave us the ability to pursue a course by ourselves even without asking from God.
Ambition can be divided into two - selfish ambition and selfless ambition. Selfless ambition refers to when what you intend to do is help humanity in one way or the other with or without the help of God in your plan (as this is ambition). The latter i.e those who don't want the help of God want to contribute to humanity without believing whether He exists or not.
On the other hand, Selfish Ambition is the ability to please yourself by displeasing other people in other to be significant in the society. This kind of people do not value human lives; they can kill in other to achieve their goals.
We must also understand that Ambition can turn to vision and vision can turn into Ambition. To understand more on this, follow us as we journey through.
Thank you.
TO BE CONTINUED...
The Men That Lead
Building Manhood
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