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Direct Answer The transcript mainly emphasizes that interruptions will happen and that we must “contend” for the devotional hour; it doesn’t give a detailed test for sorting providence, planning failure, and spiritual opposition. A reasonable inference from Bercot’s teaching is to look at patterns: if disruptions repeatedly lead to neglect of God’s time, we likely need stronger resolve rather than constant exceptions.

Support from Transcript:

• Bercot’s central warning: “Satan will do what he can to throw a monkey wrench into your devotional hour so that it won’t become a fixed habit.”
• He lists common disruptions: “People will call… come by… Issues will arise at work or in the family.”
• The danger sign is repetition: the devotional hour becomes “an ideal… but rarely have time to do.”
• His own case included poor choice-making: he could have stopped the puzzle earlier, but chose not to.
• He interprets the repeated outcome morally/spiritually: “Somehow, it was always the Lord’s Pig that died.”
• Blume’s counsel suggests a default stance amid uncertainty: “Whatever happens, I will not budge.”