Big Monkey

What do you call an 800 pound gorilla? …. Sir.

That is the old joke. We all carry a certain number of monkeys. They are things that must get done. Some larger than others. Just respect for them, and their magnitude, does not deal with them. Business management texts tell us to beware what monkeys we actually accept on our shoulders and which ones we hand off to others. They seem imperative to success and drive us, consuming our mind. They are dangerous, putting careers and objectives in peril if not satisfied. Watching a big one we note a quick twitch of that head and a focused grunt in our direction bodes a possible lashing out of those powerful limbs.
What if this sucker jumped on me?!

We know the scene of an ape’s tirade, so violent and noisy. So how do you carry your personal monkeys? Is there a particularly big one at the moment? Like all the rest of the creatures in this world these things are predictable and can be subjugated by the man or woman who grasps the difference between them and us. All these were made to populate the world that you and I inhabit. But we were created to cultivate this place. We were first given the task of naming these beasts, then tending them. When we come to our maker we bring with us our tendency to be concerned for our various tasks, but they should not rule us. They should not drive the spiritual relationship. Each of these will pass, along with our concern for them, even the 800 pounders. And yet our time with God will remain.

Do not let the primates of your life run you, or you risk skipping the real power for their tending.

What’s in your Worship?