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I want you to think, for a few moments, about the people in our society and in history that we would consider GREAT at what they did.
They were all known for SOMETHING - usually one thing that they were great at.
Dr. K. Anders Ericsson , a Swedish psychologist says deliberate practice, not inherited talent, determines success.
And the practice must be long, sustained and ultra vigorous.
Standout athletes and professional business people commit to minimum of 10,000 hours of focused practice to excel.
Michael Jordan - basketball.
Basketball consumed him.
He averaged about 6 hours of practice each day.
Michael Phelps - swimming.
Michael Phelps swimming workout and 12,000 calorie diet are one of the most physically demanding around.
His training routine and meal plan are astonishing for someone who is only 6’4 and weighs 165 lbs.
In peak training phases, Phelps swims minimum 80,000 meters a week, which is nearly 50 miles.
He practices twice a day, sometimes more if he’s training at altitude.
Phelps trains for around five to six hours a day at six days a week.
To give himself some additional entertainment in the water, Phelps listens to music during his long workouts with waterproof headphones.
Swimming in the water, especially that long, can be pretty boring.
Listening to music can provide that extra spark to your workout.
Those are just a couple - what are others known for?
Let me say some names and you tell me what you know them for.
Henry Ford.
Bill Gates.
Steve Jobs.
Michelangelo.
What’s the one common thread, here?
Ambition.
Aim - ambition…in Greek, “honor/value.”
I think this is so huge.
Two of the most ambitious disciples in the New Testament were James & John.
Remember the story?
Now, let me set this up for us, here.
Mark 10:32-
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Jesus is talking about his suffering & death!!!!
And then...
Mark 10:35
They wanted the crown - not the cross.
They wanted the thrones - not the thorns.
What are our ambitions in our lives?
Think about it.
Everyone has an ambition.
Let’s go back, here.
What does ambition mean?
Value & honor.
It’s really quite simple - either we will seek to value & honor ourselves or we will seek to value & honor Jesus.
Our ambitions are either for self or for the glory of Jesus.
Sanders says, “We can test the quality of our own ambition with this measuring stick: ‘Will the fulfillment of my ambition bring glory to God and make me more useful to Him in reaching out to a lost world?’”
David Brainerd (missionary to US Indians) - “I cared not how or where I lived, or what hardships I endured, so that I could but gain souls for Christ.”
And many of us won’t even show up to help with evangelism here at the church…because it’s too hot or too uncomfortable or whatever!
Of course, as Sanders points out, the apostle Paul is one of the greatest examples!
Before his conversion, he was consumed with selfish, religious ambition.
It makes me think about addicts.
Have you ever known an addict?
Part of recovery is finding another “outlet” for addiction.
They have been mastered by addiction - it drives them…decisions, behavior, etc. That’s why you see so many recovering alcoholics just completely downing caffeine like fish do water!
They’ve redirected their addiction and are feeding it with something else!
Paul is the same story!
Read page 66
John Piper -
“You don’t have to know a lot of things for your life to make a lasting difference in the world.
But you do have to know the few great things that matter, perhaps just one, and then be willing to live for them and die for them.
The people that make a durable difference in the world are not the people who have mastered many things, but who have been mastered by one great thing.”
Jesus -
Just like athletes - read page 67
What is our ambition in life?
To whom are we seeking to honor and show value to?
What is our ambition in life?
To whom are we seeking to honor and show value to?
You know, that’s one way, I believe we need to understand worship.
When we worship, we are ascribing to God HIS worth.
This is why Paul says,
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