I Want to Be Rich!

Today there are many questions regarding the dichotomy of rapping for God and being poor, vs. rapping for God and being rich, and if one is better than the other. So many Gospel rappers criticize others for having money because they associate it with the world and all its corruption. They indicate through their lyrics that they would rather be poor and have Jesus, than have money. But how can we fulfill Jesus request to preach the Gospel to the nations unless we have money to finance the mission trips, record the albums and sponsor the concerts that display the Kingdom of Heaven through our lyrics.

The mistake most gospel rappers make is receiving Jesus the Savior without receiving His kingdom which was the only thing Jesus ever talked about. In short, the Kingdom was presented to us as a gift to restore the dominion we originally had before Adam gave it up. To break it down briefly, God gave Adam dominion over the whole earth and everything was under mans rule. Adam forfeited his dominion to satan by eating the forbidden fruit, which we refer to today as the fall of man. Jesus restored that by teaching us how to live righteously, then dyeing on the cross so we could have full access to the dominion that Adam lost. Unfortunately we are still forfeiting our dominion today by saying things like, “Jesus hates money”.

Dominion is simply ones rulership over his domain. Consider this – If you didn’t have money to pay your house note for 3 or 4 months, chances are you would be evicted ultimately forfeiting your right to live in your dominion area. Another family would eventually move in and dominate what used to be your dominion area. The music industry is the same way. Because we have leaders who in the faith refuse to accumulate wealth to sponsor Gods word and reveal his message to the nations, the secular music industry has taken our dominion area in music. The simple truth is that in order to get it back we need some cash! So to answer the question, I’ll take rapping for God rich over rapping for God poor any day.
(Mission Man)