Let the devil know not today!

I first heard this song last year at a bible study. It made the impression that you can sing and worship your way into His presence.

This morning the Hillsong United song rang through my mind with the phrase, “let the devil know not today”. There are times when I have said to different situations, “get thee behind me, Satan” or “not today, Satan”. This song reminds me that not only do I have to deny evil thoughts, rude sayings, etc., but after denying the fleshly things, I can be in the presence of the king (in my case by singing).

The other line that rang so loudly this morning was, “I’ll sing the night into the morning”. That made me think about the scripture that talks about joy coming in the morning. So many things feel like dark and night sometimes. I feel that sometimes my thoughts are, since I’m a child of the king and walking in the light that there should be no darkness. When I sing and I mean really sing and get into what I’m singing, not just go through the motions, it’s then that I have that joy that comes in the morning.

Several years ago I was on a Mandisa kick. I would start my morning with her song, “Good Morning”. I would then follow that with “Overcomer” and then whatever else Mandisa I could get. I noticed that after awhile I was just going through my routine and I wasn’t in His presence. I know that because He truly would’ve been dissapointed in my actions at different times.

I grew up hiding from God. I believed that punishment was what he handed out. I believed that I needed to “be good” or “do the right thing” so I wouldn’t get in trouble. I went through a period of unbelief and denial of God, which was my darkest time ever. When I finally found the light again, I had a different perspective of God. I now believed that I wanted to “be good” and “do the right thing” because I wanted to please Him. I now wanted to be in His presence just to sit at His feet like Mary in the story of the two sisters, Mary and Martha. This was a mind blowing experience. I can say that I’ve known the Lord since I was a child, but my relationship with Him changed when I changed. I had to go through a nightime experience to find joy in the morning. I’m so glad that I found that morning joy!

So, today, I want to deny the fleshly things of this world and pray my way into His presence more and more.

Lyrics

Trouble won’t throw me
Won’t break me
Won’t scare me
No more
Fear must have thought I was faithless
When it came for my heart’Cause I got a song that will never die
I know Your love is the reason whyI’ll sing the night into the morning
I’ll sing the fear into Your praise
I’ll sing my soul into Your presence
Whenever I say Your Name
Let the devil know not todayTell me did the enemy panic
As You took up that cross
Tell me did the darkness cry mercy
As You rolled back that rock’Cause I know Your life is the life in mine
I know Your love is the reason whyI’ll sing the night into the morning
I’ll sing the fear into Your praise
I’ll sing my soul into Your presence
Whenever I say Your Name
Let the devil know not today
Whenever I say Your Name Jesus
Let the devil know not today
Not now not ever againYour love stood down death
Crushed the devil’s head
Fear is just a liar
Running out of breath
The fight beneath Your feet
I’m standing on Jesus’ Name
So let the devil know not today
Let the devil know not today No no
Not now not ever again Jesus
Let the devil know not today, not today, not todayI’ll sing the night into the morning
I’ll sing the fear into Your praise
I’ll sing my soul into Your presence
Whenever I say Your Name Jesus
Let the devil know not today
Let the devil know not today
Not now not ever againLet the devil know not today
Let the devil know not today
Let the devil know not today