Jesus is the salt on my frito lyrics
God is Holy, Do not take the Lord's name in vain
Yes, you read the title of my post correctly. SHOCKING, isn’t it? That is the lyrics of a Christian song. A Holy God, our Redeemer is portrayed in a cutesy song as salt on a frito and that God is “neat-o.” There was a day when there was reverence for who we serve and bow to. In today’s world, God is neat-o.
The real problem with this is when Christians start viewing God as “neat-o,” or using Him to make cutesy rhymes in a song, the view of God’s power, holiness and character is reduced in the minds of those that listen to these songs. They can no longer revere and view Him as He is with such lyrics. I have also attached a video in which the lyrics revere God as He is, the one who will return riding on the clouds.
Give me gas for my Ford,
Keep me truckin’ for the Lord!
Give me wax for my board,
Keep me surfin’ for the Lord!
Give me sauce for my taco,
Let me witness in Morocco!
Give me Nikes for my feet,
I’ll be preachin’ on the street.
Give me salt for my Frito,
God is neat-o, neat-o, neat-o.
Listen to the below video titled “Days of Elijah.” This is a Messianic concert in Israel. There is reverence of God. The lyrics to the above song is night and day to the lyrics of the song in this video. Watch this Jewish believer sing unto the Lord. You won’t be disappointed.
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Wow! I hadn’t heard that one yet. The Creator of Heaven and Earth is like “salt on Fritos?”
I am sure that when whoever wrote these lyrics penned them, their intention was to honor God in a way that they felt their listeners could “relate to.” But you are absolutely right, when we water down the holiness of God, we do not make Him more “approachable”, we trivialize His glory.
Fritz Ridenour in his book, “Being a Christian in a Non-Christian World”, pointed out a similar problem that began back in the 1970′s as some believers, in an effort to reach the contemporary culture, painted the Lord Jesus Christ as a type of “Cosmic Buddy”, totally stripping Him of any authority over the lives of mankind. The result of this type of thinking can be seen in the songs like this one about the Fritos as people are led to believe that God exists for their pleasure rather than the other way around.
“Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.” (2 Chronicles 29:30)
The Levites in this passage are instructed to sing praises to God with the “words of David and Asaph.” They are singing praises from The Word of God recorded in the Psalms. The songs of our praise should be based in the Word of God, too, just like “Days of Elijah” that you posted the video to.
Great post, thanks!
You are probably right, they penned them thinking they were honoring God and yet in a way that their listeners could relate to. I still had a hard time with those lyrics, LOL.
Tishrei,
As I started reading this post, I noticed that there was a video with it….. The words of the song were putrid and I was thinking you would be asking us to listen to it sung….. I knew I could not bear to listen to it….. And then, you pulled through with this wonderful contrast….. It was wonderful!….. What a joy to listen to good music of praise…… With this music we can truly praise our Lord.
So, my puzzlement is — how and why do people fall for that other “garbage”?….. When there is honestly good, uplifting, and praiseworthy music to praise our Lord with, why do people choose to listen to trash?….. To me, it’s a sure sign that the hearts of many people are becoming cold….. They no longer want to praise their Lord and Creator…..
In all this, God cares for His own…..
Thank you for sharing this….. I plan on listening to more.
Margaret
LOL, don’t worry, I would not be able to bring myself to post a video of that song on my blog. I am glad you enjoyed the video. He is one of my favorite worship singers. I have two that I really, really like to listen to. I posted the other guy on another post. His name is Johnathan Settel.
In answer to your question why people fall for this sort of stuff, I don’t know. I kind of touched upon this in a few blog posts because it puzzles me as well. It is unfortunate.
I read this, and felt that I had to comment. I understand where you are coming from in response to this song, and its lyrics. I also, prayerfully do not completely agree with you. By the way, I love the song in the video. We sang it in my church just a few weeks ago, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I first learned the song whose lyrics you have listed as a child in the late 80′s/early 90′s. It was a fun song that we sang in children’s church. It was a favorite one of ours, not because it dumbed down the holiness of God, but because it taught us that whether we were eating our fritos, surfing, driving (or pretending anyway), or anything else we did as a child, we could serve God.
I also want to say that you are missing quite a lot of the song, and therefore grossly misrepresenting it. Let me give you an example of how I have always sang it;
(verse 1)
Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning’, burning’, burning
Give me oil in my lamp, I pray, hallelujah!
Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning’ burning’ burning,
Keep me burning to the break of day!
(chorus)
And I will sing hosanna, sing hosanna, sing hosanna to the King of Kings,
And I will sing hosanna, sing hosanna, sing hosanna to The King!
Yes, we did sing “Give me salt for my fritos, God is neato, neato, neato.” But we also sang “Hide your word in my heart, keep me learning, learning, learning.” and “Give me peace in my soul, keep me praising, praising, praising.” And we always sang the full verses, and the chorus between the verses.
As an adult of 27, as I look back on those years of children’s church that I went to, and I remember the fun that we had, worshiping our God through song. Some of the songs had silly verses in them, but those silly verses were always accompanied by Biblical truth. I remember talking about what this song meant. I always understood that it meant that I could do anything and still be worshiping God. As someone that works in children’s ministry now, will I teach it to the children I am blessed to lead? Indeed I will. And let me reassure you, it will be accompanied by Biblical learning, as all songs taught to children should.
Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Psalm 100:1-2