A Case for Creativity
If you’ve ever doubted the importance of creativity, please consider…
God, in all three parts, is divinely and supremely creative. Out of all the possible actions that God could have taken, the very first verb of the Biblical narrative is create. Creation, and creativity, are the divine source, the root, from which anything and everything that ever walked, talked, or inhabited the universe flows from. Where there is no creativity, there is no progress. Where there is no creativity, there isn’t even a beginning from which progress can be born. Without creativity, nothing that has ever existed would have had the chance to exist.
If you’ve ever doubted the importance of creativity, please consider…
God reveals Himself first and foremost as a creative being. Before all-knowing, before all-powerful, before loving, compassionate, awesome, fearful, great, Son, Holy Spirit, or even before Father, we receive a glimpse of Creator God. This description precedes all others.
If you’ve ever doubted importance creativity, please consider…
Creativity is play. It’s recreation. Meaning re-creation. Meaning that when we exercise our creative gifts, in whatever arena, we are truly living as children of God, created in His image, called to be His imitation. Never do we more strongly bear the image of the original Creator, than when we answer the call deep within us to play.
To create for God is to pour out what has been so carefully poured into you.
How can we deny and overlook the need for great art and creativity in the church when from the beginning of time, the number one way to praise God was through the singing of music and the playing of horns and instruments?
If you’ve ever doubted the importance of creativity, please consider…
One does not have to be an “artist” in order to be a creative being. What we consider “art” is not the only form of creativity, but all creativity is artistic in nature. The innovation needed to run a business, the perseverance and imagination needed to raise children, the extra personal touch that makes the ordinary teacher an extraordinary educator, it all stands as it’s own form of art. Creativity is the vital link to unlocking the best we can be in everything we do. We were made to imagine new ideas and to put them to the test.
The world was formed through the creativity of God.
And it will be changed by the creativity of His children.
We were made to create.
Jon blogs about the importance of creativity, and expanding our view of what an artist is. Find more from Jon on his blog (www.jonjorgensonblog.com) and ping him on Twitter @jonjorgenson. He would love to hear from you.