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? Please pass
this on, if you aren't too BUSY
My hope for you my friend is that you take this
to heart. Turn off the TV, Hug the one you love
and cherish, open GOD's Word, and listen to what
GOD's got for you to learn! Take Care!
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