'Ambitious' in the Bible

Be eager in your pursuit of this Love, and be earnestly ambitious for spiritual gifts, but let it be chiefly so in order that you may prophesy.

So it is with you, since you are so very eager to have spiritual gifts and manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in ways that will build up the church [spiritually].

The conclusion, my brethren, is this. Be earnestly ambitious to prophesy, and do not check speaking with tongues;