Are You Too B-U-S-Y?

Dr. David Jeremiah has been teaching a wonderful series in which he recently shared the following. I challenge you to read it and think about it. I know it impacted me. How about you?

Addressing a worldwide convention of demons, Satan told them: "As long as Christians stay close to God we've no power over them, so here are 12 steps to help pry them away.

1. Keep them busy with non-essentials.
2. Tempt them to overspend and go into debt. 
3. Make them work long hours to maintain empty lifestyles. 
4. Discourage them from spending family time, for when homes disintegrate there's no refuge from work.  
5. Overstimulate their minds with television and computers so that they can't hear God speaking to them.  
6. Fill their coffee tables and nightstands with newspapers and magazines so they've no time for Bible reading.  
7. Flood their mailboxes with sweepstakes, promotions and get-rich-quick schemes; keep them chasing material things.  
8. Put glamorous models on TV and on magazine covers to keep them focused on outward appearances; that way they'll be dissatisfied with themselves and their mates.  
9. Make sure couples are too exhausted for physical intimacy; that way they'll be tempted to look elsewhere.  
10. Emphasize Santa and the Easter Bunny; that way you'll divert them from the real meaning of the holidays.  
11. Involve them in 'good' causes so they won't have any time for 'eternal' ones.  
12. Make them self-sufficient.  Keep them so busy working in their own strength that they'll never know the joy of God's power working through them.  

Do these twelve things faithfully.  I promise--it'll work!"


Have you figured out the difference between being busy and being successful in what God's called you to do?  Sometimes being B-U-S-Y just means Being Under Satan's Yoke!

Food for Thought....

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One principle that the resurrection teaches us is that God will always finish what He started. No matter how dark it looks, no matter how long it's been, no matter how many people are trying to push you down; if you will stay in faith, God will always take you from Friday to Sunday. He will always complete what He started in you! I Cor. 15:3-4

It came to pass

I was listening to a former pastor of mine, Jeff Schreve, preach through streaming video. Many of the things he shared spoke to me, but one in particular stood out.

The Bible says "It came to pass...*" The Bible never says it came to stay...

Think about that for a moment. "It came to pass..." To me this loudly proclaims that whatever we are going through is not permanent. It WILL pass.

So the choice is up to us. We can wallow in things and have a self-pity party. OR we can choose to make the most of the trials we are going through.

I chose to make the most of the trials I go through by putting my trust in Him. How about you?


*Came to pass is mentioned 2,761 times in the Bible. Cool little factoid, aye?!