How Creative You Are?

‘How creative you are?’

This question can evoke a variety of responses from us.

Version 1: The super-creative (and super-proud) among us would boldly confess that ‘we are the epitome of creativity’

Version 2: The super-creative (and self-effacing) among us would attempt to deflect the response to ‘there are lot of creative people in the world’

Version 3: The majority response would be to admit ‘I am not creative at all’!

A subtle version of version 3 would be to admit, ‘I am not really creative like Miss Super-creative’

‘Creativity’, seems to be a specialized ability of rare breed of people. This specialized ability apparently is developed, honed and perfected through hard work and professional training. For a miniscule community, they feel they are born creative-geniuses.

However, when we turn the Bible, we discover a greater reality: Creativity is God’s gift to all of His creation.

• We are created in the image of God (Genesis 1:27; Psalms 139:13-18)
• Being crafted in His image propels us to do good works (Ephesians 2:10)
• Expression of His creativity in us is unique and special (Romans 12:3-8)

God enables us to be creative and make a difference in our world for His glory. Our best response is to surrender ourselves back to God, as willing vessels for His supreme mission in us and through us.