Stomp

If you wanna stomp the devil down
Stomp twice.

Hip hop has never been a choice music for me. Sure, I'll move my body to the beat, but it's not typical that I search for hip hop on iTunes.

One of my favorites was asked by one of his favorites to add a lil electric guitar to some hip hop beats for a concert this weekend. Truthfully, my main objective in driving 3 1/2 hours to the concert was to support my favorite in his love for playing music...but after hearing the band rehearse the night before the event, I was pumped to bounce to some hip hops beats.

With lyrics like, "stop, drop, and roll with the Holy Ghost", how could I not enjoy the show?


The morning after the concert, the band lead worship for a church in town. One of the cover songs they did with a hip hop twist was called "Enemy's Camp." It goes a lil something like this...

I went to the enemy's camp
And I took back what he stole from me

He's under my feet
He's under my feet

If you wanna stomp the devil down
Stomp twice

Because of my new appreciation for hip hop, I was paying more attention to the beat of the song rather the words. It wasn't until the preacher brought the lyrics into his sermon that the light bulb went on and I was reminded of the power of Satan. Sometimes I forget that Satan is constantly attacking my mind and soul like a lion seeking to devour it's prey.

Satan is powerful...

BUT...

...God is even more powerful.

Do you remember the Crocodile Hunter? I know he died in a freak accident a few years ago, but let's go back to his glory days. What were the chances that a crocodile was going to beat his hunter in a battle? No chance. Steve Erwin was hunting crocodiles for years and was killed by a sting ray. Not a crocodile. Even though the crocodile is a mighty beast, Steve Erwin was more powerful. A croc trying to beat the Croc hunter is kind of like Satan trying to beat God. He gets stomped down each time.

If you wanna stomp the devil down
Stomp twice.

The problem is I tend forget that I can't stomp the devil down in my own power.

So sometimes the devil beats me...

BUT...

...God beats the devil every time.

If I want to stomp the devil down, I can stomp him down through the power of my Lord, Jesus Christ. Not through my power. His. I can stomp the devil down twice. Thrice. Every time with the power of my almighty God. I just need a reminder once in a while.

If I wanna stomp the devil down
Stomp twice...

...with God's stomp.