ARE YOU B.U.S.Y.
by Rev. Whit
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?
Pass this on, if you aren't too BUSY
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