Finally home after a very long day and a very long week. I am reminded that one of Satans sneakiest tricks is busyness. Have you ever read this story?… Satan called a worldwide convention of demons. In his opening address he said, We cant keep Christians from going to church. We cant keep them from reading their Bibles and knowing the truth. We cant 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 dont have time to develop a real 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: a.. Tempt them to spend, spend, spend, and borrow, borrow, borrow. b.. Persuade the husbands and wives to go to work for long hours, 12-14 hours a day, so they can afford their empty lifestyles. c.. Keep them from spending time with their children. As their families fragment, soon, their homes will offer no escape from the pressures of work! d.. Over-stimulate their minds so that they cannot hear that still, small voice. e.. Entice them to play the radio or MP3s whenever they drive...to keep the TV, DVDs, CDs and their PCs going constantly in their home and see to it that every store and restaurant in the world degrading and hateful music constantly. This will jam their minds and break that union with Christ. f.. 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. g.. Keep skinny, beautiful models on the magazines and TV so their husbands will believe that outward beauty is whats important, and theyll become dissatisfied with their wives. Women will forget how beautiful they really are and start to hurt themselves to fit someone elses idea of how they should look. h.. Keep the husbands and wives too tired to love each other at night. Give them headaches too! If they dont get the love they need, they will grow lonely and will begin to look elsewhere. That will fragment their families quickly! i.. Give them Santa Claus to distract them from teaching their children the real meaning of Christmas. j.. Give them an Easter bunny so they wont talk about his resurrection. k.. 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 Gods creation. Send them to amusement parks!, sporting events, plays, concerts, and movies instead. l.. Keep them busy, busy, busy! And when they meet for spiritual fellowship, they will leave with troubled consciences. m.. For those who resist all the temptations of television and worldly pursuits, crowd their lives with so many good causes that they have no time for inner search. 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!!
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 02:47:20 +0000
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