Satan's Business Meeting - thanks to my sister -

Satan's Meeting

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 saviour.
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 Saviour
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 catalogues,
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?