Your Not The Boss Of My Life

Luke 4:18,19 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the oppressed will be set free, and that the time of the Lord’s favor has come.”

I was driving the other day with a friends sons, Asher age 7 and Jude age 6, riding in the back seat. “We wrote a song,” they told me. I asked them to sing it for me. “Your not the boss of my life.” I laughed and asked them who the song was about. I was thinking it might have been directed at their parents. “Satan,” was their reply. “Your not the boss of my life.” They then continued with the next line. “I’m so happy, your the boss of my life.” Again I had to ask, so who is this line about. “God, Jesus,” was their answer. I asked them to sing the song to me again. Throughout the rest of the day their song kept playing in my mind, their bold and in your face statement, “Satan, your not the boss of my life!”

Jesus was tempted by the devil for 40 days in the wilderness. Jesus overcame the devil by relying on the Holy Spirit for strength, he said to Satan, “You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.” In the words of Jude and Asher, “Your not the boss of my life. God I’m so happy your the boss of my life.”

I have had the opportunity to see the life transforming power of Jesus in the lives of many young people and their victory over drugs and alcohol. They have been released, no longer held captive by drugs and alcohol. They would be the first to tell you it is not through their own efforts but only by their reliance on God and the power he brings. As in step 3 of the Twelve Step Recovery Program, “We made a decision to turn our wills and our lives over to the care of God.” They made God the boss of their lives. In so doing, God has given them the power of the Holy Spirit, and the strength to say to Satan, “You’re not the boss of my life.”

“Good News to the poor! The oppressed will be set free.”  Jesus touches lives and he heals broken people. Isaiah 50:10,11 Who among you fears the Lord and obeys his
servant? If you are walking in darkness, without a ray of light, trust in the Lord and rely on your God. But watch out, you who live in your own light and warm yourselves by your own fires. This is the reward you will receive from me: You will soon fall down in great torment.” Asher and Jude trust in the Lord and proclaim, “Your (Satan) not the boss of my life, I’m so happy your (God) the boss of my life!” The words of these young boys have been ministering to me the past couple days, I pray they will also minister to you.