Carry Your Monkey Well

We all have a monkey to carry. That monkey is the 10 core responsibilities that God has given each person. No one can carry your monkey for you. You can't carry someone elses monkey for them. Self esteem is the result of carrying your monkey. The world would be an awesome place if everyone would just carry their monkey. We wouldn't need many police. We wouldn't need half the courts we have. We wouldn't need half the jails we have. We wouldn't need half the politicians we have. And we would all prosper very well.

Here are the 10 Personal Responsibilities that Make Up Your Monkey.

1. Worship God in humility and with faith.  

You shall have no other gods before me.

                                                Exodus 20: 3

2. Don’t harm anybody.   

Love your neighbor as yourself.

                                                Matthew 22:39

3. Don’t harm yourself.

Love your neighbor as yourself.

                                                Matthew 22:39

4. Provide for your needs through work: food, clothing, shelter, transportation, health and education.

If a man will not will work, he shall not eat.

                                                II Thessalonians 3: 10

5. Fix what you break, clean what you dirty and make restitution for the harm that you cause.

When a man or woman wrongs another in any way…He must make full restitution…to the person he has wronged.

                                                Numbers 5: 5-7 

6. Avoid the sins of extreme behaviors in the areas of power & control, money & possessions, and comfort & pleasure.

For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world…  

                                                I John 2: 16 (NKJV)

7. Serve your family, church, community, country and world.

For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works which God prepared in advance for us to do.

                                                Ephesians 2:10

8. Do what you say you will do.

Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.

                                                Matthew 5: 37

9. Don’t think, talk or act like a victim. This means don’t think, talk or act like your problems are caused by others (which ultimately means they are caused by God.)

When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted with evil and does not tempt anyone…

                                                James 1: 13

10. Lead your children to become young adults who fulfill these responsibilities. 

Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

                                                Ephesians 6:4