I felt that I needed to repeat a devotion I did a few years ago.  Why? Because I see so many people leading to busy lives. They do not have time for family, friends, church, and mostly God and Prayer.

I think of God each morning waiting for us to come to Him. But we just go about our busy ways.

Read the story below and then make a check list of the things that have you so busy that you do not have time to share yourself with others.
Remember, the only yoke you should have in your life is the blessed yoke of that Jesus Christ has offered to each of us.

(Matthew 11:29 - 30)
29. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me. for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
30. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."

"Satan's gold is to make you so busy that you do not have the time to spend with God. That you lose that personal intimate relationship. The relationship that I promise you that you cannot live an abundant life without it." Pastor Pat Aman

"Satan Called A 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 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 you to do," said the devil.
"Distract them from gaining hold of their Savior 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 catalogs, 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, 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 workingin 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 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?