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I’ll start with some job interview jokes today - I wonder if they’ll remind
you of an interview you may have had.
● One interviewer asked me why I’d be a good waiter.
I said, “Well, I bring a
lot to the table.”
● Interviewer: “I heard you were extremely quick at math.” Me: “Yes, as a
matter of fact I am.”
Interviewer: “What’s 14×27?”
Me: “49.”
Interviewer:
“That’s not even close.”
Me: “Yeah, but it was fast.”
● I went for an interview.
They said, “Can you perform under pressure?”
I
said, “I’m not sure, but I can try Bohemian Rhapsody.”
● I was asked at an interview what my weakness is.
I replied, “I’m too
honest.”
The interviewer said, “I don’t consider honesty a weakness.”
I said,
“I don’t care what you think.”
● Job interviewer: Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Me: I would say my
biggest weakness is listening.
● I just got out of a great interview with an amazing new job.
They told me
they were looking for someone responsible!
I told them this was perfect,
whenever something went wrong at my old job they always said I was
responsible.
● In my job interview I was asked what some of my good qualities were.
I
said, “Well my doctor always calls me patient.”
● The interviewer asked me, “It says here on your resume that you used to be
in the theatre.
What made you leave?”
I said, “the movie ended”
● At the interview for my new job I was asked, “What would your friends say
are your weaknesses?” “I don’t have any!”
I replied.
The interviewer seemed
a little surprised and said, “That can’t be true.
Everybody has some weak
points.”
I said, “Oh no.
You got that wrong.
I mean I don’t have any
friends.”
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● A priest at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has a job interview with a new
bell ringer.The priest asks, “Why should I hire you?”The applicant responds,
“I have a special talent!”“Oh, and what is this special talent?” asks the
priest.The applicant walks up to the bells and slams his face into the bell.At
first the priest is taken aback, but the sound from the bells is
heavenly!“You’re
hired!” he exclaims.The applicant jumps around in
excitement and slips, falling off the side of the belfry to the ground
below.The priest runs downstairs and outside to the sidewalk where the bell
ringer lay dead.A bystander asks, “Who is he?”
The priest responds, “I don’t
know his name, but his face sure rings a bell!”1
I wanted to start with these jokes for a few reasons; first, I think they’re
funny.
Second, I want to talk about dependence today, and I feel like a job
interview illustrates that well.
It’s the idea that we are completely counting on
someone else in order to get something we need.
Maybe you’ve been in a situation
where you need a job or else you won’t be able to pay bills.
It’s really a vulnerable
position to be in, because you’re literally counting on a person you don’t know to
give you a job.
You’re wanting them to say, “yes, I see the potential in you, I see that you
are willing and able to do well and I’m going to give you money (the ability to
survive) because I see these qualities in you.”
It might be a slight exaggeration to
say that you’re totally dependent on the job interviewer, but my point is that it is
actually very vulnerable and humbling to need someone else, or to be totally
dependent on a stranger for your livelihood.
A few weeks ago we talked about the balance between fully depending on
the Holy Spirit to reproduce the life of Jesus in us and through us and growing in
1
20 Hilarious Job Interview Jokes.”
laffgaff.com,
https://laffgaff.com/job-interview-jokes/.
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disciplines and self-control in order to put the fruit of the Spirit on display in us.
In
other words there has to be a balance between counting on the Lord to take care of
things and doing our part to seek Him and grow in His ways.
Discipline should
work in concert with dependence, because grace is not opposed to effort, but it is
opposed to earning.2
And this week and next week, I want to talk about discipline
and dependence in the context of Christmas.
So we’ll talk about dependence today,
and then next week we’ll talk about disciplines.
Let’s pray before we get started: Father in Heaven, thank you that you are
trustworthy, that we can depend on you no matter what.
Thank you for the time we
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