They make very good music....inspiring and heart-lifting. But if those music ministers are not careful, they may offend God while they are trying to please Him.
The devil DOES NOT put all his cards on the table at once. he deals his card very slowly. In very tiny bits until you don't notice that he is leading you outside of God's will.
We know that those ministers need money to at least settle some things like their transportation, service their equipments and even settle their crew. But hey, when God sends you, He makes provision for that errand.
The ministers should concentrate on serving God through their ministry. Too much dwelling on thoughts of charging money will undoubtedly remove the presence of God from whatever service they are rendering. And it gradually becomes about the money they are making and no longer about just serving God.
This is how the devil deceives.
We had old time music ministers who never gave a thought about getting paid to minister. They never had over sophisticated musical equipments and yet they took the church to realms of glory with their songs.
So why is it different now?
Why is it now a debate whether they should be paid or not?
It is simply because the money has gradually become a motivating factor in that ministry.
Singers are preachers!
They minister to the soul with the anointed word in songs. I dare say it's a travesty to put a prize tag on that divine mandate.
If the people you ministered to chose to bless you with money, that's ok. But please don't charge them an amount. For freely you have received that gift. Freely give it.... for the building of the body of Christ.
