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 and 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
experience in 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 and maintaining that vital
connection throughout their day!"
"How shall we do this?", shouted his angels.
"Keep them busy in the non-essentials of life and invent
un-numbered 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 and the
husbands to work 6 or 7 days a week, 10 to 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 smallvoice.
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 homes.
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 their 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, sweepstakes, mail
order catalogues, and every kind of newsletter and promotional
offering free products, services, and false hopes."
"Even in their recreation, let them be excessive. Have
them return from their recreation exhausted, disquieted,
and 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,
and movies instead."
"And when they meet for spiritual fellowship, involve
them in gossip and small talk so that they leave with troubled
consciences and unsettled emotion."
"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 and family for the good
of the cause."
It was quite the convention in the end. And the evil angels
went eagerly to their assignments causing Christians everywhere
to get busy, busy, busy, and rush here and there.
Has the devil been successful at his scheme? You be the
judge.
