0419 Career Choice
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CAREER CHOICE
CELEBRITY SYNDROM
Career has to make me into a celebrity
If I’m not on the stage I don’t matter and wouldn’t make any difference
Goal in life is to do what make difference not to make history
Mother of Zebedee had this infection. Disciples had this sickness as well (Matthew 20:20-22)
Run the race that is set before you. Good and faithful servant. .
INFECTED WITH DESTINATION SICKNESS
College is the destination. You stop learning because you got the diploma
Job is the destination. You stop working because you work full time job
Two extremes: full time job with not using more brain verses full brain with no full time job
Job is only a foundation to be build on…not destination
DO I LIKE DOING IT?
Martyr Mindset - If it’s God’s will it has be something I don’t like! Not Mine but Yours will be done
Ministry is a calling not a career
Wrong motive to be in ministry are few: insecurity, control, or family
Ministry is great obstacle to relationship with God. Ministry comes out of relationship, not relationship out of ministry
Dark side of being a celebrity: stress of the job, lawsuits, no marriages, no privacy, no real friends
Heath Ledger, Elvis, Anna Nicole Smith, Michael Jackson – used pills
We can’t make you passionate, discover your passion AM I GOOD AT IT?
Myth: Character is more important than your gift (lovely horrible singer)
God didn’t choose any body to build the tabernacle (Ex.31:1-11)
Myth: if don’t give up you’ll get better. Good things get better, bad things get worse
Myth: if you’re good, you don’t need to improve. You can’t teach talent like skill
Successful managers hire talents, not experience. Focus on strengths on weakness HOW MUCH DOES IT PAY?
God sent spies twice to inspect the land. It being promise land doesn’t mean much, still investigate
Gideon spied out the enemy
Jesus said to count the cost (war, building a building)
How much do I have to pay for it? How much will it pay me? (video games don’t pay; president 1 in 4)
Hiring an employee: background check, people marry and don’t even know each other
What’s the pay? David asked before fighting Goliath. Is it worth the risk?