I’m pretty sure I’ve figured out the second or third greatest trick the Devil ever pulled on us… Read on if you care…

Have you ever been so caught up in some activity that you totally lost track of time doing it??? Have you ever enjoyed something so much that you completely lost all sense of the things happening around you??? Perhaps you’ve been so intently focussed on an activity that it was the only thing that mattered in your world…

Well, think about heaven for a moment… It’s going to last forever and that seems like a really REALLY long time… UNLESS we become so caught up in what we’re doing there, that we lose track of time… Maybe we will be so intently focussed on our worship that nothing else will matter… Maybe praising our Savior will be so enjoyable that time will become a non-issue…

Now think about this - If you believe that salvation starts now (not when you “die and get to heaven), then maybe it’s possible to think that God gives us little glimpses of heaven now… For instance, is it possible that we’re actually experiencing a little taste of heaven everytime we get so engrossed in praising our Savior that we forget the clock, the schedule, or what we’re having for lunch ??? Maybe we’re at a worship service singing praises… Maybe we’re studying the Scriptures in quiet time… Maybe we’re praying and pouring out our heart to the Savior… Whatever the case may be, I’m sure that all Believers have had moments like these… and maybe these moments are little previews of eternity…

Now think about this… What if the Devil could make a world where Christ-followers were so consumed with “what to do next” that they could no longer get “lost in the moment” of their worship??? What if he could develop an atmosphere or culture that was completely enslaved to the clock, the PDA, the schedule, or the “to do” list??? What if he could even trap Believers in this this little game of his??? Wouldn’t he be ingenius???

Well… If I’m not careful, I can be the sucker who gets caught in his little trap… Unfortunately, the Christian world at large (at least in America) is beginning to fall victim to this deception… and is essentially missing out on a little piece of heaven…

I do believe the Devil has pulled a good one…