true creativity [love and risk]

Lord, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.
(Psalm 16: 5-6 TNIV)

It makes total sense that God would create human beings. God is the Creator and so I would imagine that He wants to be in a continual, eternal state of creating. How better to do that, than to create human beings.

For God to create another being (human being) that also has the capacity to create every hour of every day and also has the choice to not create – that’s beyond my knowledge of creativity. It’s also beyond my knowledge of risk, because this is unconditional love. True creativity, like true love, involves great risk and God knows that.

We have an inheritance that is totally personal – it’s our unique contribution that only we can bring to this world. God himself has set aside for you a task that only you can accomplish. As it was for Jesus, so it is for us – His friends. To think that every day we have the directional choice: to build for His kingdom or for our kingdom(s). One can hardly imagine the world we could live in, if every single human being not only new God’s intention for their life – their task, but also took upon themselves that responsibility. This responsibility is both personal and communal. It is suffering and joy. It’s a yoke that is easy and a burden that is light.

There are billions of people in this world. This means that there is the potential of billions of new, creative ideas every day! Doesn’t it make perfect sense that God would create us so that we could create as He does? Every day for us brings a new adventure. How can I contribute today with my unique calling? Every day brings with it a billion sparks of creativity that God longs to interact with and covenant with to build His kingdom on earth as it is in Heaven.

You were designed to contribute.
You were designed to create.

In and through our creative contribution, God’s unconditional love is expressed in our lives and the lives of those around us.