![]() ![]() Or a pitch deck that will strategically guide its recipients to understand a great need. Maybe it’s a detailed spreadsheet of data that will lead your team to success. A garden of flowers or a ripe tomato on your first tomato plant. Maybe you made a cake that your family loved-ugly, but delicious. Co-creating with the Creator of the universe to bring life to earth. Challenge yourself to see the things you’ve made that you’re proud of through a new lens. Think beyond drawing and sculpting and writing. What if engaging in creativity could draw us into deeper worship of our Creator God?įor a moment, broaden your understanding of what it means to create. I hope you’ve seen enough examples in the word to believe that “creative” is an attribute of God and to consider that he might have made you that way too. For others, “creative” might be the last word you’d use to describe yourself. 139:14).įor some, that call might feel easy or natural. You are fearfully and wonderfully made and called to fearfully and wonderfully make (Ps. The ability to make something beautiful is in your blood. God, the first and most excellent creative being, made us in his own image. When you spend time in his word and prayer, you know him more intimately and understand more of the depth of his character. You experience the love of God by living in community. He made us to be in relationship with one another. In Ephesians 4:1, Paul urges us to “walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called.” When we live life in alignment with the things for which we were created, we experience God and learn about his character. Most beautiful of all is his creation of you-made in his image, made to participate in his creativity. God’s creation and strategy and beauty of the things he makes are limitless. The story of the Bible is more complex and beautiful than the best thought-out, ten-part novel series from the most creative author you know.Īs we seek to know God through his own creativity, we experience the call to join him in the act of creativity. 53:7), the perfect creative parallel to the spotless lambs God had required for the forgiveness of sins for hundreds of years-yet his sacrifice was once and for all (Heb. “Like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,” we see Jesus on the cross (Isa. We see his unexpected, creative entrance, coming as a baby instead of a warrior king to save the lost. We see hundreds of cross-references in book after book of the Bible where God uses the most impressive piece of literature of all time to support itself and prove himself to a doubtful reader. We see creative selections of ordinary men and women to participate in that plan, working as a part of his masterful, creative will-people like fishermen, tax collectors, prostitutes, the lonely, the barren, the lepers. The wonders and marvels of the things he has made go on and on the earth is full of his creation and his glory (Ps. Everything good is a result of his handiwork. In the complex and beautiful word of God, we see a strategic, beautiful, and creative plan for redemption of all mankind unfolding on every page.Īs we exalt God the Creator, we can’t help but notice the things he made. We don’t have to look far into Scripture to see that God’s creativity knows no bounds. God has always been making something new, from one degree of glory to another (2 Cor. What if creativity is wired into our character as well? If God created us in his likeness, wouldn’t he make us with creative minds and hands? What if engaging in creativity could draw us into deeper worship of our Creator God? ![]() ![]() 21:5).Īs we dwell in God’s word, we see creativity at the heart of God’s character and as a way he consistently expresses his love. We cannot always make sense of the thousands of threads we see tangled together, but one day we will stand in front of the completed tapestry and discover that he has made all things new (Rev. Revelation shows us the back of God’s tapestry. ![]() Throughout Jesus’s ministry on earth, he teaches us to make peace and bear fruit, and with his final commission he charges us to make disciples (Matt. This thread of creating and making then continues throughout the pages of Scripture. With a beautiful cover design and helpful journaling tools, the ESV Single Column Journaling Bible, Hosanna Revival Series encourages believers to capture notes, prayers, or personal reflections alongside Scripture. ESV Single Column Journaling Bible®, Hosanna Revival Series ![]()
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