Do you ever look at successful people and wonder if their selfish ambition driving them is giving them what they want? Is it benefiting society as well, as some claim it does? James, the brother of Jesus, tells us that jealousy and selfishness are not God’s kind of wisdom. Where ever you find self ambition you find disorder and evil of every kind. The world strives to end racism or favoritism, yet doesn’t pursue God’s wisdom. It’s only through God’s wisdom, that true peace and good works with humility will ever be experienced.
13 If you are wise and understand God’s ways, prove it by living an honorable life, doing good works with the humility that comes from wisdom. 14 But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your heart, don’t cover up the truth with boasting and lying. 15 For jealousy and selfishness are not God’s kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and demonic. 16 For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and evil of every kind.17 But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere. 18 And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness.
James 3:13-18
An Ordinary Man's Pursuit of the Extraordinary God of the Bible. These are daily insights from reading the Bible from cover to cover yearly. It is intended to point others to the Truth, and inspire people to pursue the God of the Bible individually.
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