Who has the monkey?

A little game we play call, "Monkey, monkey, who's got the monkey?" People say, "Oh, no!  I never play games". Truthfully the church house is filled with game players. Sinners, seldom go to church but the ungodly, frequently enter the church doors because that is where they hide reality under a veil of so-called-righteousness.
Who has the monkey is the game we are playing when we have not learned how to watch, listen, pray, and discern in the spiritual. We have a difficult day and the enemy of our soul sends us a monkey with which to play. It is usually a familiar monkey to us, and one to which we are susceptible. The monkey of depression greets us, we not only respond but we invite him to stay. Sister comes over, sees the monkey, and we feed our monkey. He invites some of his friends and pushes away the sister who could help deliver us from the grips of the monkey. Then sister gets frustrated and she leaves with the monkey of frustration while his friends keep you occupied.

Do you see where this is going? Sister then feeds her monkey, monkey invites more friends, and another monkey jumps in joining the cycle. This goes on until a little ole' sister who has played this game before exercises her God given authority, who by the grace of God is not interested in playing this game again, discerns when the monkey attacks her and puts him right back in his place. The mess that the monkey made is left to be dealt with in prayer by the cleanup crew of Pastor's and bandleaders. Sometimes it is 20 years down the road and things are still a mess before someone is able to come in and say, "Clean this mess up! No more monkeys jumping on the bed!"

Not everything that is spiritual is godly. We need to realize that it is necessary for us to try the spirits to see if they are of God or not. We talk about the mind of Christ but we cannot have the mind of Christ in us if we are constantly entertaining monkeys.