S-Phil 2:³ Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, ⁴ not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.⁵ In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:⁶ Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; ⁷ rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. ⁸ And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross!⁹ Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, ¹⁰ that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, ¹¹ and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

O- When it comes to success in this world selfish ambition or vain conceit or both are usually the motivation behind it. It is awesome that we have an example of Jesus to follow where he was equal with the Father but didn't have a problem deferring to Him and doing His will and He also didn't have a problem valuing our lives more than His own and He showed this by laying down His own life for us.

If we are secure and humble enough, then we too will lay down our own ambitions for God's ambitions and we will make other people's ambitions our ambitions as well. In a culture where we are taught to look out for ourselves God teaches us to focus on others. True leadership is not being better than everyone around you, but rather to make everyone around you better. Then God will lift you in due time.

A- I want to be secure and humble and to seek after selfless ambitions instead of selfish ones. I also want to follow the example of Christ and run after God's ambitions and to value others ambitions more than I value my own.

P- Lord please help me to do all of these things and help the legacy of my life show that I was more concerned with promoting others than promoting myself.