Satan's Meeting (Read even if you are 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 Saviour. 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 Saviour and maintaining that vital connection throughout their
day!"
"How shall we do this?" his demons shouted.
"Keep them busy in the non-essentials 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 catalogues, 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 busier 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?