Don't Do Things Without His Purpose

In 1966, some scientists conducted an experiment where they placed five monkeys in a room. In the room, they set up a ladder and placed some bananas on top. Whenever one of the monkeys climbed the ladder to the bananas, the scientists sprayed the rest of the monkeys with cold water. The monkey would come down and the water would stop.

When another monkey tries to climb the cold water would be sprayed again. Eventually, when any monkey tries to climb the ladder, the others would beat him up to stop him. Then the scientists replaced one of the monkeys with a new one. The new monkey, unaware of the cold water, tries to climb the ladder but is immediately beaten by the other monkeys. He learnt that climbing the ladder led to a beating, though he didn’t know why.

As the experiment continued, the scientists replaced all the original monkeys one by one. Each new monkey was beaten when it tried to climb the ladder. Even though none of them had ever experienced the cold water.

By the end, all the original monkeys were gone. The cold water had stopped, but none of the remaining monkeys would try to climb the ladder, nor would they let any of the other monkeys do so. This behaviour had become a tradition even though none of them knew why.

Similarly, man started doing things we see today as a norm, but many don’t know why. Scarcity of resources, the need to save, sweating to put food on the table and more are the norms we see today, but many don’t know where it all started, let alone know that that lifestyle has come to an end.

The Bible shows us where it all started. The repercussion of the fall of man in Genesis 3:17b-19 says, “[17b] “Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil, you shall eat of it All the days of your life. [18] Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, And you shall eat the herb of the field. [19] In the sweat of your face, you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return.””

Now, man has become self-centred and only thought about himself. But Jesus said this isn’t right as He gave the parable of the rich fool in Luke 12:13-21. The ground of a man yielded so much that he thought to himself that he would break his barn to build a bigger one to store his crops, and he would say to his soul to relax that he has many goods laid up for years; relax, eat and be merry.

Doesn’t that sound like a good idea? But Jesus continued in Luke 12:20, “[20] But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’”

The reason why he was a fool was because he did everything without the leading of the Holy Spirit.

One thing we must always remember is that everything we do must have a purpose, being led by the Holy Spirit. The food we eat, the car we buy, the contract we sign at work and so on, must be led by the Holy Spirit. Jesus, through the Holy Spirit, guides us into all truth, the purpose of our existence. He knows why we were born, and He is the only one who knows the right deal to take and for what purpose. The tradition of scarcity is over because we have the Holy Spirit, whom we can always trust a hundred per cent without fear.

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t? Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations—you’re born again, and you are now brand new!

                                          

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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are obtained from the New King James Version (NKJV)