Do You Often Say "The Devil Is Busy"? Stop. Now.
Many of us know people who, meaning well, and trying to explain so much of the confusion they experience, often say "the devil is busy." Maybe you are one of the people who say "the devil is busy>" While this statement is factually correct, it is not the truth for those who are saved, who live in the kingdom of God, who have been redeemed from death, who live looking forward to spending time and eternity with God. So, even though on some level the statement "the devil is busy" is a fact, saying this often (or at all) when encountering something that's painful, confusing, or fear-making is a very bad idea. Why is it a bad idea? Because energy follows focus. From Ephesians, Chapter 1, verses 3 through 10: 3 " Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless i...