Monkey Greed

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Monkey Greed

Be warned!  A trapper in the African Congo devised a clever monkey trap using a hollow gourd into which peanuts were poured through a small hole.  The monkey would reach in and grab the peanuts, but the hole was too small to remove his closed hand.  Unwilling to release his treasure, the monkey would be caught.

What are you grasping tightly…trying to keep under your control…unwilling to give to the Lord?  Perhaps it’s a relationship? a possession? a plan, a goal, or a dream?  Maybe it’s an attitude of bitterness you should have released months ago?  Perhaps God isn’t able to bless you because your hand isn’t open to receive His blessings.

A closed hand is based on the faulty assumption that we know more about what’s best for us than our all-knowing God whose wisdom is unfathomable.  An open hand, however, reflects the humble awareness that the Lord Jesus can do more than we can do and that His plan for us is better than any we can devise.  An open hand says, “Lord, You know how precious this thing is to me, but I acknowledge You as more precious.  You have a greater plan for my life, and I don’t want to miss it by clinging to my own tarnished treasures.  I’m opening my hand to You in surrender and trust.”

David Jeremiah, Signs of Life, p. 169

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