Jealousy

Jealousy and Selfish Ambition

July 24, 2024
Dave York
Ambition, Jealousy

The study of Genesis has been good for my soul and the soul of our church. One of the areas that’s been good has been the warnings about jealousy and selfish ambition. It’s very interesting how often these issues arise in the Old Testament: In Genesis alone, we see Cain and Abel, Sarai and Hagar, Jacob and Esau, Rachel and Leah, and Joseph and his brothers. In other parts of the Old Testament history, you’ll see Miriam and Aaron being jealous of Moses and the sons of Korah doing the same. You’ll read of King Saul’s jealousy about David and David’s son, Absalom, selfishly taking the throne.

Thoughts on Jealousy and Selfish Ambition

As I have said over these past few weeks, each sermon has had a very personal feel to it. Sunday’s was no different. Only this time, it wasn’t just targeting my heart. It was targeting ‘our’ heart as a church. Last year, during my sermon planning, discussing jealousy and selfish ambition seemed like an excellent follow-up to Sarai and Hagar. But I didn’t envision what God was about to do in our church and how quickly things were changing in CLF. So this sermon not only ‘felt’ right, it felt like prophetic guardrails around the ‘soul’ of our church.

Acting Human – Morning Musings

February 25, 2020
Dave York
Humility, Jealousy, Morning Musings, Pride

There are times when I feel my weakness while preaching more than others. Sunday was one of those and these are days that are like milestones or stand out days that remind me of God’s faithfulness to His people, over and over. There were a couple of reasons for this: 1) This was the longest manuscript I had taken to the pulpit in quite a long…