Busy
Satan called a worldwide convention. In his opening address to
his evil angels, he said... We can't keep the Christians from
going to church. We can't keep them from reading their Bibles
& knowing the truth. We can't even keep them from
conservative values. But we can do something else. We can keep
them from forming an intimate, abiding relationship and
experience with Jesus Christ. If they gain that connection
with Jesus, our power over them is broken. So let them go
to church, let them have their conservative lifestyles, but steal
their
time, so they can't gain that experience in Jesus Christ."
"This is what I want you to do, angels: Distract them
from gaining hold of their Savior & maintaining that vital
connection throughout their day!" 'How shall we do this?',
shouted his angels.
"Keep them busy in the nonessentials of life & invent
unnumbered schemes to occupy their minds," he answered.
"Tempt them to spend, spend, spend, then, borrow, borrow,
borrow. Convince the wives to go to work for long hours & the
husbands to work 6 or 7 days a week, 10-12 hours a day, so they
can afford their lifestyles." "Keep them from spending
time with their children. As their family fragments, 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,
video games and their PCs going constantly in their homes."
"And see to it that every store & restaurant in the
world plays non-biblical music constantly." "This will
jam their minds & break that union with Christ." Fill
their coffee tables with magazines & newspapers. Pound
their minds with the news 24 hours a day. Invade their driving
moments with billboards. Flood their mailboxes with junk mail,
sweepstakes, mail order catalogs, psychic info, & every kind
of newsletter & promotional offering, free products,
services, & false hopes." "Even in their
recreation, let them be excessive. Have them return from their
recreation exhausted, disquieted & unprepared for the coming
week. Don't let them go out in nature to reflect on God's
wonders. Send them to amusement parks, sporting events,
concerts & movies instead. And when they meet for
spiritual fellowship, involve them in gossip & small talk so
that they leave with troubled consciences & unsettled
emotions, accomplishing nothing spiritual." "Let them
be involved in soul-winning. But crowd their lives with so many
good causes they have no time to seek power from Christ. Soon
they will be working in their own strength, sacrificing their
health & family unity for the good of the cause."
It was quite a convention in the end. And the evil angels went
eagerly to their assignments, causing Christians everywhere to
get busy, busy, busy & rush here & there. Has the devil
been successful at his scheme? You be the judge.
PS - I once heard it said busy is: B-being U-under
S-Satan's Y-yoke
But praise God that he has given us the victory if we choose to
"go get it".