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 bible 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 to do," said the devil:
"Distract them from gaining hold of their Savior and maintain that vital connection throughout the 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. Persuade wives to go to work for long hours and the husbands to work 6-7 days each week, 10-12 hours each 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 pressure of work! Over-stimulate their minds so that they can't hear that still voice. Entice them to play the radio or cassette player, cd's whenever they drive.
Keep the tv, vcr, cd and their pc's 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 their coffee tables with magazines and newspapers. Pound their minds with news 24 hours a day. Invade their driving moments with billboards. Feed their mailboxes with junkmail, mail order catalogs, sweepstakes, and every kind of newsletter and promotion offering free products, services, and false hopes. Keep skinny, beautiful models on magazines and TC so husbands will believe that outward beauty is what's important and they'll become dissatisfied with their wives. Keep their wives too tired to love their husbands at night. If they don't give their husbands the love they want, they'll begin to look elsewhere. That will fragment their families quickly."
"Give them Santa Claus to distract 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 their creation, let them be excessive. Have them return from their recreation exhausted. Keep them too bust 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 see 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 the 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 their lives.
I guess the question is, has the devil been successful in his scheme!
You be the judge! Does "busy" mean: Being Under Satan's Yoke?