The monkey & the coconut!

I recently heard an interesting life lesson tale. As much as I read and as many fables and tales that I know; I have never heard this one until lately! It is called The Monkey & the Coconut. It tells the story of a hungry monkey looking for food and a hunter looking for a monkey to capture. In the story the hunter takes a coconut and cuts a small hole in it then puts a little rice at the bottom. The monkey, smelling the rice sticks his hand inside and grabs it up. But he cannot get his hand out without letting go of the rice and is soon captured by the hunter. How often in life are we hungry for things and searching? How often are we faced with decisions and make them hastily? How many times have we overlooked the simple solution (like dumping out the rice) in our haste to solve our own problems? Like the little monkey we may be searching for things and settle for the first thing we come across instead of taking our time and seeking God for guidance. Have you ever been in need and just accepted the first solution you were presented with only to regret it later, like the monkey? Have you ever gotten yourself into a predicament and all you needed to do was…let go? Yet like the monkey you held on to something that was not meant for your good because you felt desperate and refused to let go. Let go of past hurt and forgive. Let go of hatred and love. Let go of sin and live for Christ. Often times the enemy (the hunter) is after us and uses the simplest things to lure us into a place, we don’t need to be. This world is unpredictable. So many things can come our way and leave us desperate for help. It is in these times we must remember every answer lies within God’s word and every solution can come from His power. Scripture Reference II Peter 1:3 “as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue.” Think about it!