Putting Out Fires

My dear pastor who has since gone to be with Jesus gave the sheep with which the Lord had entrusted him a wonderful nugget of wisdom for which I give the Lord the glory as I know my pastor would have done. The Lord has since helped me to deepen my understanding of this wisdom. He said the devil will try to get us to rush around putting out “fires”.

Why would the devil want us to hurry and scurry around putting out “fires”? Why would he want us to run in one direction to deal with some big drama?...