Matthew 20:20-28 | Unambitious
🔥 Matthew 20:20-28
📅 July 19, 2026
📖 Unworldly Series
🎤 Dr. Mike Griffin
We live in a world obsessed with getting ahead — with being noticed, recognized, and admired. And if we’re honest, that pull doesn’t disappear when we walk through the church doors. In this final message of the Unworldly series, Dr. Mike Griffin takes us to Matthew 20 to ask a question that cuts right to the heart: is your ambition about your glory, or God’s?
Through the story of James, John, and a mother who just wanted the best for her sons, we see how easily worldly ambition can dress itself up in spiritual clothes — and how lovingly Jesus exposes it and redirects it toward something better. The good news isn’t that we have to stop being ambitious. It’s that Jesus redeems our ambition and points it toward something that will actually last.
If you’ve ever found yourself chasing recognition, comparing yourself to others, or wondering why your drive feels a little hollow — this message is for you. There is a better ambition, and it starts with asking a different question every morning.