Be Your Own Boss!

Some jobs require a lot from folks who apply for them. It is essential to find qualified people to fill these jobs.

Illus: A few months ago, there was an opening with the CIA for an assassin. Two men and a woman applied for this job. The day came for the final test to see which person would get the extremely secretive job.

The CIA man administering the test took one of the men to a large metal door and handed him a gun. "We must know that you will follow our instructions whatever the circumstances," he explained.

He said to the first applicant, "Inside this room, you will find your wife sitting in a chair. Take this gun and shoot her."

The man looked horrified and said, "You can't be serious! I could never shoot my wife!" "Well," said the CIA man, "you're definitely not the right man for this job then."

He brought the second man to the same door and handed him a gun. The second man looked a bit shocked, but nevertheless took the gun and went in the room. All was quiet for about 5 minutes; then the door opened. The man came out of the room with tears in his eyes. "I tried to shoot her; I just couldn't pull the trigger and shoot my wife. I guess I'm not the right man for the job." "No," the CIA man replied, "You don't have what it takes. Take your wife and go home."

Now they only had the woman left to test. They led her to the same door and handed her the same gun. "We must be sure that you will follow instructions no matter what the circumstances; this is your final test. Inside you will find your husband sitting in a chair. Take this gun and shoot him." The woman took the gun and immediately opened the door. Before the door even closed all the way, the CIA men heard the gun fire six rounds without stopping.

Then it was quiet for a few seconds and they heard screaming, and banging on the walls. This went on for several minutes; then all went quiet.

The door opened slowly, and there stood the woman. She wiped the sweat from her brow and said, "You guys didn't tell me the gun was loaded with blanks. I had to beat the rascal to death with a chair!"

There are all kinds of jobs that require different thing from us. On these jobs we have a boss man telling us how they want it done.

But some folks do not like working for a boss man, they want to the be their own boss.

But every man can not be their own boss…Why?

Because to be your own boss it requires DISCIPLINE, and that is something that some folks do not have.

But did you know to be successful as a Christian it also requires DISCIPLINE.

HOW CAN WE DO THAT?

We have to be-

I. DISCIPLINED IN OUR DEEDS

To be able to work for yourself you have to be disciplined!!! And some folks are not discipline enough to work for themselves.

The reason a lot of pastors or failure at pastoring they are not discipline enough to be a pastor.

Illus: I’ve read that John Wesley traveled an average of 20 miles a day for 40 years. He got up every morning at 4:00. He preached 40,000 sermons. He produced 400 books and knew 10 languages. At the age of 83, he was annoyed because he couldn’t write more than 15 hours a day without hurting his eyes, and at the age of 86, he was ashamed that he couldn’t preach more than twice a day. He complained in his diary that there was an increasing tendency to lie in bed until 5:30 in the morning.

God does not want us to be CONTROLLED BY SIN, he wants us to be in control of our lives.

Does the Bible teach we can do this?

It certainly does. Look at Romans 6:12 “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.”

God wants us to live a life each day where we are OUR OWN BOSS and we are in control of our bodies.

The devil keeps a lot of folks from being the boss of their lives. He has made slaves out of them.

He puts things before them and tells them:

• What to read…

• What to look at…

• Where to go…

• What to wear…

• What to lust after…

They have no control of their life whatsoever!

WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?

When you work for someone they control your life, they tell you:

• What time you are to arrive