Selfish Ambition

I Corinthians 3:3 - "For you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men?"

Paul says in another place that the companion of godliness is contentment (I Timothy 6:6). Have we become content with Jesus Christ who lives within? Have we, like the Psalmist, come to that place where we are like a weaned child resting against a mother, not grasping for anything? (Psalm 131:2)

As long as there is jealousy over what God may be doing in another's life – and it is accompanied by selfish ambition rather than contentment – we must agree with James "there is disorder and every evil thing" (James 3:16). Beloved, may we rejoice in the Body of Christ and all that is being done through our Lord and not envy another. May we allow Jesus Christ to move freely within our hearts and allow His gifts to manifest through us in His time.