I have had a recurring thought running in my head for about a week now. This thought stemmed from something I read about Steve Jobs, founder of Apple and Pixar. When Jobs was romancing the then head of Pepsi, John Scully, to come work at Apple he did many things that people do when trying to woo someone to work for/with them. The clincher for Jobs was when he took Scully up to a penthouse and posed this question, "Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life or do you want to change the world?"

Several things strike me about this question. First, the guy was the head of a very successful bottling company that operates in countries around the world. To boil all that down to selling sugar water, which is really what it is, is simply amazing. Think about how Scully must have felt at that moment. A guy at the top of his game basically has some nut job tell him that all of it is based upon sugar water. Second, Jobs asked if he wanted to change the world. Who doesn't want to change the world? Every kid dreams of being a superhero or a doctor or a teacher..those people change the world. Unlike the commercial that was heavily played during much of my formative years, very few people want to grow up to be a junkie or a drug dealer or a murderer. I would bet that those people too wanted to change the world...they ended up changing the world, at least their part of it, in some way..probably not a good way.

So I got to thinking about the root of Jobs' question...Do you want to change the world? What a question. I think that today many of us are tied to jobs that we hate or schooling that we don't know what to do with that we are unable to even approach this question. One thing that I have decided for myself is that I am unwilling to allow my occupation to define who I am. I work at a world renowned Clinic doing Security. Is there pride in that, to a great extent I would say yes. Am I a Security Officer? No, I am a child of God! Some of you that know me well know my history with indecision regarding my chosen career....the preceeding is my answer to this. (Disclaimer: I like my job, so don't get all crazy on me. It is a God send in more ways that I even realize yet! It is good for me and the future of my family to be). I am not what I do. Jobs, for the most part, are what we do for money. Passions are what get us out of bed in the morning. World changers, history makers, earth shakers...They give up their sugar water for a chance that they might do something that will change the world.

So all of these ramblings to say: What do you want to do? Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life or do you want to change the world? Take out sell sugar water and insert whatever you like. I am a minister and an entrepreneur at heart...for me that setence would read "Do you want to work for someone else for the rest of your life or do you want to change the world?" Emphatically I respond I want to change the world. It is one of my goals to be self employed in the next three years so that I can more fully be used by God to do His work. My job really is great but I am not a career man.

I challenge you to take a deep look inside your heart and see what lies within. Do you want to change the world?