An unbearably hot pit

I need to write.  It seems like it's been ages since I've written anything.  Truth is I'm a little intimidated by the new Blogger format.  It looks all professional.  I feel like I should be submitting some great work of art.

So here is my thought for today....

Have you ever wondered what the devil is doing while we grumble over unimportant things?    Last night I watched a 20/20 episode and they were talking about the devil.  They were asking people if they believed in the devil and if he had influence over people.  I was surprised to hear "worldly people" say they did believe in the devil. One of the people that they interviewed said the devil's arms are too short to box with God so he boxes with us instead. 

Interesting thought.  Satan cannot get to God.  He has no power over God.  No influence.  What does he do instead?  He goes after God's kids.  He gets to God through us.  Then he stands back and laughs at our small attention span taking total advantage of our distracted state of mind.

He is able to do this by placing obstacles in our path or thoughts in our head that create issues between believers.  We end up arguing or becoming focused on things that are totally not important in the grand scheme of things.  Satan knows our weakness and this is where he attacks.  If he can find a way to take our eyes off of the goal, sharing Truth to the lost, he gains a huge head start on his agenda which is dragging as many people down with him because he knows that in the end, he will lose.  

Satan doesn't care about anyone but himself.  All he wants is to hurt God.  To steal His children.  Sadly, he often succeeds.  How often is God brought to tears over our stupid arguing?  What color carpet?  Traditional or praise music?  The list goes on and I'm sure we all have been a part of one these discussions at one time or another.  It is so incredibly frustrating to me.  While people are heading for an eternity spent in hell, we are worried about silly little things.  Do you get what I'm saying?  While we talk about carpet people are headed for hell.

"Simply put, it is horrendous beyond words!
An unbearably hot pit;
Pitch blackness you can feel;
Endless deafening screams of tormented souls;
An overwhelming putrid most disgusting sulphurous smell;
Fighting and gasping to take in even the smallest amount of this foul air;
A terrible feeling of isolation with no privilege or comfort of talking to anyone;
Extreme body weakness whereby one can hardly move a muscle;
A feeling of total exhaustion yet you can neither fall asleep nor rest;
Hateful and vicious demons tearing at your flesh and tormenting you;
A sea of maggots and other terrible creatures all around;
A sense of total confusion and chaos and despair;
A distorted perception of time where every minute feels like a year;
…..yet the flesh is never fully consumed by all this horror."

Bill Wises description of hell

Focus people.  We have a battle to fight.  In the end, we know who will ultimately have the victory and win the war.  How many will end up on our team?  How many will you have led to join the winning team?  Satan is recruiting his army daily.  The demons don't sit around discussing shades of blue.  

If you are a part of the winning team then fight for those who haven't joined yet.  Put aside your own feelings, desires, comforts and needs and fight for those who haven't joined your team.  Give Satan a run for his money and let him know we aren't going to give up or give in so easily.