“Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependant on anybody.”

What is my ambition in life? What do we hope our children’s ambition will be?

Paul tells us of an ambition he wishes we had. A lofty ambition, if you will. Paul wants us to lead a quiet life. He wants for us the ability to work and to mind our own business. Wow, think about what he is asking! He wants us to mind our own business. He wants this for us so that our quiet life will win others to Christ.

My ambition, then, should be to lead people to Christ by leading a quiet life in Christ.

We often wonder how we can impact the lives of others. Paul is telling us here. We can impact other people by following Christ. A Christ-filled life is one that will be noticed. What we want is for people to come to Christ because of a desire to know Christ. If our lives are lived in such a way that people see that a Christ-filled life is to be desired, then we can and will lead people to the well of living water.

Paul is telling us that it is a quiet, uncomplicated life that will draw others to look a second time and allow us to bring others to Christ.

Are you living a quiet life?