Are you the
type person that just can't let things go? It can be anything from clothes,
shoes, household items and paperwork that's not needed.
You may
also be a person who can't let go of bad things. Many times we have unforgiving
hearts towards someone. We wait until they say something wrong and then we
unload the whole sack of unforgiveness over the top their heads.
The monkey
is a perfect example of how holding onto things can be detrimental. Did you
know in some Asian counties, if you cut a small hole and put a nut in a clay
pot or inside a coconut, you can catch a monkey? The monkey will come along and
reach his hand into the jar and will never let the nut go. He clinches his fist
as tight as he can. The only way to set the monkey free is to break the pot or
coconut open.
In some
Asian countries they catch monkeys this way. In our society Satan traps
Christians this way. We latch onto things that will totally destroy us. We
tighten our grip around it and clinch our fist. No matter who tells us to let
go or shows us how to let go, we are not going to. The item is ours and there
isn't anyone or anything that is going to keep us from having it.
How tight
are you holding onto the things that can be detrimental to you?
Jesus wants
us to experience freedom. You will not truly experience freedom until you let
go.
Wherefore seeing we also
are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every
weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience
the race that is set before us,(Hebrews 12:1)
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