(or...Amusement is Not What You Think It Is)
Everyone likes to have a good time in life, and one way is by doing something fun.
An amusement park is a nice diversion to help forget the cares of life and just enjoy doing
things that are exciting and entertaining, but if you are living your life like you are always
at an amusement park, you are being successfully misled!
Unfortunately some people — like those referenced in today’s scripture — are
constantly seeking the next thrill to tantalize and amuse themselves, and as innocent sounding as
the word 'amusement' seems, it has a very strong negative implication.
The word 'Muse' means to “Think, Ponder or Concentrate Mentally”
but the 'a' that proceeds it means 'NOT,' so if you are caught up in
continual amusements, your focus is being mis-directed and diverted TO NOT THINK ABOUT THAT
WHICH IS IMPORTANT, and that 'thing' is what happens after you leave the
amusement park of life.
This is exactly one of Satan’s most clever techniques — to divert you from anything
spiritual and focused towards God by offering innocent and pleasurable alternatives to distract
you until it is too late to get off that ride before you transfer to the most
important 'ride' you will ever go on, and that is your
RIDE INTO ETERNITY.
Friend, instead of seeking AMUSEMENT, spend time MUSING over the most important decision
that you will ever make and that is this:
When the roller coaster of life ends, what station will you be pulling into?
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