For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice. James 3:16 NIV
#WORD. That's the 'word' that came to me when I read this verse today. The next words were a prayer that I am not the one with envy and selfish ambition. I believe that bettering one's self through hard work, study and application is a good thing. But when you put yourself above the care of others, that's when it goes wrong.
I thought today what I would say if someone asked me what kind of supervisor I am. After thinking about it I hope that I am trustworthy and not driven by selfish ambition. I hope people would say that I value everyone I worked with and that I put their interests first. I have a slip of paper on which I wrote 3 things that I expected of myself as a supervisor. I wrote it 5 years ago and I still have it. Why? Because I value honesty and integrity above all else and pray that I first model those values so that I do not fall prey to selfish ambition.
May this be our prayer today: Lord let me be a servant of yours first, helping others with grace and humility. Amen.
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