Where are you headed with your life? Do you have a vision, a long-term goal? Have you thought about the influence of your life on future generations? Or are you focused on yourself and what you want now? This is the challenge of John Notgrass’s book. Aptly titled Make It Your Ambition, it urges its readers to live in undivided service to God. In that context Notgrass examines a host of issues, from marriage to children, from finances to schooling to honoring parents.

Make It Your Ambition is written primarily for young men and women, as its author readily admits in its opening pages. Although portions of the book particularly those dealing with church unity and civic duty can be useful to anyone, others apply only to young singles. Among these are college, finding a spouse, and at what time young people should leave their parents’ home. The familiar issues of marriage and children are written with an emphasis on preparation and learning a godly attitude to lay a good foundation.

Notgrass frankly uses examples from his own life and family. After seeking a biblical view on the matters he writes about, he offers his own observations and suggestions. Make It Your Ambition maintains and emphasizes a godly perspective throughout. It is a concise, clearheaded look at life’s issues with the end of glorifying God.