Bethel Music (Feat. Amanda Cook) – You Don’t Miss A Thing

Bethel Church was founded in 1952 in Redding, California.  They release their music under the label Bethel Music, which became active in 2001.  They produced several albums, so many that I dare not count them all.

They won two GMA Dove in 2016: one is Worship Song of the Year for their work on No Longer Slaves.  The other Instrumental Album of the Year for their album Without Words: Synthesia.

Check out my other Bethel Music reviews.

Lyrics can be found at https://genius.com/Bethel-music-you-dont-miss-a-thing-lyrics.

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1. What message does the song communicate?

God interacts with his world, which causes events to occur.  This includes:

• Uprightness that shakes the earth
• Breath that is the source of human life
• Words felt by Bethel Music
• Sonnet that drives fear away
• Lifts Bethel Music from their lowly state of surrender, causing them to sing in worship
• Laughter that addresses calamity
• Small voice that divides opponents
• Sends angels to protect Bethel Music
• Pursues when Bethel Music goes astray
• Comprehends when Bethel Music prays, causing Bethel to want to do it more

Bethel also states that God is omniscient, His wanting to personally know them is mysterious, they cannot veil themselves from God, and that He is ruler over all.

Score: 10/10

2. How much of the lyrics line up with Scripture?

The entire song is Biblical.

[Verse 1]

Lines 1 and 2: The floor of heaven is the earth, also known as God’s footstool (Isaiah 66:1 and Matthew 5:35).  It moves at God’s command because He is sovereign over it (Genesis 1:1, Deuteronomy 4:39, Deuteronomy 10:14, Joshua 2:11, Nehemiah 9:6, Psalm 29:10, Psalm 45:6, Psalm 50:7-15, Psalm 93:1-2, Psalm 115:3, Psalm 135:6, Isaiah 43:13, Isaiah 45:9-10, Isaiah 46:10, Lamentations 5:19, Daniel 4:35, Romans 9:19-21, Ephesians 1:11, Hebrews 1:8, James 4:15, Revelation 4:11, and Revelation 20:11).

Lines 3 and 4: The original breath that gave life to Adam (Genesis 2:7) also breathed on the early disciples of Jesus so that they would receive the Holy Spirit (John 20:22).  This is the same Holy Spirit who lives in us (Acts 6:5, Romans 8:9-11, 1 Corinthians 3:16, 1 Corinthians 6:16-19, Galatians 4:6, Ephesians 5:18, and 2 Timothy 1:14).  It is through Jesus that we live and move and have our being (Acts 17:28).

Lines 5 and 6: Bethel Music has an emotional response when hearing and reading God’s Word.  While they aren’t specific in terms of what specifically they are feeling, 2 Timothy 3:16 tells us that Scripture is profitable for teaching, rebuke, correction, and training in righteousness.  The only two options that are available are encouragement and conviction.  However, conviction isn’t anywhere in the lyrics.  This leaves us with encouragement to describe Bethel’s feelings towards His Word.

Lines 7 and 8: Zephaniah 3:17 is the only place in Scripture that I’m aware of that mentions God singing.  The NASB referenced in this review doesn’t contain it; However, check out the interlinear!  The word for “singing” is “rinnah”, which is a derivative of “ranan”, which means “to give a ringing cry”.  This is both translated as a “shout of joy” of “sing for joy” in other passages of Scripture.  Thus, there is room to believe that God sings.

Is he singing to Bethel Music so that they won’t be afraid?  I don’t know Bethel Music’s experiences, so I cannot unequivocally say no.  We know that God repeatedly tells us in His Word that we should not be afraid because He will rescue us (Genesis 15:1, Joshua 1:9, Deuteronomy 31:6, 1 Chronicles 28:20, Psalm 23:4, Psalm 27:1, Psalm 34:4, Psalm 56:3-4, Psalm 94:19, Psalm 115:11, Psalm 118:6, Isaiah 35:4, Isaiah 41:10-13, Isaiah 43:1, Isaiah 54:4, John 14:25-27, Romans 8:15, Romans 8:38-39, 2 Timothy 1:7, Hebrews 13:5-6, 1 Peter 3:13-14, 1 Peter 5:6-7, and 1 John 4:18).  Therefore, I’m letting this one go.

[Chorus]

Lines 1 and 2: In response to these things, Bethel Music sings in worship (1 Chronicles 16:23, Psalm 33:3, Psalm 96:1-2, Psalm 98:1, and Psalm 149:1).

Lines 3 and 4: There are several reasons why Bethel Music could be on their knees before God, including worship, gratitude, and repentance.  However, since God is picking them back up, it seems reasonable to conclude Bethel Music is asking for forgiveness through repentence and faith (Matthew 3:2, Matthew 4:17, Mark 1:15, Luke 24:47, Acts 2:36-38, Acts 3:19-21, Acts 20:21, and 2 Timothy 2:25-26).

Lines 5-8: It is fascinating that the God who is sovereign over creation (see commentary on Verse 1, lines 1 and 2) and knows all things (1 Kings 8:39, 1 Chronicles 28:9, Psalm 44:21, Psalm 139:4, Psalm 147:4-5, Isaiah 40:28, Matthew 10:30, John 16:30, John 21:17, Acts 1:24, Hebrews 4:13, and 1 John 3:20) is interested in having a personal relationship with us (John 15:1-11).

Line 9: Essentially repeats line 8.

[Verse 2]

Line 1: That is, to take a deep breath.  Grief is not necessarily required to sigh.

Line 2: See commentary on Verse 1, lines 7 and 8.

Lines 3 and 4: This is so, because according to Psalm 2:4, Psalm 59:8, and Psalm 37:13, God laughs at the wicked because their days are numbered.

Lines 5 and 6: This references 1 Kings 19:11-18, where a still, small voice spoke to Elijah, that his enemies would be thwarted through Haziel.  Though this happened posthumously for Elijah, that doesn’t limit God to deal with Bethel Music’s tribulation after they die.  My point is that Scripture tells us that God’s whisper can address physical enemies.

Lines 7 and 8: Scriptural support for Bethel Music’s guardian angel is found in Psalm 91:11.

Side Note: This is not a license to act recklessly.  Satan tried to tempt Jesus with this passage, that He should throw himself onto the cliff (Luke 4:9-10).  We should not test God (Deuteronomy 6:16 and Luke 4:12).

[Post-Chorus]

Line 1: See Chorus, lines 5-8.  Also, it calls out to Casper the friendly ghost.

Line 2: A title given to Jesus in Revelation 17:14 and Revelation 19:16.

[Bridge]

Lines 1-4: Bethel Music cannot hide from God (Psalms 139:7-12).  The fourth line contains another Casper reference.

Lines 5-7: Repeats lines 1-4.

Line 8: See commentary on Chorus, lines 5-8.

Lines 9 and 10: Essentially repeats the same idea as lines 1-4.

Lines 11 and 12: Repeats lines 1 and 2.

Line 13: When other people do not understand us, God does (see commentary on Chorus, lines 5-8).

Lines 14 and 15: Repeats/essentially repeats lines 8 and 9.

Line 16: see Verse 1, lines 7 and 8.

Lines 17-20: Repeats/essentially repeats lines 1-4.

[Outro]

Lines 1-3: Bethel Music surrenders to God, asking Him to conform their desires to His (Psalm 51:10, Jeremiah 24:7, Ezekiel 11:19, Ezekiel 36:26, Romans 2:29, Romans 12:2, 2 Corinthians 5:17, and 2 Corinthians 7:10).

Lines 4-6: Essentially repeats the same words or ideas as lines 1-3.

Score: 10/10

3. How would an outsider interpret the song?

The title “King of kings and Lord of lords” should be familiar with unbelievers.  This, alongside terms like “Heaven”, “angels”, and that “You” knows all things should point them to Christianity.  Bethel Music’s wording and metaphors are both everyday and poetic, making it easy for those outside Christianity to digest.

Score: 10/10

4. What does this song glorify?

It glorifies God through its Biblical description of His many acts, attributes, and Bethel’s response to worship in surrender.

Score: 10/10

Closing Comments

Bethel Music’s You Don’t Miss A Thing is an excellent song.  It tells us that God knows everything, yet, He interacts with the world and wants to know us personally, in a relationship with Him.  This is a great mystery, which Bethel Music is grateful for receiving.  He gives them life, removes their barriers, and scatters their enemies, bringing Him glory.  Unbelievers should have little to no issues interpreting similarly.

I highly recommend it for corporate worship.

Final Score: 10/10

Artist Info

Track: You Don’t Miss A Thing (Live) (listen to the song)

Artist: Bethel Music (Feat. Amanda Cook)

Album: We Will Not Be Shaken (Live)

Genre: Pop

Release Year: 2015

Duration: 7:41

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