JAN 19 2026 Monkey Nuts
Samson was supposed to be a leader. He was supposed to be a deliverer. He was supposed to be a warrior, a judge, and a ruler. In the end, he was chained like a dog to a post, and paraded like a fool in front of his enemies. He died an early death, violently, pulling the house down upon himself. This is the end of all those who follow their own corrupt desires. You are already blind and chained and a fool, but since you are blind you can't see it, and since you are bound you can't get free, and since you are a fool you can't see how. Only someone greater than your idol can help you. Jesus alone has the power to break every chain and set the captive free. He can bring you out of darkness and give you light. He can make you a ruler over your captors. But you have to want freedom, and be willing to give up your selfish desires.
The monkey sticks his hand in the jar and grabs the nut, and then he can't get his hand out of the jar. All he has to do is let go of the nut and he can be free. He just doesn't want to let go. In a society where anything goes, it's hard to go against the flow. It's hard not to surrender to the pull of the crowd. It's hard to resist the pull of the temptations of the world. We live surrounded by and flooded with filth and perversion of every kind and description, and we are so thoroughly acquainted with it, we can't even see how bad it really is. We have lost our conscience. We have callused and seared minds. We have cold and scarred hearts. We live in treacherous times, when evil influences are pulling, tugging, grabbing and screaming for our attention. Evil associations will turn our heart to the world, and the things of the Lord, of the Spirit, and of the Kingdom of God will fade out of view. If God turned away from an entire nation because they rejected his covenant, what makes an Irish Catholic, or a German Lutheran, or a Scottish Presbyterian think that God won't turn away from them if they reject his covenant of grace in Jesus Christ? --excerpt from my book "Kingdom Reality"
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