Devil Music

AC/DC, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Nine Inch Nails, Megadeth, are the kinds that always make the “Devil Music” list.

The Oak Ridge Boys, The Statler Brothers, The Bill Gaither Trio, Tammy Wynette, and a few other notables, don’t ever make the list, but they should. One of the songs they sing is as demonic as you can get. It is radical and rebellious.

Check out these lyrics:

Now let us have a little talk with Jesus
Let us tell Him all about our troubles
He will hear our faintest cry
He will answer by and by
Now when you feel a little prayer wheel turning
He will know a little fire is burning
You will find a little talk with Jesus makes it right

It’s true we can go to God in prayer; that we can take our troubles and burdens to him. We like the idea of pulling Jesus aside and having a little chitchat with him. But when it becomes a time of informing God of what we think is wrong, what he should’ve done, and what he should do, something’s wrong. When the “prayer wheel is a’turnin’ and fire is a’burnin,’ watch out! Here are some examples:

• Abraham reminded God that he and Sarah were too old to have kids.
• Martha alerted Jesus to the fact that if he had been in Bethany Lazarus wouldn’t have died.
• The Disciples on the Road to Emmaus told Jesus how what they had been hoping for wasn’t going to happen.
• The Apostles after the Ascension asked Jesus if he was going to finally establish his kingdom.
• Peter pulled Jesus aside and rebuked him for talking about going to the cross.

Here’s how God responds:

• “Abraham and Sarah, is anything too hard for the me? I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.” (Genesis 18:14)
• “Martha, I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, though he may die, he shall live.” (John 11:25)
• To the disciples, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?” (Luke 24:25–26)
• To the Apostles, “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority.” (Acts 1:7)
• And to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.” (Matthew 16:23)

He wants us to trust him. He is aware of everything. He’s seen what happened. He knows exactly how it affects us. Nothing escapes his attention, nor has caught him by surprise.

Others may seem to have forgotten you, but God hasn’t. Your life is a total open book before the All-Knowing God. He knows every detail because he wrote it. He knows how you’re doing, what you’re doing, and why you’re doing it. Anything that suggests otherwise, is the makings for some “Devil List” music.