Meditation Monday: What are you clinging to?

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"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery" (Galatians 5:1).

I saw a YouTube video once about how people catch monkeys in other countries. It’s supposed to be very simple. First, anchor a narrow-mouthed jar down, then place some shiny scrap of metal in the bottom; perhaps used tin foil, an old spoon. You simply wait for a monkey to investigate the trap. It will reach in, extending its arm and hand long a flat to reach the shiny object. Once its fingers brush it, it will curl his hand into a fist around the object. His fist will be too big to remove and he will be trapped. Obviously, the monkey could release the worthless scrap and go free, but it won’t. The monkey won’t ever let it go. Monkeys repeatedly remain and allow themselves to be captured, starve to death or even gnaw off their arms before releasing the bait.

The story makes me think the things in my life that I refused to let go of: the wrong boy, the lie, the body image, the lifestyle. I stubbornly keep my fist clamped shut around that sin, remaining trapped in it. I regret those times when I channeled my determination into something that trapped me in a place distant from God. I challenge you to meditate on what in your life you’re clinging to, what you refuse to give over to God. Turn it over to Him; let him free you from that sin. Do not cling to it, it may seem appealing, it may seem important but really it’s worthless in the eyes of our Lord. Let it go. Go free.