I believe in the power of creativity. I believe that God created each and every one of a us with the ability to be creative. God, as the original creator, design you and me in his image, the Imago Dei, so that we could follow after our Father and be creators ourselves. This does not mean that everyone should be an artist. Not everyone is called to write books, or play instruments, or take photographs, but we are all called to be creative, to be innovative, to listen to the voice deep within us that is calling us to something more than assembly line living, in whatever sort of medium appeals to us. When we begin to create, ‘artistically’ or not, we begin to connect with the Father, we begin to build a relationship with him, because we see what our Dad is doing and we want to do it too. We want to be part of creating a better world, a world free from the bonds of sin.
Track with me on this; right now, we do not live in a world where everyone knows the grace of the Savior Jesus Christ and is free from the bonds of sin, right? Now, three hundred years ago, we did not live in a world where people can travel from one side of the world to the other in less than a day. Today we do live in that kind of world (if you fly the right airline). What happened to make us move from there to here in the last three hundred years? Someone created something, a plane! Then the original model evolved into something bigger, better, more effective. That is what God wants to do with our creative ideas. Progress is near impossible without creativity. To enter into a future where God is at the center of our culture, we must follow his promptings and create that future together.
-jon
Track with me on this; right now, we do not live in a world where everyone knows the grace of the Savior Jesus Christ and is free from the bonds of sin, right? Now, three hundred years ago, we did not live in a world where people can travel from one side of the world to the other in less than a day. Today we do live in that kind of world (if you fly the right airline). What happened to make us move from there to here in the last three hundred years? Someone created something, a plane! Then the original model evolved into something bigger, better, more effective. That is what God wants to do with our creative ideas. Progress is near impossible without creativity. To enter into a future where God is at the center of our culture, we must follow his promptings and create that future together.
-jon
