creativity

Imagine what could and should be.

Humankind is enormously creative. Just think about the progression of history and our past accomplishments. Consider all the things that used to be “impossible.” The invention of electricity, America’s interstate highway system, space travel and even possible habitation, the internet and its millions of uses…all these things testify to the creative power of human beings. It makes me wonder what the future holds. But most of us don’t stop to consider why or how we got to be so creative.

God is more that just enormously creative. He is infinitely creative! He’s creative to the infinite power!! No one could top Him!! In fact, when you think about God’s history and past accomplishments, ours look silly. Here are just a few. There are 350,000 different types of beetles. I could have named maybe two, but God created them all. Every year NASA discovers new stars and even entire galaxies that have always been there since the dawn of creation. My physical body has the unique ability to fight off infection, stretch and grow with age and/or diet, allow me to see, hear, feel and experience the world around me and even love and care for my family. Now that is creativity at its best.

Years ago I spent some time looking through the gospels to see how Jesus healed people. The result was nothing less that amazing…and hilarious. He was so fantastically creative! Jesus seems to revel in the variety of ways a person can be healed! Sometimes He would touch the person. Sometimes He just spoke. Once a lady was healed simply by touching one of the tassels from His robe. Once Jesus rubbed spit-mud in a blind man’s eyes and made him wash it off before he was healed. (That’s one of my favorites, by the way.)

Follow the logic here. Our Creator is creative and He created us in His image, therefore, we are also creative. But what does creativity look like? How do we follow Jesus in creative ways? How do we lead the world through creative methods? Well, there are literally hundreds of thousands of answers to that question. It could look as simple as a cup of cold water for a thirsty child. Or it could look as dramatic as a reformed national government.

To be creative means to be Spirit-led. God is the ultimate creative One. We just follow His lead. Creativity is risky. It inspires others. It fuels our imagination. To be creative is to think and work “outside the box,” to be resourceful, to be visionary. And it fleshes itself out everyday in a thousand human outlets. The real question is this: what does your Godly leadership look like? How do you exert your influence for the name, glory and renown of Jesus Christ?

Holy Seed Community Church has made a concentrated effort to look, act and be different. We want to be as creative as our Creator. We love to sit back and dream and discuss and brainstorm ways in which we can help transform our families, churches, communities and nation. And once you get a taste of creativity, it’s addictive. You love it! Try this: take ten minutes and a blank piece of paper and just imagine what could and should be.