Satan's Meeting (Read even if you're busy....)
Satan called a worldwide convention of demons. In
his opening address he said, "We can't keep Christians
from going to church. We can't keep them from reading
their Bibles and knowing the truth.We can't even keep
them from forming an intimate relationship with their
savior. Once they gain that connection with Jesus, our
power over them is broken.
"So let them go to their churches; let them have
their covered dish dinners, but steal their time, so
they don't have time to develop a relationship with
Jesus Christ. This is what I want you to do", said
the devil: "Distract them from gaining hold of
their Savior and maintaining that vital connection throughout
their day!"
"How shall we do this?" his demons shouted.
"Keep them busy in the nonessentials of life
and invent innumerable schemes to occupy their minds,"
he answered. "Tempt them to spend, spend, spend,
and borrow, borrow, borrow. Persuade the wives to go
to work for long hours and the husbands to work 6-7
days each week, 10-12 hours a day, so they can afford
their empty lifestyles. Keep them from spending time
with their children. As their families fragment, soon,
their homes will offer no escape from the pressures
of work! Over-stimulate their minds so that they cannot
hear that still, small voice. Entice them to play the
radio or cassette player whenever they drive. To keep
the TV, VCR, CDs and their PCs going constantly in their
home and see to it that every store and restaurant in
the world plays non-biblical music constantly. This
will jam their minds and break that union with Christ.
"Fill the coffee tables with magazines and newspapers.
Pound their minds with the news 24 hours a day. Invade
their driving moments with billboards. Flood their mailboxes
with junk mail, mail order catalogs, sweepstakes, and
every kind of newsletter and promotional offering free
products, services and false hopes. Keep skinny, beautiful
models on the magazines and TV so their husbands will
believe that outward beauty is what's important, and
they'll become dissatisfied with their wives. Keep the
wives too tired to love their husbands at night. Give
them headaches too! If they don't give their husbands
the love they need, they will begin to look elsewhere.
That will fragment their families quickly!
"Give them Santa Claus to distract them from teaching
their children the real meaning of Christmas. Give them
an Easter bunny so they won't talk about his resurrection
and power over sin and death.
"Even in their recreation, let them be excessive.
Have them return from their recreation exhausted. Keep
them too busy to go out in nature and reflect on God's
creation. Send them to amusement parks, sporting events,
plays, concerts, and movies instead. Keep them busy,
busy, busy!
"And when they meet for spiritual fellowship,
involve them in gossip and small talk so that they leave
with troubled consciences. Crowd their lives with so
many good causes they have no time to seek power from
Jesus. Soon they will be working in their own strength,
sacrificing their health and family for the good of
the cause. It will work! It will work!"
It was quite a plan! The demons went eagerly to their
assignments causing Christians everywhere to get more
busy and more rushed, going here and there. Having little
time for their God or their families. Having no time
to tell others about the power of Jesus to change lives.
I guess the question is, has the devil been successful
at his scheme?
You be the judge! Does "busy" mean:
B-eing
U-nder
S-atan's
Y-oke?
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