Monkey Trap

Legend has it that if you want to trap a monkey, you create a cage or box with a tiny slit just big enough for a monkey to fit it's hand through. Inside the cage you place a banana.

When a monkey comes along, it will put it's hand through the slit and grab hold of the banana. The problem (for the monkey) is the slit is not wide enough for it to pull both it's hand and the banana out, effectively trapping it. The monkey is so attached to the new treat it has discovered, it will not let it go no matter what danger it puts itself in. Unfortunately monkeys are that dumb.

Humans of course do not become attached to things like that... or do we?

I believe that sometimes we are! I believe that many of us want to be free but wont let go of the banana. I don't wanna call us monkeys because we are not but why do we sometimes act like them? Have you ever came across something in life that you knew was holding you back but you just couldn't let it go? Perhaps it was pride, anger, lust, jealousy, lack of commitment, dishonesty, or anything else you can think of. Do you realize that you are holding on to the banana and putting yourself through danger?

Based on my observations and experiences i believe it is safe to say that the number one reason why many Christians fall into the world is because they don't experience God like others around them do. I feel that many Christians want to feel God in the same way that very spiritual people do and when they realize that cant, they get frustrated. I would even go as far as to say that many Christians get tired of being in the same spiritless relationship with our living God and give up on it.

I can assure you that none of these things are God's fault. God in essence is a provider, healer, and much more. He has already taken the first step towards us we just gotta take the next step towards Him. Taking a step towards Him often means changing directions, since we normally are not fixed on Him, which in other words translates to "letting go of the banana".

If the monkey does NOT let go of the banana then he will be in the trap FOREVER. Its time to make a decision. Will you live like the monkey? IN a couple of weeks i will devote a whole week on talking about letting go of these things but for now you have a decision to make. Its either letting go of the banana or staying trapped. Galatians says we have been set free by Christ so that we may never be slaves again. What will you do with the freedom Christ has given you?

Luke 17:33 - Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.