Did We Get Too Busy?

From: Joel Osteen Ministries

Ephesians 6:11 "Put on the armor of God so that you may be able to stand firm against the tactics of the devil."

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 relationship with Jesus. If they gain that connection, our power over them will be broken. So let them go to a church; let them have their conservative lifestyles, but steal their time.

"How can we do this?" shouted the angels. "Keep them busy in the non-essentials of life. Invent schemes to occupy their minds. Tempt them to spend, spend, spend and then borrow, borrow, borrow. Convince the wives to go to work for long hours and husbands to work six or seven days a week 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 they cannot hear that still, small voice. Entice them to keep the TV, DVDs,CDs, PCs and iPods going constantly in their home. This will jam their minds and break that union with Christ. Pound their minds twenty-four hours a day. Even in their recreation, let them be excessive. Have them return from their recreation exhausted, disquieted, and unprepared for the coming week.

It was quite a convention in the end. And the evil angels went eagerly to their assignments causing Christians everywhere to get busy, rushing here and there.

Has Satan been successful at his schemes? You be the judge. Satan's goal is to take our minds and hearts off Christ then steer us to the cares of the world. If we're too busy for God, then we're too busy.