In Blue Like Jazz, author Donald Miller shares:

I believe that the greatest trick of the devil is not to get us into some sort of evil but rather have us wasting time.

This is why the devil tries so hard to get Christians to be religious. If he can sink a man’s mind into habit, he will prevent his heart from engaging God.

Not only is it an obstacle to engaging God, but in ministry, it is a slow, steady march towards irrelevance.