Most people think of ambition as climbing, upward mobility, always looking for step up (and willing to step on others to get it. But biblical ambition points in the other direction—the direction Christ traveled. Our Master emptied himself, lighting the path for our ambitions Were called to follow him. As we empty ourselves, we find the fullness of Christ. We look out for others’ rights I had of our own. We find joy and advancing seeing others succeed. We ask others to help us think realistically about ourselves.
Rescuing Ambition, p. 118.