- ♫ Victory is mine
- ♫ Victory is mine
- ♫ Victory today is mine
- ♫ I told Satan
- ♫ “Get thee behind”
- ♫ For victory today is mine
Should we even have a worship song where Satan gets mentioned a whole bunch of times and Jesus doesn’t ever get mentioned once?
- ♫ Love is mine
- ♫ Love is mine
- ♫ Love today is mine
- ♫ I told Satan
- ♫ “Get thee behind”
- ♫ For love today is mine
For that matter, I'm not in the habit of praying to Satan either. I already ranted about that.
- ♫ Joy is mine
- ♫ Joy is mine
- ♫ Joy today is mine
- ♫ I told Satan
- ♫ “Get thee behind”
- ♫ For joy today is mine
For that matter, the bit where Jesus tells Satan to get behind him [Lk 4.8] is a textual variant. The other instances, in which he’s calling Peter “Satan,” is better translated, “Fall in behind me”; in other words, “You follow me and not vice-versa; otherwise you cause me to stumble.” [Mt 16.23/Mk 8.33] If Jesus did ever actually say that to Satan, it would mean the same thing. Those of you who have read the Old Testament understand that Satan is supposed to be working for God, not rebelling against him and trying to trip him up. I ranted about that here.
- ♫ Peace is mine
- ♫ Peace is mine
- ♫ Peace today is mine
- ♫ I told Satan
- ♫ “Get thee behind”
- ♫ For peace today is mine
Likely this is another one of those worship songs that aren’t well thought-out, but they’re catchy, so people sing them. Maybe it’s meant to be sung by Jesus. (Except for the bits where we switch the word “victory” with other things.) Considering that Jesus promised us persecution, maybe we should likewise sing about that:
- ♫ Persecution is mine
- ♫ Persecution is mine
- ♫ Persecution today is mine
- ♫ I told Satan
- ♫ “Get thee behind”
- ♫ For persecution today is mine
Except that’s not as catchy, and a bit of a downer. But more biblical.