Creativity

Over the last few months, there has been a reoccurring theme of needs and God's response to those needs.  Now, I have spent my life in church and doing my best to commit to God and His plan for my life and my family. It seems that no matter how much God does for us we always ask the questions why or when with God.  These responses and questions come very naturally to us as human beings dealing with human issues in our world.  Our desire to pray and then expect the answer now is very normal for us or we like to think that we know how God is going to do something, we like predictability.

creativity - The quality or ability to create or invent something.

Last night at our worship practice we spent time in prayer and prayed for some really serious needs that several of us were facing as well as talking about new worship.  Again, we all deal with things, have dealt with things, and will in the future because that is part of this world that we live.  However, after all my years in church and striving to let God lead I thought of something that I've never really given much thought.  

He is creativity from the very beginning.  God's nature is always creativity and why should we expect anything different from Him.  Come on, I mean forming man out of earth, Valley of dry bones coming to life, Jesus the King of all kings being born in a manger, and the creativity in Revelation are just a couple of thousands of examples in the bible.  All of us are different, He chooses to heal in a different way every time, He's unpredictable yet stable, He's all knowing but keeps us guessing, He's giving creativity in every breath we take, He's always come through yet we wonder why it doesn't happen like it did last time or in our timing.

Why? Creativity in is the very nature of God and everything he does will be creative in a whole new way.  He can't be predictable, because it's not His nature.  Spitting in the mud to heal someone's vision, crazy! Feeding 5000 plus people with 5 loaves and 2 fish, unheard of!  Speaking the universe into existence in 6 days, extraordinary!

So, if you are going through something difficult, trust in God and His creativity to do it His way and in His timing.  What if we asked for His creativity through prayer instead of the answer or response WE want?  What if we asked God to move with creativity in our families and churches instead of putting Him in our limiting boxes?  What if we stopped comparing churches, people, speakers, moves of God, and worship because we realize that what God did yesterday may not be how He wants to do things today?  He desires to be worshiped but gave creativity to those worshiping Him.  Worship last year was good, but creativity didn't stop because one song was written! New styles and songs will always be written in worship to God because creativity is in His nature.

Allow God's creativity to flow in your life.  Let Him work in an unpredictable and creative way.  

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